Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is handily leading Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) in a primary race for his seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling poll, 60.4 percent of respondents that are likely to vote in the Democratic primary or have already voted said that they would back...
Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit, which attorneys for Mansfield Oil Company filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, alleges that KRSM, a foreign corporation, obtained in excess...
The House is back in session this week after a monthlong August recess, with lawmakers aiming to avert a government shutdown before funding expires Sept. 30 amid the 2026 election season. The biggest item on the agenda will be a Senate-passed stopgap measure, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), that would keep the government...
The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-of-its-kind midterm convention has been cloaked in mystery until a few weeks ago. Details are finally emerging about what’s expected to be a two-day pep rally to bolster hype and encourage Republicans to get out the vote in November amid President Trump’s shrinking approval rate. But some Republicans are quietly...
Bryson DeChambeau, a two-time U.S. Open champion, suggested Friday the Trump Organization’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland host the British Open. “It’s one of the best golf courses in the world, and I’d love for it to be a part of the rotation,” DeChambeau told reporters, according to The Associated Press. “Albeit I haven’t played...
Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story White House shares rare glimpse into Trump's health The White House’s announcement that President Trump suffers from a common chronic vein condition marks a rare glimpse into the health of one of the country’s oldest presidents, whose campaign and administration have long projected...
ABC's Jimmy Kimmel slammed CBS on Thursday for ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." “Love you Stephen. F--- you and all your Sheldons CBS,” Kimmel, the host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" wrote in a Thursday post on his Instagram story. The network announced on Thursday that the show will conclude in May 2026 after...
President Trump sued The Wall Street Journal’s parent company for libel Friday after the newspaper published a story detailing an alleged letter Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. Court records indicate Trump filed a federal libel suit against the company, but the complaint was not immediately available. Trump threatened to sue the outlet in an interview...
Amazon’s emissions increased 6 percent last year, as the e-commerce and cloud computing giant continued to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts and build out its data center footprint. The company’s total emissions ticked up from 64.38 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023 to 68.25 metric tons in 2024, according to its annual...
The Trump administration announced Friday it helped facilitate a prisoner swap, securing the release of 10 U.S. citizens held in Venezuela in exchange for the return of more than 250 Venezuelan men the U.S. had sent to be imprisoned in El Salvador. The Venezuelan men have spent months in El Salvador’s most notorious prison, known...
Indiana’s Camp Atterbury and New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be temporarily used to detain immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth announced the decision in a Tuesday letter to Rep. Herb Conaway (D-N.J.), the House Committee on Armed Services and other members of Congress outlining that both locations...
Trump administration officials on Friday rejected a series of rules to help the international community prevent and respond to public health risks. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a joint statement formally rejecting the 2024 International Health Regulations Amendments (IHR) by the World Health...
President Trump, facing intense scrutiny from his base this week, directed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday to release "pertinent grand jury testimony" from the case involving convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. "Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce...
President Trump will sign the GENIUS Act into law Friday, paving the way for a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. The House voted 308-122 to advance the cryptocurrency legislation to Trump's desk. It was one of several crypto-related bills that faced a roadblock over internal GOP divisions, which brought the chamber floor to a standstill...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday pushed back on GOP criticisms regarding renovation costs for two buildings in Washington, suggesting the upgrades are overdue. “The project is large in scope because it involves the renovation of two historic buildings on the National Mall and that were first constructed in the 1930s," Powell wrote in...
