Former Vice President Al Gore took aim at social media algorithms on Tuesday, saying sites that are "dominated by algorithms" are the “digital equivalent of AR-15s.” Gore, speaking at the the Bloomberg Green at COP28 event, said that spending too much time scrolling on social media could be dangerous and suggested that algorithms be banned....
Fox News's Sean Hannity hosted a town hall with former President Trump on Tuesday in Davenport, Iowa where the former president answered a range of questions from the primetime network host. Trump took swipes at President Biden, some of his GOP rivals and answered questions surrounding media reports that cast his second-term as a "dictatorship."...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) characterized former President Trump as “projecting” when he claims President Biden is the threat to democracy. CNN’s Anderson Cooper pressed Cheney, once a top-ranking House Republican, on what she would say to Republicans who believe Trump’s claims that it is Biden, not him, who is a threat to democracy in...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Tuesday revealed her father told her she was "in danger" on Jan. 6, 2021 following former President Trump's speech to supporters shortly before some members of the group rioted at the Capitol. Speaking to a crowd near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump said, "We got to...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Tuesday that Republicans in Congress can’t be relied on to “defend” the Constitution. “I think the lesson that we've seen over the course of the last couple of years is that this group of elected Republicans can't be counted on to defend the Constitution,” Cheney said in an interview...
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) issued a statement on Tuesday after news outlets reported that he got into a physical altercation with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) last month when the two Georgia Republicans moved to force votes on competing resolutions to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). “I understand why there would be a lot of...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Tuesday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republicans' decision to blur the faces of those who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in security tapes, arguing it's an attempt to suggest the tape's contents "would change the facts of what happened." "I think that we're experiencing...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled the public tree lighting at the state's capitol amid planned pro-Palestinian protests, instead deciding to host a virtual event, according to a report.
Former President Donald Trump told a town hall on Tuesday that John Kerry's climate policies "has to be stopped" and that he is "destroying the country."