Republican Ashley Hinson wants Iowans to know she’ll pick a fight with President Donald Trump. Democrat Josh Turek wants them to know he’ll work with him.The rivals in Iowa’s...
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen vowed Sunday to allow France to prospect for oil again on its territory if she is elected in May, a proposal reminiscent of U.S. President Donald Trump's "drill, baby, drill " policy to speed up fossil fuel development.
The campaign bus rolls through North Texas under a cloudless sky. Inside, James Talarico, the 37-year-old Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, speaks in the measured cadence of a man who once taught middle-school English and now studies to become a Presbyterian minister. He quotes Scripture. He talks about working families and the cost […]
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday pushed back against the Trump administration's renewed attempt to fire her from the central bank's Board of Governors, despite a Supreme Court ruling preventing her removal. Cook's lawyers, Abbe Lowell and Norm Eisen, said President Trump has "no legal basis" to remove their client. The Fed governor, who was...
Almost anywhere else, we would call it a public health crisis, an occupational safety crisis and, quite possibly, a mass tort.
In the NFL today, we just call it football.
Rep. Seth Moulton and Sen. Ed Markey are squaring off for Massachusetts's Democratic Senate nod next week in the latest primary to spotlight young challengers vying to push out the party's old guard. Moulton, a 47-year-old who’s been in the House for six terms, is mounting a long-shot bid to unseat Markey, who at 80 has served on Capitol Hill for...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Wednesday announced an investigation into a “major” cybersecurity incident that the Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility for. The ATF said a standalone system operating separately from the agency's network did not appear to affect its enterprise network, eForms system or other systems, according to a...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump’s mail-in voting order challenged again ▪ Meta agrees to restrictions in settlement ▪ FDA approves major pancreatic cancer treatment ▪ Abbey Gate bombing fifth anniversary Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will step into the spotlight this week as he delivers his first major speech as chair, with investors anxious to see whether he...
Republicans on Capitol Hill are divided over whether to make a last-ditch push to enact legislation to stimulate the economy and cheer up voters before Election Day as the latest federal data shows the economy is slowing and inflation remains a problem. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) last month floated a fourth budget reconciliation...
Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek on Wednesday shot down the idea of former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigning for him. When pressed by a reporter at a Wednesday event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa about the topic of working with Harris during his campaign, Turek — a state representative and two-time Paralympic basketball gold medalist...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday suggested housing data centers in space amid mounting controversy surrounding the facilities’ growing presence in the U.S. “Let's take our data centers, put them in Earth orbit, take advantage of that free fusion reactor that's out there for us and use that to ensure we do win the ......
Texas state House candidate Jorge Borrego issued an apology Wednesday for past posts that featured “crude and immature jokes” after laughing the posts off earlier this week. “In no ways do those past posts represent my current sentiments and feelings,” Borrego wrote. He added that the posts stemmed from his childhood “in an environment where...
The self-proclaimed and accused "mastermind" of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is scheduled to stand trial in 2028, according to an order issued Wednesday.
Two Phoenix, Ariz. suburbs became the latest municipalities Wednesday to terminate their contracts with Flock Safety, cancelling their use of the company’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs) that have drawn widespread privacy concerns. The city of Tempe, which had an $80,000 contract with the company, said it would turn off all of its Flock cameras...
