Dying doesn’t make anyone a saint, and despite the normal respect due to those in mourning, death isn’t an excuse to substitute an honest obituary with a hagiography. But while I will not stretch the truth to pay tribute to Dianne Feinstein, I must concede the obvious: For such a truly trailblazing public servant, the California senator deserved a better ending.
FOR MILLIONS, 'BIDENOMICS' IS A PAINFUL JOKE. JOE BIDEN LOVES IT. If you look up the word "Bidenomics" on the White House website, you'll find example after example of President Joe Biden praising the group of economic policies named after him. But now, there are reports the president's embrace of the term Bidenomics might be backfiring.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is slated to deliver remarks on Friday evening at the California state Republican Party Convention in Anaheim. The GOP presidential hopeful will speak to Jessica Millan Patterson, California Republican Party Chairwoman, according to NBC Los Angeles. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. EDT. Watch the live video above.
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a case asking the Federal Reserve to lower the cap on debit card “swipe fees.” An amendment by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act directed the Fed to set a “reasonable” cap on fees that banks charge merchants each time a customer swipes a...
The Energy Department issued its final efficiency rules for residential furnaces on Friday, which it projects will save Americans over $1.5 billion in heating expenses per year. The updated standards are set to take effect by the end of 2028. In November 2020, the Natural Resources Defense Council sued the Trump administration over missing a...
The White House is raising the alarm on escalating tensions between Kosovo and Serbia after a series of violent clashes in the Balkans over the past few months that are threatening to spiral out of control. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Friday said a shootout last weekend that left four people dead in...
The U.S. Navy in November will start randomly drug testing special operations forces for steroids amid concerns about recruits and servicemembers looking to boost their capabilities during training. The Navy said in a release that starting in November, every month it will randomly test up to 15 percent of its special forces in the Naval...
More than two decades after his death, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) arrested Duane “Keffe D” Davis on Friday as part of its long-running investigation into Shakur’s unsolved 1996 slaying, officials announced. The Associated Press was first to report news of...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday the “only way forward” amid the looming government shutdown is for the House to vote on the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution — a move Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ruled out earlier this week. The ultimatum came minutes after a coalition of conservatives tanked the House GOP’s stopgap bill,...
The teenager responsible for the 2021 school shooting that left four students dead in Michigan is eligible for life in prison without parole, a judge ruled Friday. Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the Oxford High School shooting, pleaded guilty to 24 charges — including terrorism and first-degree murder — in October....