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...
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay said he is "lucky" to be standing after being involved in a bike crash in Connecticut last week. "I'm lucky to be standing here. I'm in pain. It's been a brutal week. And I'm sort of getting through it. But I cannot tell you the importance of wearing a helmet," he...
At least nine people were injured after a gunman opened fire at a splash pad in a Detroit suburb on Saturday. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said during a press conference that an eight-year-old boy is in critical condition following a gunshot wound to the head. He said that the boy’s brother, a 4-year-old, and...
Eight years after the 2016 election, Democrats are reliving the infamous Clinton-Sanders battle — this time in the race for New York’s 16th Congressional District. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), a "squad" member favored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is facing a rocky path to reelection against Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a centrist who earned...
In 2016, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) made headlines for sparring with Donald Trump, then his opponent in the race for the GOP nomination for president. Eight years later, he’s in a prime position to be Trump’s running mate. Rubio has been a close and loyal supporter of Trump since the former president’s inauguration in 2017,...
Former President Trump’s relatively new status as a Florida resident is complicating the potential of him choosing the state’s senior Sen. Marco Rubio (R) to run on the same ticket as him in November. The 12th Amendment maintains that presidential and vice presidential candidates running on the same ticket “shall not be an inhabitant of the...
In vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a political minefield for GOP Senate candidates as they seek to balance their stated support for IVF access with their beliefs that life begins at conception. Democrats sought to force the issue this week with a vote on legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to...
Pro-Palestinian protestors gathered outside of the Democratic party’s largest-ever fundraiser on Saturday night in Los Angeles to express their outrage with President Biden’s policies on Gaza in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Biden is attending a fundraiser, hosted by actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts, at the Peacock Theatre, which had raised a record $28 million...
After his campaign said that former President Trump was referring to election integrity and crime when he reportedly made disparaging comments about Milwaukee at a meeting with Congressional Republicans, Trump took to Truth Social to say that “Democrats are making up stories that I said Milwaukee is a ‘horrible city.’ “This is false a complete...
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) slammed Project 2025, a grand sweeping plan by Republicans to advance right-wing priorities and expand the powers of the presidency, as "un-American" in a new interview Saturday. Dean, speaking on MSNBC Reports, did not mince words when expressing her feelings on the sweeping conservative effort. "It's really un-American," the Democratic lawmaker said. "If...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), speaking at a Turning Point Action conference on Saturday, vowed to have former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci sent to prison over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Dr. Anthony Fauci should be tried for crimes against humanity,” Greene said at the conference,...
Former Trump White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci suggested that some CEOs have “Trump-nesia” two days after former President Trump attended the quarterly meeting of Business Roundtable, with over 80 CEOs present including Apple’s Tim Cook and Blackstone’s Steven Schwarzman. “It’s a little bit of Trump-nesia,” Scaramucci told Alex Witt during an interview on MSNBC. “These...
Former President Trump is set to headline Turning Point USA's "The People's Convention" Saturday in Detroit. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for the White House, is also expected to use the trip to key battleground state Michigan as a way to court Black voters. During his visit to the Great Lakes State, he will also...
