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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes sales-tax exemption for gas stoves

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to exempt gas-powered stoves and other appliances from the state sales tax as part of his latest budget.

Pelosi backing Schiff in Senate race in California if Feinstein retires

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is backing Rep. Adam B. Schiff's bid for a California Senate seat -- so long as Sen. Dianne Feinstein exits, stage left.

New developments make it wiser for Trump to withdraw from 2024 race

New poll results and new legal developments, among other factors, should make Donald Trump decide it is in his best interests not to run for president again, after all, in 2024.

For Ron DeSantis, it’s now or never

We can't have nice things anymore, so naturally, the 2024 presidential cycle began mere seconds after the 2022 midterm elections. Former President Donald Trump, after losing in 2020 and watching a full slate of his endorsed candidates go down in embarrassing fashion, wasted no time in announcing his third bid for the presidency on Nov. 15.

To prevent a deadlier pandemic, pause gain of function research

If gain of function didn’t cause this ferocious pandemic, it most certainly can cause the next one.

Tim Scott launching listening tour amid 2024 speculation

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will launch a listening tour this month amid increasing speculation that he will run for the White House in 2024. On his “Faith in America” listening tour, Scott will hold an event to honor Black History Month on Feb. 16 in Charleston, S.C., and later head to Iowa, where he will...

Manchin and Cruz team up on bill to protect gas stoves

Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a new bill Thursday which would prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission from regulating the banning of gas stoves. The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act comes on the heels of national debate over a CPSC comissioner raising the prospect of a ban on the stoves,...

Roy Wood Jr. extends ‘Daily Show’s’ lead over ‘SNL’ on Correspondents’ dinner entertainers

With Roy Wood Jr. “The Daily Show” is extending its lead over “Saturday Night Live” for producing the most White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner entertainers. The “Daily Show” correspondent was announced Thursday as this year’s headliner for the April 29 gala in Washington. The selection of Wood brings the number of comedians from Comedy Central’s satirical...

Over 100K job cuts announced in January: analysis

U.S. companies announced roughly 103,000 job cuts in January, the highest monthly total since September 2020, a Thursday analysis found. Last month was the worst January for job cuts since the Great Recession in 2009, according to a report from employment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.  Around 40 percent of last month’s job reductions came...

Scott: ‘I don’t think it made any sense’ for McConnell to boot me from Commerce

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who has challenged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) leadership and strategy on multiple fronts, told CNN in an interview that he doesn't think McConnell kicking him off the powerful Commerce Committee "made any sense." But Scott said he’s undeterred by the setback, which some Senate conservatives think is payback after...

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