GOP voters are headed to the polls in Wisconsin on Tuesday as former President Trump is expected to garner the state's 41 delegates for the Republican National Convention. Polls are set to close at around 9 p.m. EDT. Follow live results from DDHQ here:
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Tuesday criticized a recently-introduced GOP bill that would rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Trump. “Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges,” Connolly, whose district includes a portion of Dulles, said in a statement. “If Republicans want to name something after him, I’d suggest they find a federal...
The White House on Tuesday called an Israeli strike that killed humanitarian workers in Gaza an “emblematic of a larger problem,” though officials signaled there would be no change in U.S. support for Israel in its war against Hamas as a result. John Kirby, a top spokesperson on national security issues, said at a press...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed a new chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State Department. The position has been vacant for 10 months, but the department announced Tuesday that Zakiya Carr Johnson will serve as the next chief diversity and inclusion officer (CDIO). Johnson will replace acting CDIO Conny Mayer. “American diplomacy...
The White House expressed appreciation for The Daily Caller on Tuesday after the conservative outlet retracted a post that implied the Biden administration had instituted a new ban on religious symbols on Easter eggs during its annual holiday celebration. "It’s important to acknowledge when a mistake has been made and take responsibility for it. So...
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said Tuesday that she is unlikely to support cutting interest rates at the Fed's May meeting. Mester, who is currently a voting member of the central bank’s rate-setting panel, said she does not expect to have enough data by the Fed’s next meeting to determine that inflation is headed...
President Biden on Tuesday called chef José Andrés to offer his condolences after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers from his charity group World Central Kitchen, in Gaza. “He called chef José Andrés to express that he’s heartbroken by this news of the airstrike that killed seven aid workers and to express and share...
Tesla sales fell last quarter amid increased competition in the electric vehicle manufacturing sector, despite the Austin, Texas, company decreasing prices to bring in more buyers. The electric car company said it built 433,371 vehicles and delivered 386,810 from January through March this year. The number of deliveries is down from the first three months...
Lizelle Gonzalez, a Texas woman wrongfully charged with murder in 2022 for a purported self-induced abortion, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Starr County, District Attorney Gocha Ramirez and Assistant District Attorney Alexandria Barrera. Gonzalez, whose last name was Herrera at the time of her arrest, went to the county’s emergency room on Jan. 7, 2022,...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) says he has no plans to retire from the Senate before the end of his term in January 2027, dispelling speculation that he may leave Congress early after announcing his retirement as party leader. McConnell says he plans to go in a “different direction” after serving as party leader...
After weeks of basketball, the men’s and women’s Final Four brackets have taken shape and like many Americans, the White House brackets are mostly busted. President Biden, Vice President Harris and former President Obama each had big misses in their Final Four predictions. For the men’s tournament, No 1. UConn is slated to face No....
A federal district court judge has granted final approval to a multi-billion-dollar settlement between public water suppliers affected by “forever chemicals” and the company 3M, the parties announced Monday. Per the terms of the agreement, the Minnesota-based chemical manufacturer will pay these utilities between $10.5 billion and $12.5 billion, depending on the extent of contamination and...
