Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing pressure from Democrats over the proliferation of hate speech on the platform and the company’s efforts to push back on a group researching the hateful content on the site. Reps. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), Sean Casten (D-Ill.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sent Musk a...
U.S. political instability reflected in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol was a factor in the downgrading of U.S. debt by Fitch, an official for the ratings agency told Reuters. Fitch downgraded its issuer default rating for the U.S. on Tuesday evening, surprising investors, roiling equity markets and sending bond yields higher Wednesday...
The Supreme Court's approval rating remains at its record low of 40 percent, according to a new poll, which mirrors the rating measured in September before the start of the court's eventful latest term. In a Gallup poll conducted July 3-27, the weeks after the Supreme Court ended its work for the term and left...
Our tiny planet orbits a relatively medium-sized star, in a galaxy of over 100 billion stars, among a distribution of several hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe. How arrogant to believe we are the only species that has developed a means for travel between celestial bodies.
Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel defends the RNC's upping of debate thresholds for the second GOP 2024 presidential nomination showdown.
Leo Wise, regarded as willing to root out corruption among political elites, is now facing scrutiny for what critics have described as his soft prosecution of Hunter Biden.
Former Vice President Mike Pence took notes of his conversations with Donald Trump in the days leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, a federal indictment of Trump revealed.
Trump said he's "never had so much support" the morning after he was indicted by a federal grand jury for the second time with charges related to the Jan. 6 probe.