The California high-speed rail is a blank slate that everyone can cast their wildest dreams upon because it does not exist and isn’t anywhere on the horizon. Among those projecting onto the non-existent train is state Sen. Scott Wiener (D), who posted, “Don’t believe the naysayers: CA high speed rail continues to be popular, polling […]
In the occasional overreach of the aftermath of #MeToo, lowercase-l liberal critics have focused on the small but pernicious share of accusers who outright lie. Whether the reason for allegedly false accusations is for favorable publicity, a preferential divorce settlement, or even political persuasions, these debates about is-she-or-isn’t-she-lying almost always center on women. But just […]
Republicans on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees advanced a resolution to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena last month. The votes took place after hours-long, fiery hearings. At the same time, the House Homeland Security Committee held its first impeachment hearing into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Meanwhile, both...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has proposed dipping into state reserves and cutting some spending, with the goal of narrowing an anticipated $37.86 billion budget deficit in the coming year. “Our state is in a strong position to close this shortfall while protecting key priorities and programs that millions of Californians rely on,” the governor...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved nearly a dozen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) holding bitcoin on Wednesday, the first time the agency has permitted the trading of funds directly invested in a cryptocurrency. The SEC approved 11 spot bitcoin ETFs from several major companies, including BlackRock, Fidelity and Grayscale Investments, as it faced down a...
Two House panels on Wednesday separately voted to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against Hunter Biden, teeing up a full House vote and the potential for criminal charges for the president’s son. The votes by the Oversight and Judiciary committees came hours after Biden made a surprise appearance in the Oversight markup, teeing up a...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is ending his 2024 bid for the White House just days before the Iowa caucus, he announced Wednesday. "It’s clear to me tonight that there isn’t a path for me to win the nomination," Christie told the audience at a town hall in Windham, N.H. The surprise move...
Glassdoor has released its list of the best places to work heading into 2024, with Bain & Company, NVIDIA and ServiceNow coming in the top three spots respectively as the best employers, as evaluated by employees. Glassdoor’s top 100 list of big employers, characterized by more than 1,000 employees, features the technology industry prominently, as...
Fundamentally, what we need from government on AI is not prescriptive legislation—we are simply too early in the development of AI for that to be productive. Instead, we need insight into the deep questions AI poses for all of us.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) slammed Ohio GOP Senate candidate Frank LaRose for comments he purportedly made denouncing Vance’s endorsement of one of LaRose’s primary opponents. Vance’s criticism of LaRose, Ohio’s secretary of state, came after the conservative political news website Human Events reported on a leaked recording in which a voice described as LaRose accuses...