Two years ago, a champagne cork went flying on the Federalist Society convention stage as panelists toasted recent Supreme Court wins. A celebratory mood was still on display at this year’s annual gathering of the conservative legal movement, but those feelings were mixed with shock from Democrats' midterm victories. "On election night, there was a congressman...
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) called on his party's congressional leadership — House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) to "step up to the daggum plate" Saturday morning, urging the pair to pass legislation funding air travel infrastructure updates in light of Friday's nationwide ground stop. “We know that it...
Microsoft confirmed its services are fully restored as of Saturday after the tech company faced a massive global outage impacting its platforms earlier in the week. “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions,” the company wrote in a post...
Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested access to users' personal photo library through a single permission notice, according to a...
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) called on Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s Commerce secretary, to step down over reports the cabinet member shielded Nvidia from federal oversight — accusations which emerged after the tech giant's CEO resigned this week. Jensen Huang stepped down from Nvidia's chief role Thursday after claims came to light of his reported...
The Trump administration is moving ahead with big changes to Head Start, the federal early childhood education program that serves low-income families, to the outcry of advocates who say the proposals will limit access to the program, currently serving 700,000 students. Interested parties have until Tuesday to submit their thoughts to the federal government on...
With a month until the midterm elections, President Trump is hitting the campaign trail in an effort to ramp up voter turnout across traditionally red states, as rising costs and a deeply unpopular Iran war leave the GOP scrambling to protect its majority in Congress. Trump’s October campaign blitz will feature stops in Oklahoma, Alabama,...
President Trump repeatedly berated Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Saturday over his stance on a daylight savings bill after posting the Republican Congress member's cell phone number on social media. In a morning Truth Social post, the president encouraged his supporters to call the senator and urge him to back legislation that would make daylight...
Trump administration lawyers are fighting back against CNN, MS NOW and Politico's attempt to prevent the White House from enforcing futures bans against them — with the Justice Department (DOJ) now arguing the three outlets failed to meet “professional" standards. “The President concluded that they have failed to maintain basic minimum ‘standards of professionalism and...
The author warns that the massive capital investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure creates a systemic economic risk that could trigger widespread financial instability if projected productivity gains fail to materialize.
A dengue fever outbreak in the state of Florida appears to have grown to the largest in the continental U.S. in decades, totaling 252 reported cases this year in the Sunshine State according to an update this week. Dengue fever, which is transmitted through infected mosquito bites, is rarely fatal and most infected people do...
Political scientist Lawrence R. Jacobs argues that urgent reforms to the presidential nomination process are required to prevent the rise of populism and protect the rule of law.
The head of Tennessee’s corrections department will step down following the state’s botched execution of death row inmate Christa Pike this week. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada submitted his resignation on Saturday, Gov. Bill Lee (R-Tenn.) announced. “Commissioner Strada has served with integrity, and I appreciate his willingness to put the interests of...
Republicans are struggling with how to thread the needle on immigration ahead of what is expected to be a bruising midterm season in which many voters have soured on the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement. But the party has spent two years championing policies that resulted from President Trump running on “securing” the border, including a...
The Trump administration, under the influence of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, is exploring the potential use of psychedelic substances in medicine — once a fringe topic that is now being heavily researched and invested in. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing in September in which over 200 people requested...
The Cornell University gang rape allegation is the latest in a series of black marks for fraternities, leading critics to question why universities continue to support them. Fraternities, almost as old as the country itself, have been a staple at colleges for young men to come together with the stated goals of teaching leadership,...
Republican strategist Karl Rove said he believes Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will lose his bid for Senate if he does not agree to a debate with his Democratic opponent, state Rep. James Talarico. “If he doesn’t debate, I think he loses,” Rove said in a Wednesday appearance at The Economic Club of Chicago...
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) dropped the word "Zyn" from a piece of campaign merchandise inspired by the popular nicotine pouch brand's packaging after its parent company reportedly asked her to stop. In early September, the Democrat added a puck-shaped storage tin, labeled “GLUE-ZYN-KAMP," to her campaign’s storefront. Gluesenkamp Perez announced Thursday she had replaced...
President Trump announced Friday that he will be returning to Alabama next week for the University of Georgia vs. University of Alabama college football game. He made the announcement while in Mobile, Ala. for a rally as part of his travels to several different states to rally Republicans ahead of the midterms. The game is...
