There are media bombshells and then there is The Wall Street Journal report that Joe Biden is so mentally diminished that aides have isolated him to hide his decline...
Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice," is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.
President-elect Trump took issue with fees charged to use the Panama Canal, a vital shipping route, on Saturday night, claiming that he will demand oversight of the waterway be given back to the U.S. when he returns to office if it's not changed. “The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary...
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced their support of an Amazon worker strike which started on Thursday after the company didn’t meet the union’s deadline for bargaining negotiations with protestors. On Saturday, the strike expanded to a handful of other shipping and distribution centers. “These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect...
Lara Trump, President-elect Trump’s daughter in law and former Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair, removed her name from consideration to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” Trump wrote in a...
Americans' desire to speed up the end of the Russia-Ukraine war has ticked up, a new Gallup survey found. The poll revealed that half of Americans now desire a quick end to the more than 2-year long war even if it means Ukraine does not recover all its territory, an increase of 7 percentage points...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) prohibited state residents from tracking another person without their consent, signing the bill into law Thursday. S.B. 100 is set to take effect in March and makes it illegal for people from using GPS trackers, apps, AirTags or other measures to follow people’s locations. The only exception allows parents to...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Friday afternoon as the threat of a government shutdown ahead of the holidays inches closer. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signaled early Friday that House Republicans would vote on a third iteration of a spending package, which would fund the government through March. Two previous versions fell...
Veteran news host Dan Abrams announced Thursday that his show "Dan Abrams Live" on the cable network NewsNation will come to an end in February. Abrams, in his statement, suggested he needed to be "practical" about what the future holds and what is "possible" to do every day. He also thanked his team and advisers...
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) urged his House colleagues to reach an end-of-the-year spending agreement ahead of midnight Friday after Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) plan B deal failed the night before. "Everybody around here is always, 'Oh, woe is me.' ... The reality is, we need to get this done. It will be exceptionally stupid if...
The government’s consumer watchdog alleged Zelle and three banking giants failed to protect users from fraud on the peer-to-peer payment network. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleged Friday that Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo were slow to crack down on scammers, did not properly investigate complaints of fraud and failed to...
On Wednesday Google searches for bird flu symptoms shot up 500%, with bird flu topping all trending "symptoms" searches, according to the search engine's data.
President-elect Trump reiterated his support for abolishing or raising the debt ceiling, after House Republicans failed to advance a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded past Friday's shutdown deadline. Trump, whose criticism helped to tank the first iteration of the bill, urged lawmakers to extend the debt ceiling by at least four fiscal...
House Republicans are searching for a way to avoid a government shutdown, hours before the late Friday deadline, after their second funding proposal was defeated Thursday night. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said early Friday that Republicans had arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and a vote was planned soon. His comments come after Democrats and several...
