No oil or gas company sought to drill in a contentious wildlife refuge in Alaska, the Interior Department announced Wednesday. As required by a 2017 law, the Biden administration offered the private sector the chance to drill on tracts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. However, it said Wednesday that no company submitted a bid...
Vice President Harris's neighborhood in Los Angeles was ordered to evacuate Tuesday night as wildfires blazed through the area, her spokesperson said on Wednesday. "Last night, the Vice President's neighborhood in Los Angeles was put under an evacuation order. No one was in her home at the time," her spokesperson, Ernie Apreza, said on the...
President Biden in an interview published Wednesday reflected on the highs and lows of his administration, stating his biggest regret was failing to challenge misinformation — including claims touted by President-elect Trump about the New Year's Day attacks. "I mean, again, it's the nature of the change in the way information is transmitted," Biden said...
Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine who was acquitted of criminal charges in the death of a Black man on a New York City subway, has filed to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the victim's father. In court filings on Monday, Penny’s lawyers denied claims laid out by Andre Zachary, Jordan Neely’s father, that he is...
Jon Favreau, a host of “Pod Save America,” highlighted in a recent podcast episode that President Biden “did not return the favor” after being awarded the Presidential Medal by former President Obama. Favreau, alongside co-hosts and fellow former Obama aides Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, discussed the recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor. While...
Democrats are advised to connect with voters by expressing their faith in an authentic way, but not to impose their religious beliefs on others, and to respect religious freedom and separation of church and state.
President-elect Trump is expected to announce Eric Trager as Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa on the National Security Council, a congressional aide told The Hill. Trager has served as a professional staff member for Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee since 2018. An expert in Egyptian politics, he also was...
Fox News host Jesse Watters told a Canadian government official this week he would be honored to be "taken over" by the United States if he were a Canadian citizen. “You say that Americans don’t have a problem with Canadians, and we don’t, but it seems like you have a problem with us. Because if...
President Biden said he was still considering pre-emptive pardons for President-elect Donald Trump's political foes, including former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney and Dr. Anthony Fauci, during his final interview with a print publication before leaving the White House.
Facebook's new content moderation modeled after X's "Community Notes" has been praised by free speech advocates but is unlikely to ease legal liability for Meta.