Democrats are increasingly bullish about their chances of flipping the House now that Vice President Harris, and not President Biden, will sit at the top of the ticket in November. Coming out of the party’s national convention in Chicago last week, a long list of lawmakers said the 11th hour roster change has led to...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sudden decision to suspend his campaign and support former President Trump is raising questions about whether he could actually tip the scales in key battleground states. Some Republicans say Kennedy’s move will help the GOP attract more votes in places where Trump is slightly behind Vice President Harris. Harris supporters don’t...
Questions are growing over if former President Trump and Vice President Harris will debate next month, with a clash about muting microphones fueling speculation about whether such a matchup will happen at all. The fight over mics started when Harris’s campaign began pushing for live mics throughout the broadcast, switching up gears on the previously...
Mexican judges are raising alarms in the United States over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial reform, which opponents see as a death knell for Mexican democracy. The radical reform package could also rattle the business and investment environment in Mexico, the United States’ biggest trading partner. The judges are mounting a last-ditch effort...
Drones BNSF Railway Company hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lobby on issues related to “U.S. drone security solution.” The rail giant has been building out its drone operation for years to inspect infrastructure, incidents and other assets, securing a novel FAA waiver to fly drones beyond the visual line of sight. Charlie...
Colorado Republicans made a move on Saturday to oust their state party chair, Dave Williams, even as Williams has denied the legitimacy of such a play. Out of the approximately 180 people participating in the meeting, roughly 160 Republicans voted to remove Williams as their party chair during the Saturday gathering, according to local news...
Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) on Monday opened up about her experience with depression, revealing she is seeking treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and wants to "de-stigmatize" mental illness. Caraveo, in a statement Monday, said she, "like many Americans, struggle with depression," and the symptoms became "more severe" in recent months. "As a...
SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn mission was delayed by at least 24 hours on Monday after a helium leak, the aerospace company announced Monday night. The capsule, carrying four citizens, was expected to lift off early Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but a helium leak pushed the launch until no earlier than Wednesday....
A Colorado man was charged for allegedly making threats towards local election officials, federal law enforcement and a Colorado state judge, the Justice Department announced Monday. Teak Brockbank, 45, was arrested in Cortez, Colo. last Friday over accusations he waged a series of online threats towards officials in Colorado and Arizona starting in 2021, according...
A federal judge in Texas on Monday ordered a pause on a new policy from the Biden administration that would make it easier for Americans' spouses and children who lack necessary documentation to gain legal status. U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker issued an administrative stay on the program, known as "Keeping Families Together," just...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee on Monday that he regrets not being more outspoken about “government pressure” to take down COVID-19 related content. Zuckerberg said senior Biden administration officials “repeatedly pressured” Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to “censor” content in 2021. “I believe the...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sister on Monday lambasted his endorsement of former President Trump, saying his father would be "terribly disappointed" by the move. "I think that he would be terribly disappointed, and in the end, I imagine he would want to wrap his arms around Bobby and love him and say, 'Everything's okay. You...
Former President Trump said he would create a national guard for the Space Force and build an "Iron Dome" in the U.S. as he laid out his military plans during a Monday address. Trump, speaking Monday at a National Guard Association of the U.S. conference in Detroit, touted the creation of the Space Force, the...
