California continues to be the epitome of economic mediocrity for the vast majority of its residents, no matter how many times Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) boasts about the state’s gross domestic product.
With one week before the first Republican debate and five months until the Iowa caucuses, the party's presidential contest is still far from over. Still, despite the 91 criminal charges and impending financial drain because of his legal proceedings, former President Donald Trump remains the dominant front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, with a 40-odd point national lead over his closest competitor, Ron DeSantis, and comfortable double-digit margins over the Florida governor in the crucial early primary states.
With Los Angeles residents set to vote in March 2024 on a ballot measure requiring all hotels to house the homeless, a new poll shows that voters are overwhelmingly skeptical of the proposal.
As former President Trump's legal problems mount, he is embracing the kinds of false claims about the 2020 election that got him into trouble in the first place. Trump has been indicted twice this month over his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election, with prosecutors pointing to his repeated false statements...
On Aug. 18, the leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea will gather for a trilateral summit at Camp David. The summit falls at an important time for the region, as critical alliances with Tokyo and Seoul grow more vital given the tensions surrounding perceptions in all three capitals as to China's growing...
In an interview on “CBS Mornings” Thursday, 2024 GOP presidential candidate and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said “both sides” of the political aisle are untrustworthy. When asked about what he thinks about the recent fourth indictment of former President Trump, Burgum deflected and began talking about his campaign’s goals. He said he wants to...
The wealthiest tenth of U.S. households are the source of 40 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published in the journal PLOS Climate. Researchers, led by Jared Starr of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, analyzed three decades of household income data from 1990 to 2019. They found that during this period, the bottom 90...
The bipartisan group of representatives pushing for public information on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) is having difficulty continuing their effort after a blockbuster committee hearing last month. The Hill hosted an event Thursday, The Truth Is Out There: UFOs & National Security, which was moderated by congressional reporter Mychael Schnell and featured three of the...
Former President Trump said in an interview aired Thursday that, if reelected to the White House in 2024, he would not reappoint Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve for another term. "I would not reappoint him. I thought he was always late, whether it was good or bad, but he was always late," Trump...