The “Cornell 7” gang rape case is descending into the same lynch-mob hysteria as the notorious Duke lacrosse or “mattress girl” hoaxes of old — only with social media...
Democrats in tight Senate and House contests are fighting back against efforts to brand their party as communists, an effort they say has taken on new urgency in a midterm cycle that has seen candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) dominate in high-profile primary races. At the Republican midterm convention this month,...
A new survey found that a majority of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track and that more Americans would vote for a Democratic candidate over a Republican candidate in the 2026 midterm elections. The survey, commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Action and American Policy Ventures and conducted by Cygnal and...
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) has endorsed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), weeks after she criticized the Democratic nominee for his response to a March attack on a synagogue in their state. “We have one candidate that I know is going to fight against the Trump administration, is going to fight to protect...
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined a surrogate’s emergency bid on Tuesday to intervene in her custody fight that drew national attention after the biological parents’ told her to get an abortion and she left for Texas instead. McKenna West, the surrogate, sought to lift a parentage judgment in favor of the couple issued in a California...
The Justice Department (DOJ) unsealed an indictment Tuesday accusing a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee of throwing out around 300 mail-in ballots in Utah. A federal grand jury indicted 34-year-old Damon Matai Seei, of Payson, Utah, last Wednesday on one count of unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail, according to unsealed court records....
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said Tuesday that inflation could decline “in short order,” but he acknowledged prices could remain elevated amid the Iran war. “I’m open to the possibility that inflation could come back down in short order,” Barkin told the CFA Society’s Baltimore branch. Barkin noted recent “shocks” to the...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump considers banning diesel exports The Trump administration is considering a ban on exports of diesel as high prices of the fuel put a crunch on American agriculture and trucking. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson When asked Tuesday whether he was considering a ban on...
President Trump threatened the annihilation of Iran if its leaders refuse to strike a deal and framed the U.S. as conquerors of Venezuela, while promoting himself as a problem solver in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. “To the victor go the spoils,” Trump told the crowd, touting...
Hunter Biden, former President Biden’s son, on Tuesday responded to a request from a GOP senator for both himself and President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. to testify before Congress. “Sen. Curtis of Utah has suggested that Don Jr. and I should testify before Congress,” the younger Biden said in a post on the social...
A new lawsuit is challenging how the Trump administration plans to exempt medically frail people from Medicaid work requirements. Medicaid enrollees, alongside several major health care advocacy organizations and the city of Columbus, Ohio, said the administration’s final rule implementing work requirements is not what Congress intended. They argue the rule narrowly defines who qualifies...
Republican Sen. John Curtis (Utah) has sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee asking them to investigate the President Trump’s and former President Joe Biden’s business dealings and to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to testify before Congress. Curtis said that reports about foreign interests using Trump Jr. and Biden...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump at UN General Assembly ▪ White House press ban rages on ▪ Hung Cao’s bid for Navy Secretary ▪ Trump’s deal with Greenland and Denmark President Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday marks the beginning of a high-intensity day of meetings touching on major conflicts...
