For years, radical socialist politicians insisted that corporate America needed more regulation, higher taxes and a greater role in advancing political causes. CEOs eagerly signed onto fashionable initiatives, from...
President Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz within the next two days. Trump's warning comes one day after he hinted that the U.S. was "winding down" its military operation in Iran, claiming the U.S. was "getting very close" to achieving its objective. "If Iran...
Trump warns Iran it has 48 hours to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or the U.S. will strike and obliterate its power plants, starting with the largest.
Microsoft has filed an amicus brief in Anthropic's case against the Trump administration, urging the court to temporarily block the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk.
Almost half of American voters have a negative view of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new poll. In the NBC News poll released Tuesday, 46 percent of respondents said they had a “somewhat negative” or “very negative” view of AI. Twenty-seven percent said they were “neutral” towards the technology and 26 percent said they...
Half of California's registered voters say they would back a ballot initiative — championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) — that would implement a one-time tax on the state's ultrawealthy residents, according to the UC Berkeley Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research-POLITICO poll released Tuesday. The poll found...
Rep. Bennie Thompson is fighting to hang onto his seat in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District as he battles with Evan Turnage, a former Senate aide, for the Democratic nod in Tuesday's primary race. Republican incumbents seeking reelection without any primary challengers include Reps. Trent Kelly of the 1st Congressional District and Michael Guest of the...
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is facing GOP primary challenger Sarah Adlakha in her quest to keep representing Mississippi in the Senate. Democratic challengers include Scott Colom, Albert Littell and Priscilla W. Till. Follow Decision Desk HQ’s live results here. "" ""
The U.S. military has not yet escorted any oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, contradicting a now-deleted post from Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “I was made aware of this post. I haven’t had a chance to talk to the Energy secretary about it directly, however, I...
Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian American scholar who was imprisoned in Iran, said Monday that he does not see the regime’s leadership giving in to President Trump’s demands, even as the president vows to accept nothing less than “unconditional surrender” from Tehran to end the conflict. “When [the regime] says death to America, it’s sometimes referred...
President Trump's top federal prosecutor in Milwaukee will not have his temporary term extended by judges on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the court announced Tuesday. Brad Schimel, interim U.S. attorney for the district, will see the clock on his appointment run out on March 17. A majority of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that strikes on Iranian oil depots causing "black rain" could lead to respiratory problems as toxic pollutants disperse through the air. "Black rain," also referred to as "acidic rain," falling over Tehran "is indeed a danger" to the city's inhabitants, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in...
President Trump on Monday described Vice President JD Vance as being “maybe less enthusiastic” at the start of the U.S. war in Iran. “We get along very well on this,” Trump told reporters in Miami when asked if there were any divides with Vance on the war. “He was, I would say, philosophically a little...
Americans are bracing for expected economic impacts of the Trump administration's military operations in the Middle East, with a majority in a new poll expressing pessimistic views about the future of gas prices. In the Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, 67 percent of respondents said they anticipate gas prices to surge even higher in the U.S....
