President Biden is set to deliver remarks Tuesday afternoon on gun control in Monterey Park, California. Tuesday's speech comes after the president signed an executive order on Tuesday to increase background checks before firearms sales. The order also asks Biden's Cabinet to explore how the federal government can better assist communities after a mass shooting...
Former President Trump said in a recent interview that everyone who sent him letters included in his forthcoming book “kissed my a--.” “I think they’re going to see a very fascinating life,” Trump told Breitbart News of the book. “I knew them all — and every one of them kissed my a--, and now I only have...
Tennessee senators on Monday voted in favor of proposed legislation to define male and female in state law — running the risk of losing billions in federal education funding. The measure, Senate Bill 1440, would define sex in state law to mean a person’s sex assigned at birth, which the proposed legislation says is “immutable.” Tennesseans...
Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed the Biden administration for what he called a "bailout" of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, arguing that it is “disingenuous” for federal officials to suggest that Americans will not pay for backstopping depositors. “President Biden says taxpayers won't pay for the bailout, but that is disingenuous – every American...
Former President Trump leads Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) by 4 percentage points for a hypothetical 2024 GOP presidential nomination among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in a new poll. The CNN survey found 40 percent of the Republican respondents said they’d most likely support Trump, who launched his campaign for another White House term back...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said on Tuesday that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is not a “territorial dispute,” pushing back against remarks made by his home-state Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on the matter. In a questionnaire sent out by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson to potential 2024 presidential candidates, DeSantis said "becoming further entangled in a...
Shareholders for the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank have filed a class action lawsuit against the bank’s parent company and its leaders over allegations that they did not disclose how interest rate increases could have an effect on business. The shareholders, led by Chandra Vanipenta, filed the lawsuit on Monday against SVB Financial Group, former CEO...
Annie Lennox has some “Sweet Dreams” for the future of political discourse, saying candidates and lawmakers need to lose the “rage” and “show respect for each other.” “This divide needs to calm down,” Lennox said when ITK caught up with the “No More ‘I Love You’s’” singer at a recent Library of Congress event in...
North Carolina Democrat Wesley Harris announced Monday he is running for state treasurer in 2024. Harris hopes to succeed GOP State Treasurer Dale Folwell.