Radio host Charlamagne tha God responded on his show Monday to recent comments from President Trump calling him a “racist sleazebag,” mostly shrugging off the insults and saying he wants the president to succeed. “Now, the personal insults, I don't care. He called me a sleazebag. I looked up the definition of sleazebag, says it's...
President Trump is rattling the U.S.’s formidable nuclear saber amid his growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin's refusal to halt the war in Ukraine, just days ahead of Trump’s deadline for a ceasefire. Trump last week said he was moving two “nuclear” submarines closer to Russia in response to threatening rhetoric from a top...
The Trump administration is eyeing additional barriers to the development of solar and wind energy on public lands. In a memo made public late Friday, the administration said that it would seek to block projects that take up a lot of room, calling wind and solar “highly inefficient uses of Federal land.” The memo said...
A slew of potential Democratic presidential candidates are taking front-line positions in the battle over Texas and redistricting, a fight with huge implications for the midterm elections that is giving ambitious politicians a chance to show their loyalty to the party base. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who could...
The decision by Texas Democrats to flee the state has ratcheted up tensions and started a new phase in the redistricting war around the country. Democrats from the Lone Star State’s legislature fled to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts starting Sunday to avoid giving Republicans the quorum needed to pass a highly unusual effort for...
Texas Democrats who fled their state on Sunday face $500 daily fines as they try to stall GOP efforts to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional maps, along with Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) call for their arrest. Democrats are denying the Republican-led state House the numbers it needs to function and pausing progress on the...
The U.S. anti-money laundering framework is outdated and is causing unintended consequences, such as the debanking of lawful customers, and needs to be modernized to ensure that banks can provide relevant and actionable information to law enforcement while maintaining relationships with lawful customers.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) said he plans to introduce legislation on Tuesday that would ban all middecade redistricting efforts nationwide and nullify any new maps approved before the 2030 census. In a statement Monday, Kiley took aim at his own governor, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has said he is exploring several options for California...
Texas Democrats who are in New York on Monday after fleeing the Lone Star State to deprive the state House of a quorum fired back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who has threatened to remove them from office if they don't show up to work. "We, the Democratic contingent, we are paying attention to...
The CIRCLE Act is a bipartisan bill that would create a 30 percent investment tax credit for businesses, nonprofits and individuals building or upgrading recycling infrastructure, which could create 200,000 jobs, return $8.8 billion in materials to the economy and save taxpayers nearly $10 billion in five years.
The number of people with COVID-19 in the U.S. is low but increasing, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data released Friday. COVID-19 is trending up in many mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Southern, and West Coast states. The agency said infections are “growing or likely growing” in 40 states, based on emergency department visit data...
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. stock soared Monday after President Trump voiced support for actor Sydney Sweeney’s controversial “great jeans” ad campaign. The stock was up more than 17 percent by midday Monday. At last week’s close, shared were down 36 percent this year, Bloomberg reported. “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out...
