A parent should not expect Meta to parent their child, but they should be able to expect that Meta isn't employing armies of engineers to figure out how to...
ICE Officer Christian Castro walked out of a Texas jail early Thursday, free for the first time in 90 days, after Minnesota's bid to get him extradited to face assault charges stalled.
President Trump on Thursday ordered the Department of the Interior to update maps and databases to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, following through on his threat during a trade spat with Canada.
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) vowed Thursday to “move swiftly” on establishing rules for the cryptocurrency market if Congress fails to pass legislation on the matter this year. CFTC Chair Michael Selig said at a meeting with crypto and prediction market executives that the agency stands “ready to begin immediately implementing...
Lawmakers are sounding the alarm over the nation’s $40 trillion debt, lamenting Congress’s inability to meaningfully confront a problem that has grown increasingly difficult to ignore. Both parties have spent years trying to tackle the rising debt. Republicans have frequently pointed to federal spending and entitlement programs as the main drivers, while Democrats have emphasized...
Tulsi Gabbard, the former director of National Intelligence, shared a new update Thursday on her husband’s battle with a rare form of bone cancer, months after she announced that her resignation from the Trump administration was prompted by his diagnosis. “Earlier this year, my husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare bone cancer,” Gabbard...
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted its ratings Thursday for both the Texas and Iowa gubernatorial races, giving Democrats a higher chance at claiming the seat. Cook Political Report Senate and Governors Editor Jessica Taylor wrote in her analysis that Texas' Democratic nominee for governor, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D), is "surprisingly competitive” against incumbent...
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell swiped at President Trump over his close relationship with his executive assistant Natalie Harp while guest-hosting ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday, piling on to the viral critique of the longtime White House aide. “A special hello to those of you watching from home and from the White House,” O’Donnell said during her...
Female lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for the House Ethics Committee to speed up its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) ahead of the midterms. The House Ethics Committee on Monday said it was investigating allegations that Gomez violated House rules by “engaging in inappropriate sexual contact...
Democrats on Thursday narrowed down their top three cities for the 2028 national convention, spotlighting Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as viable options for the party to introduce its presidential nominee. “Each city presented strong bids to host an inspiring celebration of our party’s future nominee and a critical step on our path to retaking the...
if a political leader as powerful as Hakeem Jeffries changes position on a major issue, voters deserve more than a pivot. They deserve the why and, more importantly, the what now.
Five journalists and the two military members escorting them to an event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., this week were briefly detained at gunpoint by security police who believed they were gate crashers, according to the local media affected. The Monday incident happened ahead of an invitation-only groundbreaking for a new training facility for...
A trio of Senate Democrats is expressing concern over the Pentagon’s involvement in the operations of Stars and Stripes, defending the publication's independence in a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday. Their inquiry follows an announcement this week that the military newspaper’s longtime publisher, Max Lederer, will be retiring after the Pentagon appointed...
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell on Wednesday said he’s prepared to spend “upwards of $1 million” for a private recount of ballots cast in the Minnesota Republican primary for governor. State House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R-Minn.) beat Lindell by 11 percentage points, but Lindell has refused to cede to the lawmaker, citing concerns with voting machines...
