Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday entered the national battle over U.S. House control, urging voters to reject a California ballot proposal to rejigger districts that he said would erode democratic principles and allow politicians to "take the power away from the people."
President Donald Trump defended his order that flags be lowered to half-staff after last week's slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk by suggesting he would have done the same following the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker this summer had he been asked by the state's governor.
Vice President Vance on Wednesday said there are "no immediate" plans to send the National Guard to Chicago in an effort to curb crime after President Trump has flirted with the idea for weeks. The vice president was asked how many members of the National Guard would be sent to the Windy City and when...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic discussing organ transplants and immortality at the military parade in Beijing on Wednesday. The two leaders were captured on the stream as they walked with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Tiananmen Square, with the Russian translator saying: "Biotechnology...
A new poll suggests that few Americans trust Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s medical advice, with 48% of respondents distrusting him and 79% trusting their own doctors.
A federal judge invalidated the Trump administration’s freeze of $2.2 billion worth of federal grants to Harvard University, handing the school a major legal victory Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs restored the funding after Harvard and employee groups sued, agreeing it ran afoul of constitutional free speech protections and federal law. “Defendants and the President are...
The Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $1.4 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing — the fourth largest in its history and the sixth largest ever among all U.S. lotteries. While the chances of striking big are notoriously slim, even a lucky jackpot winner should not expect to walk away a billionaire any time soon. In...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will honor the African American men of the 369th Infantry Regiment on Wednesday afternoon during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. The fighters, known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," were known for their service in World War I. They gained recognition as the unit assigned to fight under the 16th Division of the...
The Trump administration has chosen to let the courts take the lead on the complex issue of copyright and intellectual property as it relates to artificial intelligence, rather than taking any meaningful action itself.
House Republicans on Wednesday approved a measure to show support for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into matters surrounding the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The measure was unveiled on Tuesday as a clear alternative to a bill from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to require the Justice Department...
Paul Offit, a pediatrician and vaccine expert who has often criticized health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been blocked from serving on a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory panel. According to a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, Offit was among several FDA advisory committee members whose Special Government...
House Republicans voted on Wednesday to authorize a select subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and potentially the previous Democratic-run Jan. 6 committee, a move that came more than seven months after the panel was first announced. The subcommittee will be part of the House Judiciary Committee and will be chaired by...
Federal Reserve board member Christopher Waller, one of President Trump's potential picks to chair the central bank, said Thursday the Fed must begin cutting interest rates at its next meeting. In an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box," Waller expressed concerns about how quickly the weakening U.S. job market could fall apart if the Fed doesn't...
Trump's call to downplay the horrors of slavery is a red flag moment, as evidenced by the microhistory of Christmas on plantations, which reveals the continued physical and verbal abuse, slave trading and other horrors of slavery during the holiday season.
