The president said the U.S. spies on China "too" after a report linked Chinese satellite imagery to Iran's deadly July missile attack on American troops.
The Jefferson County, Pa., Coroner's Office on Sunday said a 40-year-old woman died from complications with measles, the state's third measles-related death this year. Coroner Greg Furlong wrote on Facebook that the woman, a Jefferson County resident, died on Saturday. He added that his office was working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health on this...
Democratic senators are privately acknowledging that their party committed “political malpractice” by bungling the issue of border security, which they view as a driving factor behind President-elect Trump’s sweeping victory and their loss of four Senate seats. Democratic senators had a long and intense conversation about what went wrong in this year’s election during a...
Democrats are licking their wounds after Vice President Harris’s defeat to President-elect Trump, but already are looking toward who might lead their party in a 2028 presidential contest. It’s a fight that looks wide open. The certainty is that Trump himself will not be on the ballot, since the Constitution limits him to two terms....
Canada’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday it was suing Google over its alleged anticompetitive conduct in online advertisements. Canada’s Competition Bureau said it wants Google to sell off two of its advertisement tech services and pay a penalty, noting that its necessary because an investigation found the company is “unlawfully” tied with its tech tools to...
Amazon workers and some allies are planning a worldwide strike during one of the company’s biggest weekends, from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. The strike, called “Make Amazon Pay,” is organized by UNI Global Union and Progressive International. It will begin Friday and run through Monday, typically very busy times for online commerce with the...
President Biden reiterated the United States’s support for Ukraine as it deals with the recent “horrific” Russian attack. “Overnight, Russia carried out a horrific aerial attack against Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities report that Russia launched nearly 200 missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, depriving Ukrainian civilians of access to electricity,” Biden said in...
Russia is eyeing a new missile to target Ukraine’s “decision-making centers,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. Over the course of the nearly three-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine, no Ukrainian government ministries have been struck in conflict, Reuters noted. While Ukraine has continued to intercept Russia’s attacks, the Russians say their new Oreshnik hypersonic...
President Biden held Thanksgiving calls with members of the U.S. military, according to the White House. Biden, alongside his wife, first lady Jill Biden, spoke with units from each branch of the U.S. military stationed around the world. They thanked the armed forces and their family members for their service. The commander in chief talked...
Democrats will be looking to regroup while Republicans will be looking to grow their electoral advantages in 2025, when attention will turn to a handful of off-year races. While the electoral landscape next year will be nothing like the battle for the White House and Congress that America just experienced, the offices up for grabs...
Multiple Connecticut Democrats said they were targeted by bomb threats on their homes on Thanksgiving Day. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said on Thursday that he was notified of a bomb threat targeting his Connecticut home. Himes, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said multiple law enforcement officers responded to the incident and that a...
President Biden said he is thankful for a “peaceful transition” of power, among other things, during his visit to a fire department in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving. The commander in chief said Thursday he was thankful for “my family, the peaceful transition of the presidency, and I'm thankful by the grace of God we were able...
Voters in the recent election have sent a clear message to remove policy roadblocks to greater fossil energy production, particularly in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan, as it yields economic benefits for millions of working Americans and the productivity of the economy.
Mitch McConnell, the former Senate Republican leader, is faced with the challenge of protecting the Senate's authority to advise and consent on executive nominations, as he navigates the return of Donald Trump to the presidency.
Fox News co-host Kayleigh McEnany argued that Vice President Harris’s campaign is playing the “victim card” in the aftermath of her loss to President-elect Trump in the 2024 presidential election. While hosting Fox News’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Wednesday night, McEnany pushed back on the various analyses Harris’s campaign aides shared this week for why...
Australia has passed a first-ever social media ban for youth, barring children under the age of 16 from using the platforms. The Australian Senate passed the legislation Thursday night with bipartisan backing. The law will impact social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, X and Reddit, but it will not be enforced for YouTube. ...
