Runoff primary elections were held in Texas on Tuesday night for several races that were proxy battles between controversial State Attorney General Ken Paxton and more traditional Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott. While the results in some state races favored Paxton-backed candidates, the night was mostly a success for Republicans more serious about governance than […]
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it would be awarding nearly $900 million for clean energy school buses to hundreds of school districts across the country. Through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, the agency selected more than 500 school districts to receiving the funding to replace diesel fueled...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod ripped the Biden campaign for actor Robert De Niro’s appearance outside the Manhattan courthouse, calling the event “ill-timed” in a new opinion piece. Axelrod took aim in an opinion piece published on CNN on Wednesday, asking why President Biden's campaign team thought it would be a “good idea” to have De...
Gas prices always become an issue in the summer months, as Americans hit the road for holiday travel — only this year, there may be another factor in the discussion: the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
An Amazon Prime membership will now permanently include a free subscription to the Grubhub+ food delivery service, the companies announced Thursday. Amazon previously offered a one-year Grubhub+ membership to Prime members in July 2022, before extending the offer for another year in June 2023. The Grubhub+ membership includes no delivery fees on orders over $12,...
John Bolton, national security adviser, weighed in on the jury deliberations in former President Trump’s criminal hush money case Wednesday, saying a guilty verdict would not be a “good look” for Trump’s chances of wooing independent voters. “I don’t think a conviction, even in a Manhattan courtroom, helps anybody. He will still be, potentially, a...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led 23 Democratic senators Thursday in a call for the Justice Department to investigate allegations of price-fixing by major oil companies. In their letter, the senators called for a full probe into possible industry violations of the Sherman Act, the 1890 law barring monopolies and anticompetitive agreements. They specifically...
Remnants of ballistic missiles produced in North Korea have been found throughout Ukraine, further confirming U.S. accusations that Pyongyang is arming Russia's war effort, according to a new unclassified report released Wednesday by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Since November 2023, the west has assessed that North Korea has been providing artillery shells, rockets and missile to...
Amazon announced Thursday the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has authorized its Prime Air delivery drones to operate beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS), clearing a major hurdle to the tech giant’s plans to expand the reach of its deliveries. Amazon said it has worked for years to develop and refine its “detect-and-avoid technology” to...