John Fetterman says the Democratic Party becoming officially anti-Israel would be his red line, raising concerns about progressive candidates in primaries.
NPR journalist Nina Totenberg on Tuesday discussed the events leading up to a story from the outlet about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito retiring that was later retracted. NPR said in an editor’s note Tuesday that it had put out a report that day about Alito retiring, adding that “neither Alito nor the court's public...
The Trump administration lifted Tuesday the restrictions placed on Anthropic's new Fable and Mythos models, restoring access just over two weeks since the export controls on the artificial intelligence models were put in place. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced the decision on X, writing the agency has "worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5...
President Trump raked in more than $500 million from his cryptocurrency venture he co-founded with his sons, according to his financial disclosures released on Tuesday. Trump and his sons launched the crypto venture known as World Liberty Financial in the fall of 2024 as the then-presidential candidate embraced the crypto industry during his campaign. World...
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson admonished fellow Justice Clarence Thomas for his dissent to the high court’s decision upholding birthright citizenship on Tuesday. In a 20-page concurring opinion, Jackson accused Thomas of applying a “narrow vision” of the 14th Amendment in dissenting from the six-justice majority. “Despite his longstanding endorsement of a ‘colorblind’ Constitution, Justice...
The Supreme Court’s final opinion day was full of landmark decisions, in a term marked by them. The justices handed down major rulings that rejected a core facet of President Trump’s immigration agenda, upheld statewide bans on transgender athletes in sports and dismantled a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal that capped...
President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, said not enough “reasonable” Democrats like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) are there to save the Democratic Party from a takeover by socialists. “Look at what's happening. Look at these socialists winning primaries across America. That is very serious. So, I do think that there are a few, at least, reasonable...
The Trump administration has terminated millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said were no longer aligned with the agency’s priorities. HHS cut 53 grants worth about $67 million two years before they were set to expire. The cuts hit university, community and public health...
A new report released on Tuesday found that 12 percent of successful scams last year involved artificial intelligence or deepfakes. The analysis, which was conducted jointly by Gallup and the Stop Scams Alliance, acknowledged that this reported number could be lower than the reality, as the use of AI or deepfakes can be difficult to...
The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) that would direct the House Ethics Committee to preserve and release records related to monetary settlements paid out by lawmakers in connection with cases of sexual misconduct. The vote was near-unanimous, with 420 lawmakers voting in favor and one Republican voting "present." Massie...
The Supreme Court blunted the Trump administration’s offensive on immigration on Tuesday with a ruling affirming that almost everyone born in the United States is an American citizen. The ruling, underscoring the concept known as ‘birthright citizenship,’ was a major defeat for a president who has sought not only to curb numbers on illegal immigration...
Darializa Avila Chevalier on Saturday said she would need to check with the community before backing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for the speakership if Democrats regain the majority. The democratic socialist, who defeated incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) by winning her primary last week, said she has close ties to New York’s 13th...
