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...
Former President Trump is turning up the heat on Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) as Senate Republicans stand on the precipice of winning back the majority. During Trump’s visit with Senate Republicans last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) urged the former president to do more to “hammer” the two Democratic red-state incumbents....
Seven people were shot and another injured at a car meet in northern Massachusetts early Sunday morning, local police said. The shooting occurred just before 2 a.m. in Methuen, Mass., near the New Hampshire border. Police Chief Scott McNamara said officers arrived at the scene to find seven gunshot victims and an eighth person who...
An MSNBC host said President Biden has been playing "chess" while former President Trump is playing "hungry, hungry hippo." MSNBC host Alicia Menendez, along with co-hosts Michael Steele and Symone Sanders-Townsend, praised Biden for his meetings with world leaders over the last week as he concluded the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Italy. Lincoln...
Given the risk of abuse is so high with the sweeping powers a CBDC can offer governments and yet there are little to no benefits to help citizens, the rise of CBDCs is a path the United States should not follow.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a Southwest Airlines flight that plunged toward the ocean off the coast of a Hawaii island. The plunge happened on April 11 on Southwest Flight 2766 but only was reported after Bloomberg reported that Southwest sent a memo to its pilots about the incident. According to Bloomberg, the...
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden marked Eid al-Adha with a message of support for American Muslims on Sunday. Eid al-Adha is the second major holiday of Islam, usually consisting of prayer and a communal feast marking remembrance and sacrifice. It is also the most common time for the Hajj pilgrimage to the Islamic...
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.) said Sunday that she wants the House to use the sergeant-at-arms, a provision that hasn’t been used in more than a century, to enforce the contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland. Luna was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures," where she...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday reaffirmed the legality of the G7 $50 billion loan to Ukraine and touted the strong alliance between the western countries. There is no sense at all in which it's theft,” Yellen told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl when asked on “This Week” whether she has concerns about Russian President Vladimir...
Americans from Kansas to Maine are bracing for a grilling heat wave this week that could see the mercury hit triple digits with high humidity. Dangerously hot temperatures have sparked warnings from weather and health officials across the country, as concerns rise for heat exhaustion and dehydration. An “extreme” heat risk, defined as long-term heat...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said he would be prepared to serve as commander-in-chief if needed if former President Trump selected him as his running mate. NBC's Peter Alexander asked Donalds on "Meet the Press" if he would be prepared to step in as president on "day one" if he was chosen as Trump's vice president...
The Biden campaign has marked Pride Month with a blitz of advertisements, interviews and engagements with local LGBTQ groups and prominent figures to try and motivate voters ahead of November. Former President Trump’s campaign is taking a decidedly different approach. The Trump campaign has done nothing specific to mark Pride Month, a move reminiscent of...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said on Sunday he stands by his vote to certify the presidential election results in 2020, before quickly noting that he similarly looks forward to certifying former President Trump’s victory in the 2024 race. “Certainly, I will stand by that decision and the next decision to certify the fact that Donald...
The first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle is right around the corner, and CNN announced Sunday that the campaigns of both President Biden and former President Trump have agreed to new debate rules. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will host the debate, which will take place in Atlanta, Ga., on June 27....
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued that the United States should be willing to “outinnovate” foreign adversaries in the nuclear energy sector. Gates, who appeared on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, said he thinks Americans should value that the U.S. needs to be a leader in nuclear energy because “you really don’t want the...
