Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) has filed paperwork to run in the California Senate race in 2024, joining what's expected to be a crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Lee has not made a formal announcement, though she filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, one day after Feinstein, at...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) labeled former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley a “Bush in heels,” likening the newly-minted presidential candidate to former President George W. Bush — who represents a more traditional wing of the Republican Party. "Nikki Haley is just another George (or Jeb!) Bush,” Greene said on Twitter. “She is weak on...
Oakland declared a local state of emergency on Tuesday night following a ransomware attack that impacted the city’s network a week ago. The city’s interim administrator, G. Harold Duffey, issued the emergency as the city continues to experience a network outage that has impacted non-emergency systems, including phone lines. The city’s financial systems, fire emergency...
The United Nations this week identified a new de facto leader of the terrorist group al Qaeda, a former Egyptian special forces officer and close affiliate of Osama bin Laden with a $10 million bounty on his head. A Monday report named Saif al-Adel, a high-ranking al Qaeda official, as the operating and uncontested leader...
Lawmakers discussed potential foreign policy changes to counter the fentanyl crisis during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, emphasizing the need to crack down on Chinese and Mexican officials to stem the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), most of the fentanyl trafficked into the...
Former President Trump said he is "glad" that Nikki Haley is jumping into the Republican primary for the White House in 2024, hours after slamming the former South Carolina governor for previously supporting cuts to Medicare and Social Security. "I’m glad she’s running," Trump said in an interview with Fox News. "I want her to...
The nation’s annual budget deficits are projected to average $2 trillion over roughly the next decade, according to figures released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Wednesday. In the recent 2023-2033 “Budget and Economic Outlook” report, the CBO projected the federal budget national deficit would reach $1.4 trillion for fiscal 2023, $400 billion higher...
Federal spending on Social Security and Medicare is projected to rise dramatically over the next decade, far outpacing revenues and the economy on the whole while putting new pressure on Congress to address accelerated threats of insolvency, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The increase is driven by a variety of...
Ryan Petty, whose daughter was murdered in the Parkland, Florida, shooting, slammed President Biden for using the fifth anniversary of the massacre to push gun control measures.