Former Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Joe Biden made a "big mistake" when he did not invite Tesla CEO Elon Musk to an electric vehicle event in 2021.
Significant crowd sizes in major cities like New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles were observed Saturday during "No Kings" protests against the Trump administration.
Millions of Americans gathered together for "No Kings Day" protests across the country on Saturday, with elected leaders also participating in — or lampooning — the marches. About 2,600 demonstrations aimed at criticizing the Trump administration were planned across all 50 states. Protests were held in small towns and major cities, including New York City,...
Vice President Vance on Saturday told the U.S. Marine Corps members gathered at Camp Pendleton in California that they will get paid despite the government shutdown. Vance, appearing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and second lady Usha Vance, gave remarks at the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration. "I bring greetings today from our commander in...
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield on Sunday said he is “preparing to take legal action” against President Trump for sending California National Guard troops to the Beaver State. “We are quickly assessing our options and preparing to take legal action. We’ll continue to share updates as we have them,” Rayfield said Sunday in a post...
Presidential powers, LGBTQ rights and the role of race in elections are among a spate of high-profile issues before the Supreme Court as the justices take the bench Monday to begin a new term. The court is poised to review 39 argued cases so far, including President Trump’s bid to keep his most significant economic...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Sunday went after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying the military “could not do its job” without “the women who serve.” “Well, this is the least qualified secretary of Defense in our nation's history, and he's questioning the ability of the women who actually qualified to their — to do their...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that “no Democrat” in Congress is attempting to expand health care benefits to migrants without legal status. “Federal law clearly prohibits the expenditure of taxpayer dollars to provide health care to undocumented immigrants. Period, full stop,” Jeffries said on NBC’s "Meet the Press." “And no Democrat on...
Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a person outside of a local cathedral before a high-profile Red Mass. “Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) members assigned to a detail for the Red Mass at Saint Matthew’s Cathedral engaged an individual who set up a tent on the steps of the Cathedral,” MPD said in a Sunday statement....
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday the lower chamber “did its job” in the government funding battle. On Sept. 19, the House passed what Johnson called a “clean” and “nonpartisan” stopgap spending bill, which would fund the government through Nov. 21. “The House did its job,” Johnson said on CBS’s "Face the Nation." “The...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Sunday that the Trump administration is deploying 300 of his state’s National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., and he vowed he would sue over the move. On Saturday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration’s deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the state’s largest city. U.S. District...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that an independent Palestinian state is “not even a realistic thing right now.” “It’s not even possible. That’s not even a realistic thing right now,” Rubio said on CBS’s "Face the Nation." “Because who would govern that Palestinian state, Hamas?” The Trump administration’s 20-point plan to end the...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Trump administration’s plan to lay off thousands of federal workers is “regrettable,” but the fault is with Democrats who won’t agree to the Republicans’ proposal to reopen the government. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker pressed Johnson on the administration’s unprecedented plan to...
President Trump called on Democratic Virginia attorney general nominee Jay Jones to drop out of his race over leaked text messages about former state House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R). “It has just come out that the Radical Left Lunatic, Jay Jones, who is running against Jason Miyares, the GREAT Attorney General in Virginia, made SICK...
Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the former Army vice chief of staff, said he is “concerned” about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “attack on women” in the military on Sunday. “I'm concerned about what I considered an attack on women, and the fact that there are people who say that women have been let into different combat fields...
Baby boomers who lost their white-collar jobs during the 2008 Great Recession experienced vastly different financial outcomes, with some experiencing "hard falls" while others experienced "soft landings", and Gen Xers today face the same quandary with potentially even more precarious financial outcomes.
President Trump’s push to expand and consolidate power is ramping up on multiple fronts, even as the government shutdown holds center stage on Capitol Hill. Trump’s actions are sharpening critics’ fears about creeping authoritarianism. The shutdown and Trump’s expansive use of power are interlinked in some respects. Trump has sought new ways to ratchet up...
