Former President Trump on Wednesday mocked Vice President Harris’ heritage during a live interview Wednesday at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, telling the Chicago gathering that she “happened to turn Black.” ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott pressed Trump on comments from other Republicans that Harris was a “DEI hire” and was only elevated...
Former President Trump on Wednesday clashed with an ABC News correspondent at a convention of Black journalists, slamming her “disgraceful” questioning after she asked why Black voters should trust him with another term. ABC News’s Rachel Scott opened a question-and-answer session with Trump by citing his past comments spreading the birther conspiracy about former President Obama, his...
Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the recent global tech outage cost his company $500 million after the airline suffered major flight delays and cancellations. “This cost us a half a billion dollars,” Bastian said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Over a period of five days, between not just the lost revenue, but the tens of...
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams challenged CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday, accusing the host of spreading “disinformation” after she challenged the Democrat on her refusal to concede the 2018 election. Abrams narrowly lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and refused to concede, claiming that the state’s election laws violated voting...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday amid growing speculation that the central bank would start rate cuts later this year. Fed Chair Jerome Powell is slated to give remarks Wednesday afternoon on the decision. Markets had been expecting the Fed to keep rates where they are as inflation continued to fall over the summer, but...
Senate Democrats are releasing their annual study on staff diversity Wednesday amid a deepening partisan divide on the value of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. According to the survey, among Senate Democratic staffers, 41 percent identify as non-Caucasian, 57 percent are women and 17 percent identify as LGBTQ. The 2024 survey shows a small...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at a range of 5.25 to 5.5 percent Wednesday amid growing speculation that the central bank would start rate cuts later this year. Markets had been expecting the Fed to keep rates where they are as inflation continued to fall over the summer, but not quickly enough to...
The SEC's "gag rule" is a prior restraint that requires defendants to contract away their right to publicly maintain their innocence or contradict the SEC's allegations against them, which is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.
Massachusetts’s Democratic-controlled Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to update the state’s parentage law, adding protections for LGBTQ families and children born through surrogacy and assisted reproduction that advocates say are long overdue. The Massachusetts Parentage Act, introduced earlier this year by state Reps. Sarah K. Peake, a Democrat, and Hannah Kane, a Republican, would change how...
The Harris campaign blasted former President Trump on Wednesday over his appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago. “Ahead of Donald Trump’s conversation at NABJ today — let’s remember exactly who this man is. Not only does Donald Trump have a history of demeaning NABJ members and honorees who remain...