Former first lady Jill Biden said then-President Joe Biden’s catastrophic debate performance against Donald Trump in 2024 “frightened” her because she thought he might be experiencing a medical episode....
President Trump threatened a U.S. military attack against Oman Wednesday, warning against the possibility of the Middle Eastern country controlling the Strait of Hormuz jointly with Iran through tolls.
Comedian Bill Maher praised California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) social media strategy of trying to “out-stupid” President Trump. “Gavin Newsom is now trolling Trump. I’ve never seen a Democrat do this. I think it’s very funny… he’s imitating Trump’s exact style,” Maher said Friday during his “Real Time With Bill Maher” show. “This is Newsom:...
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley condemned the Trump administration’s decision to take a 10 percent stake in Intel. “Biden was wrong to subsidize the private sector with the Chips Act using our tax dollars. The counter to Biden is not to lean in and have govt own part of Intel,” Haley, who was the...
California will ask voters this fall to decide whether to redraw this state’s congressional lines after its Democratic-controlled Legislature formally approved a sweeping redistricting plan on Thursday, a response to GOP-led efforts in Texas. The plan, if voters give it the green light, could give Democrats five additional House seats, potentially nullifying the gains Republicans...
Trade negotiations between the U.S. and India are ongoing, although New Delhi has some “red lines” that it will defend, according to India's foreign minister. “I mean, negotiations are still going on in the sense that nobody said the negotiations are off. You know? I mean, and people, people do talk to each other,” Indian...
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta weighed in on the FBI’s raid of President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, suggesting Friday night that there’s “some targeting here going on.” “We don‘t know all the facts here because we don‘t know what the Justice Department said to a magistrate judge in order to get...
The U.S. should establish a Public AI Wealth Fund to ensure that the public benefits from the returns of AI, while using competition, data, labor and energy rules to keep the field open and the harms in check.
President Trump is seeing a growing disapproval rating among Americans seven months into his second White House term, according to a Friday survey. . The Economist/YouGov poll found that 40 percent of Americans “strongly or somewhat” approve of Trump’s handling of the presidency. More than half of U.S. adults, 56 percent, said they “strongly or...
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) on Saturday upped her crusade against conditions in the Gaza Strip following a declaration of famine in the region by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. “U.S. taxpayers fund Israel $3.8 billion annually for military aid. That means every U.S. tax payer is contributing to Israel’s military actions,” Greene...
Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official, signaled Saturday that he could be the next target of President Trump's FBI after ex-national security adviser John Bolton's Washington-area home was raided by agents early Friday. Taylor, who served as a deputy chief of staff at DHS under Trump's first term, was asked by...
The federal government said it would deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined a plea deal, according to court filings. Federal prosecutors on Thursday offered Abrego Garcia the option to “live freely” with refugee or residency status in Costa Rica after serving prison time for federal human smuggling charges in exchange for a...
Panama has taken substantial steps to uphold international sanctions and maritime security, and has demonstrated its commitment to transparency and international cooperation by delisting vessels flagged for sanctionable activities and implementing a ban on registering oil tankers and bulk carriers older than 15 years.
President Trump on Saturday reupped his support for Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), just hours after the state legislature advanced new congressional maps that could give the GOP up to five more seats in the House during next year's midterms. Trump lauded Patrick as a "terrific and powerful" lieutenant governor and "incredible friend" to...
