The bipartisan Colorado congressional delegation issued a joint statement on Tuesday condemning President Trump’s decision to relocate the U.S. Space Command's headquarters from their state to Alabama. "Today's decision to move U.S Space Command's headquarters out of Colorado and to Alabama will directly harm our state and the nation. We are united in fighting to...
Democratic lawmakers of the House Oversight Committee will brief reporters following the committee's closed-door meeting with victims tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) launched an investigation into the late disgraced financier's case in July following turmoil after the Trump administration concluded that Epstein did not keep a so-called...
President Trump returned to public view on Tuesday after a weeklong break from appearances led to wild online speculation he was sick — or in the case of some baseless posts, even dead. Trump was asked directly about reports he was dead during an Oval Office appearance discussing his decision to move Space Command to...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Tuesday that rising electricity prices are what he “worries about most” as Americans face high power bills. “It's what I worry about most — seven days a week. We want to stop the rise in electricity for Americans and reshore jobs and opportunity here,” Wright said in an interview with Fox Business...
A federal judge on Tuesday largely sided with Google in the penalties phase of its search monopoly case, declining to order the breakup sought by the Department of Justice (DOJ). U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta barred Google from entering into exclusive agreements to prioritize its search engine, browser or artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot after finding...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced his engagement Tuesday, calling his fiancee “one of the greatest unearned blessings of my life.” The senior New Jersey senator, famously a lifelong bachelor, made the announcement in posts on his social media accounts. He said his fiancee, Alexis Lewis, has “transformed me, helping me to ground and center my...
🌌 Plus: Space Command HQ to move to Alabama {beacon} REP. THOMAS MASSIE (R-Ky.) filed a discharge petition Tuesday seeking to force the release of all government files pertaining to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, setting up a new confrontation with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Massie has teamed up with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)...
A federal judge ruled that Amazon must face a class action lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of imposing inflated fees on third-party sellers that have been passed along to consumers. U.S. District Judge John Chun allowed the lawsuit to move forward in an early August order, which was unsealed Friday. The certified class includes customers...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday warned GOP leaders that House Democrats will oppose any government spending bill negotiated by only Republicans. Behind Jeffries, House Democrats had voted almost unanimously in March against the Republicans’ 2025 spending extension, which had been crafted without input from Democratic appropriators. As Congress inches closer to a...