President-elect Donald Trump has given the Chinese intelligence services a big Christmas present by petitioning the Supreme Court to delay the enforced sale or suspension of TikTok. TikTok is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, which is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, the United States’s preeminent adversary. Trump’s petition asserts that he “opposes banning TikTok […]
The German government on Monday accused Elon Musk of trying to influence its February election after the world’s wealthiest person penned an op-ed this weekend backing the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD). “It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election through his statement,” government spokesperson Christiane...
Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. The 39th president and former Georgia governor had received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts around peace and human rights over the decades. President Biden said Carter “lived a life measured not by words but by deeds.” Biden set Carter's state funeral...
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) encouraged the state’s top court to not take up Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) appeal of a ruling disqualifying her from criminally prosecuting President-elect Trump. “Lawfare has become far too common in American politics, and it must end. As such, I would encourage the Georgia Supreme Court...
Orlando-based attorney and former President Biden donor John Morgan is weighing a third-party run for Florida governor in 2026. Morgan, who switched his registration from Democrat to independent, told The Hill on Monday that many have urged him to run following his success in leading two separate statewide ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana in...
A former U.S. lieutenant general warned Sunday that Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who has become intricately involved in President-elect Trump’s transition, may pose national security risks due to his ties to China and Russia. Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré pointed to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s business interests in China, as well as his...
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said Monday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) must lay out his plan to deliver on President-elect Trump’s agenda if he wants to secure her vote for Speaker. In an interview on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends,” Spartz said she is looking at Johnson’s “track record” and thinks “unfortunately we will not...
His unprecedented post-White House pivot into positive actions for a better world in so many fields — including public health — revealed his distinctive genius.