PHILADELPHIA — Northeast Philadelphia native Marc Rayfield is a registered Democrat, considers himself a liberal, and voted for Democrats John Fetterman (for Senate) and Josh Shapiro (for governor) in 2022 and for Joe Biden in 2020. Now, though, he says he finds himself estranged from the party due to rising crime and homelessness in his […]
A challenge facing Ukraine is the uncertain willingness of its U.S. and European partners to continue providing financial aid support to Kyiv. But what if those responsible for Ukraine’s misery were made to pick up the tab? Wouldn’t that make pretty obvious sense? Assuming so, there’s an easy option here that has yet to be […]
BuzzFeed has sold Complex Networks to NTWRK, a livestreaming video commerce platform, at a significantly discounted price tag, and it will cut another 16 percent of its remaining staff, the company announced Wednesday. The $108.6 million all-cash deal comes just more than two years since BuzzFeed acquired pop culture media startup Complex in December 2021...
The Russian military has broken the stalemate in the Ukraine war, Robert Gates, former CIA director and secretary of Defense, said Wednesday, following Moscow’s successful push to take the front-line city of Avdiivka. “It’s no longer a stalemate. The Russians have regained momentum,” Gates told The Washington Post’s David Ignatius in a streaming interview. “Everything...
I urge the president to work across the aisle alongside Congress to make prescription drugs more affordable without retreating on our shared visions of finding cures to previously incurable diseases. The American people deserve better and House Republicans will give them the options to do so.
A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential bid is firing back at allegations made by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by launching billboards in the battleground state of Michigan. American Values 2024, which is headed by co-founder Tony Lyons, unveiled the nine billboards Wednesday. They come in response to allegations made by the...
House Oversight Democrats are pressing pharmaceutical companies on the nationwide shortages of a number of drugs in a new investigation announced Wednesday. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, led the group of Democrats in sending letters to the leaders of Pfizer, Sandoz and Teva Pharmaceuticals about the nationwide shortages...
In an ABC News exclusive interview, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) spoke about the recent ruling in which her lawsuit forced former President Trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties. ABC’s Aaron Katersky asked James why, so far in Trump’s legal issues, only women have held him to account. “Why is...
The House Freedom Caucus pressed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to put forward a yearlong stopgap funding bill, which would trigger automatic cuts to government spending, if he can't win concessions on controversial conservative policy riders. In a letter to Johnson on Wednesday, the hard-line conservative caucus also asked for an update regarding spending talks with...