Billie Eilish, who's been a fierce critic of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration in the U.S., is taking to the Grammys stage to urge the public to "keep fighting" and "protesting." "As grateful as I feel, I honestly don't feel like I need to say anything, but, that...
Senate Republicans cleared a key hurdle on Wednesday toward confirming four dozen of President Trump's lower-level nominees, teeing up a final vote after they changed the chamber's rules last week. The Senate last week invoked the so-called nuclear option to allow the chamber to confirm large numbers of nominees in a single bloc and on...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) warned of the risk of Hepatitis B infection in infants on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of a federal vaccine advisory panel during which changes to the current immunization schedule for the virus are expected to be discussed and voted on. Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor,...
Rudy Giuliani must pay his ex-defense lawyer’s firm $1.36 million plus interest in unpaid legal bills, a New York state judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Arthur Engoron said the firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron was entitled to the amount for partner Robert Costello’s work representing the ex-New York City mayor as he faced investigations over his dealings in Ukraine and...
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday invited the leaders of Discord, Reddit, Twitch and Steam to testify before the full committee next month in the wake of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The hearing will focus on “the radicalization of online forum users, including instances of...
A group consisting of University of California (UC) students, faculty, staff and labor unions is suing the Trump administration, alleging violations of their academic freedom and free speech rights. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses the Trump administration of attempting to “commandeer this public university...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) got into a heated exchange about vaccines with former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Susan Monarez. During a Wednesday hearing about Monarez’s ouster from the agency, Paul grilled her about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and the need for newborns to get a hepatitis B shot. When Paul...
Whatever its faults, the Trump administration has made one thing clear: America will no longer leave its security, economy, or technological future in the hands of China. Days ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is shutting down a Microsoft program that had relied on Chinese nationals to help manage sensitive defense cloud environments —...
Attorney General Bill Barr recalled his conversations with President Trump when late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell during his testimony before a House investigative panel last month, according to a transcript released Tuesday. Barr told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he had at least two...
The Justice Department quietly removed from its website a study showing far-right extremists were responsible for the bulk of ideologically motivated deaths — a move that comes as the GOP seeks to back claims from President Trump that the “radical left” poses a greater danger than the right wing. The 2024 study, in which several criminal...
Top U.S. tech firms, including Microsoft, Nvidia and Google, have unveiled billions of dollars’ worth of new AI investments in the United Kingdom amid President Trump’s state visit. Microsoft announced Tuesday that it plans to invest $30 billion in AI infrastructure and operations in Britain over the next four years, part of which will go...
When Florida’s 2000 presidential election descended into the now-historic Bush v. Gore legal battle, its name became synonymous with electoral dysfunction. The world was laughing at a count marred by hanging chads, poor ballot design, and delayed results that plunged the nation into political uncertainty. News vans camped outside the courthouse. Late-night hosts reveled in the...
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), who rose to national prominence for rebuffing President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, unveiled a bid for Georgia governor on Wednesday. In his two-minute launch ad, Raffensperger sought to tout his conservative bona fides, noting how he took on fights with Democrats...
