Polls suggest that Democrats might return to power in Congress, winning both the House and the Senate. If so, California is a warning about what deep-blue control looks like.
President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
President Trump rejected a new seven-day proposal from Iran Saturday morning to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt military operations in the ongoing conflict between Tehran and the U.S. “They want to make a deal, and I think that’s fine,” the president told reporters at the White House. “I like making a deal, too, but...
Pollsters and independent handicappers are increasingly convinced that Democrats aren’t experiencing an artificial “sugar-high” in polling but that multiple metrics are right now pointing to a good midterm environment for the party. The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report became the latest independent forecaster this week in predicting that Republicans looked poised to lose the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the wartime Cabinet set up in the early days of the war in Gaza to coordinate and plan the military response to the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, according to The Associated Press. Netanyahu's decision to discard the wartime Cabinet comes just days after opposition leader and centrist...
Former President Trump’s plan to end taxes on tips could come with a price tag of $250 billion, a budget watchdog estimated in a new analysis. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated Sunday that exempting tip income from federal income and payroll taxes could lead to a decrease of $150 billion to $250...
Almost 18 percent of American say student debt will have a major influence on their vote in November, according to a survey from Bankrate. Among the sample of those who have outstanding student loans, who total more than 40 million, that number rises to 29 percent. President Biden and former President Trump have vastly...
President Biden’s Hollywood fundraiser raked in $28 million over the weekend for his reelection bid, which is the most for any Democratic fundraiser in history, according to the Biden campaign. Biden was joined at the fundraiser on Saturday by former President Obama, actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts, and comedian Jimmy Kimmel. The president in...
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will attend the groundbreaking ceremony later this week for the new campus of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the White House announced Monday. Emhoff, who is Jewish, will deliver remarks at the event Sunday, nearly six years after a gunman opened fire at the synagogue, killing 11 people in...
President Biden is putting forward new rules to go after wealthy tax cheats as the battle on how to tax the economy sizzles ahead of the election. The new rules target businesses designated as partnerships, which have proliferated over the last decade as tax havens and have been the object of an entirely new IRS...
While the news may be at least a brief reprieve for those seeking some good news on the legal front as it relates to reproductive rights, this decision just seems like a set-up.
Former President Trump’s conviction in the hush money case could turn some independent voters away from him, a new poll found. The Politico/Ipsos poll found that 21 percent of independents said they are less likely to vote for Trump after the conviction, adding that the guilty verdict in Trump’s hush money case is very important to...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is pushing to require a warning label on social media platforms to advise users that social media has been connected to mental health risks for adolescents. Murthy in an opinion piece for The New York Times called for a surgeon general’s warning label to be placed on social media platforms, similar to...
The massive, ill-advised push by climate alarmists to transition almost overnight to "green" energy is incompatible with the huge amount of electricity AI will require.
Amid a presidential election described as a “coin-toss,” political analysts are assessing the heft of incumbency. Tuesday’s GOP primaries in Virginia, red state Oklahoma and Georgia could offer revealing clues. Republican voters in Virginia could opt to replace House Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Bob Good, first elected in 2020, whose primary challenger, state Sen. John McGuire, has been endorsed by...
