Pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses are getting very different responses from elected officials in red and blue states. Texas is seeing pushback after immediately responding to a peaceful demonstration with arrests, and Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has threatened expulsion for students who engage in unsanctioned activism, while New York has made clear the National...
John Dean, former White House counsel for the Nixon administration, said Friday that former President Trump’s offer to testify in his New York hush money trial is just “bravado for his base." Dean told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez he suspected Trump's legal team was trying to dissuade the former president from testifying, when Sanchez asked....
Ohio authorities have released body camera footage of the arrest of a 53-year-old Black man who died after repeatedly telling police officers “I can’t breathe” as they pinned him to the ground and handcuffed him. The video of Frank Tyson’s arrest is reminiscent of the 2020 murder of George Floyd, who told Minneapolis police officers...
Washingtonians delved into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) on Friday at the Washington AI Network’s inaugural White House correspondents’ weekend TGAIFriday Lunch. The event, held at The House at 1229’s headquarters, was presented by Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — and featured demos of the company’s latest technology. Spotty, Meta’s...
Presented by BP — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story Inflation picks up in March The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up slightly in March as many Americans saw bumps in their paychecks and maintained a steady spending pace, according to data released Friday by the Commerce...
Americans are split about whether the United States should continue to send more aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, despite Congress recently passing a bill to do so, a new survey found. The survey, conducted by YouGov, found that 28 percent of Americans support increasing aid for Ukraine, but 29 percent say the...
Maine's House leader threatened to switch to a “winner-take-all” Electoral College format if Nebraska state lawmakers shift the way their state distributes electoral votes. Maine House Majority Leader Maureen Terry (D) said the Pine Tree State would be “compelled to act" if Nebraska followed through on altering its allocation method of electoral votes. “If Nebraska’s...
Big tech wants a pass on the indiscriminate appropriations they have already undertaken and continue to press for their own gains. There isn’t a single, rational reason to accommodate them.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday slammed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) over a passage in her new book about shooting her family dog. In a statement first shared with The Hill, the DNC called itself the “Dogmocratic Party” and gave its response in the voice of the dogs of the party. “As...
A leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University had a video emerge on social media this week, threatening violence to “Zionists.” “Zionists don’t deserve to live,” student Khymani James said in a video from January. He is also heard saying “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.” The remarks happened...
Author and journalist Ronan Farrow says he sees "commonality" between the legal cases former President Trump faces and that of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. "There is a commonality of the legal theories being applied," Farrow said during a Thursday night appearance on CNN. "In both cases, prosecutors argued for and judges allowed in evidence...
King Charles III is going to resume public duties "after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis," Buckingham Palace said in a Friday statement. Charles will make his first public appearance next week at a cancer treatment center after his cancer was discovered during a hospital stay in early February. “The...
The former publisher of the National Enquirer is on the witness stand in Manhattan for a fourth day Friday, continuing the cross-examination by lawyers for former President Trump. David Pecker spent much of this week divulging seedy details of media agreements he entered into with Trump and ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to keep negative news stories...
