Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation's ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in battleground Ohio.
President Donald Trump cast his ballot in the midterm elections Saturday, saying he voted for all Republicans in Florida before speaking at a Georgia rally.
President Obama took aim at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his perceived focus on soldiers' appearances and testosterone levels during a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday while campaign for gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. The former president's speech went after several Republican figures and recent scandals, often jokingly, as...
Attorneys representing President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have sent a letter to Vanity Fair and Condé Nast over allegations published in an article on Thursday calling them “false” and “defamatory.” “We formally put Vanity Fair and Condé Nast on notice regarding the false and defamatory allegations published about our client, Jared Kushner,” wrote Chad Mizelle,...
Attorney General Todd Blanche said Saturday that the Justice Department is not trying to stop the certification of Alaska’s election, referring to a lawsuit filed this week which claimed to “protect the integrity” of the election. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the district of Alaska, claims that the inclusion of a candidate...
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) announced on Saturday he would be introducing a bipartisan bill aimed at stopping President Trump from lifting sanctions on Russian oil amid global fuel shortages. “We will be introducing bipartisan legislation to block any and all purchases of Russian oil. It will be called the ‘Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act,’”...
The Pentagon updated the American service member death toll of the U.S. military’s operations against Iran to 21 late Friday, raising the tally in the department’s public database. The two noncombat deaths newly added to the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) were Maj. Sorffly Davius and an unidentified Navy sailor, a U.S. official familiar...
U.S. measles cases this year have surpassed 4,000, with over 25 percent of the nation's reported infections coming from Pennsylvania, according to recently released data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are currently 4,080 measles cases reported across 47 states and Washington, D.C., the CDC confirmed Friday. Out of these reported...
Questions surrounding Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) political future are in the spotlight after he floated the possibility of returning to Louisiana if Republicans lose the House in November. The GOP is facing harsh political headwinds ahead of Election Day, as Democrats seek to capitalize on voter frustration over the economy and President Trump’s low approval...
President Trump struck a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel Friday, allowing the Kremlin to supply 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and the global marketplace, sparking a feud between him and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The deal served to remedy rising energy prices fueled by the U.S.'s ongoing military operations in Iran...
Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip to the Philadelphia Police Department in July, the company disclosed on Friday. The AI firm said its Claude Haiku 4.5 model filled out a form on a website page soliciting the public's help to gather more information about unsolved homicide on July 18. The model submitted...
The author urges Congress to pass the bipartisan Clean Slate Act and the Fresh Start Act to remove federal record barriers that hinder employment and economic stability for many Americans.
President Trump on Saturday pushed back on criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel amid the Russia-Ukraine war. The president told reporters outside the White House that Zelensky “could have settled this war many times,” but “chose not to.” “He wants to make problems for...
Republican lawmakers are pushing back on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to livestream the execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter, former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in Texas in 2009. Lawmakers in both chambers said the focus should be on justice for the victims and their families and the public showing...
Federal authorities and lawmakers are cracking down on synthetic concentrates of kratom, an herbal product sold legally over the counter in most states, as concerns rise over their risk to public health. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) signaled heightened concerns about kratom-derived extracts earlier this year when it announced plans to temporarily ban products containing concentrations...
A federal judge struck down on Friday the Justice Department’s nationwide effort to collect voter registration records and identify suspected non-U.S. citizens, blocking the Trump administration from continuing the program even in states that voluntarily cooperated. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington ruled the department exceeded its legal authority and violated federal privacy laws...
President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reopen his dismissed lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reviving claims that she and other political adversaries orchestrated an effort to sabotage his 2016 presidential campaign by tying it to Russia. Trump filed the appeal after a federal judge dismissed his case and ordered...
President Trump Later is holding a rally in upstate New York after focusing his crunch-time campaign blitz for GOP candidates in red states. He's speaking in Syracuse, N.Y., to give a last-minute boost to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman — whom nonpartisan election forecaster Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) gave a 10 percent chance of winning...
