Every press conference and X video treating data centers as the boogeyman distracts from the far more complicated, but fixable, problems that are driving state electricity costs into the...
Hate found its way to Mississippi’s largest Jewish house of worship, Congregation Beth Israel, when an arsonist intentionally set fire to the synagogue at about 3 a.m. Saturday, damaging the only synagogue in Jackson. The alleged suspect’s name, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was released late Monday. According to the FBI, he faces charges of maliciously damaging […]
THE PRIME OF TOUGH-GUY PROGRESSIVISM. On Saturday, Larry Krasner, the elected Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia, posted a photo of himself on social media. It was a black-and-white picture of a stern-looking Krasner in a dark suit, one hand to his sunglasses. At the bottom of the photo, in all caps, was “FAFO,” which of course […]
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) on Monday took a swing at his Democratic congressional colleague Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) over Iran. In an earlier interview on “CNN News Central,” the network’s Kate Bolduan pressed Fetterman about possible American military action in Iran. “The president’s saying he's now considering taking military action inside Iran, do you want...
The Australian ambassador to the U.S. will be leaving his role in March -- an announcement made a few weeks after President Trump slammed him. “It is with deep appreciation for his tireless contribution to our national interests over the last three years in Washington that we today announce the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC...
President Trump’s efforts to keep his loyalist U.S. attorneys in their roles hit a dead end this week, as two top federal prosecutors stepped down over piling complications from their leadership. Julianne Murray, Delaware’s GOP chair-turned-top federal prosecutor, announced her resignation Friday, just days after Alina Habba said she was leaving her position atop New Jersey’s federal prosecuting office. They both pinned the blame on a long-standing...
Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed (D) said Sunday that the deadly shooting at Brown University “shook” his state. At least two students died and nine were injured in the Saturday shooting at the Providence, R.I., university, according to authorities. Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said at a press conference early Sunday that a person of...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said the community of Providence, R.I., will never recover after the shooting at Brown University on Saturday. Murphy — who emerged as a leading gun reform advocate in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in his state in 2012 — drew on his own experience to describe what...
Researchers with Harvard and Johns Hopkins' business schools compared prices on 2,238 ride requests in New York City to find out if Uber or Lyft was cheaper.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday expressed cautious optimism about a bipartisan compromise on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies for a select group of Americans before the tax credits expire at the end of the year. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor...
The Groypers, a right-wing movement, are disillusioned with the Republican Party's failure to deliver on its promises and are seeking a more authentic form of renewal, which has led them to embrace Nick Fuentes, a 27-year-old firebrand offering what they see as authenticity.
Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said in an interview released on Saturday that "everyone has a responsibility" to dial down intensifying violent rhetoric in the wake of her husband's assassination in September. Kirk took questions from guests of a town hall, with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as the moderator. Weiss reiterated...
