A political debate tactic is to pretend a disliked policy or cause is not what it seems to be but is really something else. President Donald Trump’s deportations of illegal immigrants are, for example, alleged to be about suppressing minority turnout in the next congressional election rather than about expelling people who shouldn’t be here. […]
Energy price politics is not a new game in Washington. Typically, politicians blame the opposing side for higher gas prices. These days, higher prices are at the meter as electricity rates have more than doubled the inflation rate over the past year. Democrats have seized on President Donald Trump‘s promise to halve electricity prices, blaming him for […]
Sen Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Tuesday described the choice to have Bad Bunny perform during the NFL's upcoming Super Bowl LX halftime show as political. "Why else would you pick, you know, some second-rate musician to play in our greatest sporting event?" Moreno told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy. "It makes no sense whatsoever. I thought...
A man arrested outside the annual Red Mass ceremony held at St. Matthew’s Cathedral had over 200 explosive devices in a tent on the church's stairs, according to police. Louis Geri, 41, touted homemade explosives when officers approached him on the step ahead of the service typically attended by Supreme Court justices to ring in a new...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump for signaling Monday that he could “take a look” at issuing a pardon for convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell. “I just want to add just how outrageous it was for Donald Trump, in today’s White House interview that he had with the press, to even, somehow, lean into...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) call to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, as he doubled down on his opposition to funding the government without addressing the expiring tax credits. In remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Democratic leader read aloud from part of a social media...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Tuesday strongly criticized the White House budget office for circulating a draft memo indicating that furloughed federal workers may not automatically receive back pay when the government eventually reopens. “I think it’s a horrible message to send to people who are basically hostages right now to the Democrats shutting...
The man who was allegedly attacked by Mark Sanchez during an altercation in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend is suing the former NFL starting quarterback turned television analyst and his network, Fox. In a suit filed Monday, lawyers for Perry Tole, a 69-year-old truck driver, alleged Sanchez started a fight that left him with "severe...
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is holding a press conference Tuesday afternoon to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. During the event, he is expected to unveil bipartisan legislation that will require school curriculums to educate students about the attack and rising antisemitism...
Congress must act now to ensure the responsible development of automated AI systems, before the next generation of AI systems begins writing the future without us in the loop.