Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin faced pressure to release the DNC's 2024 autopsy report after giving mixed signals about the document's future on Pod Save America.
A former Google engineer was convicted Thursday of stealing AI-related trade secrets from the tech giant for Chinese companies, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of California. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was found guilty of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of thefts of trade secrets,...
The government is likely to temporarily shut down this weekend after the Senate failed to pass a funding package on Thursday due to challenges from Democrats to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill. Here’s what you need to know about the partial government shutdown. Why is the government temporarily shutting down? After federal agents...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney praised President Trump's nomination of former Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh to serve as its next chair in a post Friday on social platform X. “Kevin Warsh is a fantastic choice to lead the world’s most important central bank at this crucial time,” Carney said in the post. Carney...
The U.S. is lifting some sanctions on Venezuelan oil, seeking to allow American firms to trade and sell more oil that is produced there. The move comes as the administration has said it will sell Venezuelan oil following its capture of leader Nicolás Maduro. Previously, two commodities traders, Trafigura and Vitol, were given permission to help facilitate the...
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman argued Thursday that Silicon Valley “can’t bend the knee” to President Trump after a second American was killed by federal agents amid an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Hoffman, a major Democratic donor, said in an op-ed in the San Francisco Standard that too many tech leaders have “divested themselves of the...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, and if the resolution passes the full House, the Department of Justice will have to decide whether to prosecute them for contempt.
English musician Brian May, the lead guitar player for Queen, hinted that the band probably wouldn’t perform in the United States in the near future, if at all.
A federal judge has rejected a request to be released pending trial from the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national committees ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, an appointee of former President Biden, ruled Thursday that Brian Cole Jr. must remain locked up...
Former Attorney General Eric Holder (D) said Thursday he has “huge concerns” about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s presence during the recent FBI raid of election offices in Georgia, arguing she has “no role” in domestic activities. “I have huge concerns. The director of national intelligence heads agencies that look out from our borders...
President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that he did not discuss interest rate cuts with his Federal Reserve chair pick, Kevin Warsh, insisting that would be “inappropriate.” When asked whether Warsh had committed to him that he would cut interest rates if he is confirmed, Trump said, “No, but we talk...
The Justice Department said Friday they have completed their review of the Epstein files, and will be making 3 million additional documents public. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Friday that the tranche being released will be one of the last steps required under a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by...
CNN is blasting the Trump administration over the arrest of Don Lemon, a former host at the network who was detained after covering anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters who entered a church in Minnesota to demonstrate earlier this month. Lemon's arrest came after a judge rejected federal charges against the journalist and critic of President Trump...
