California’s privacy regulator said Monday it will be reviewing the data privacy practices of connected car manufacturers. Connected cars offer drivers smart features including web-based entertainment, location sharing, cameras and smartphone integration. In its announcement Monday, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPAA) said in order to provide these features, the vehicles “often automatically gather consumers’...
A group of senators affiliated with the progressive and climate-hawk wings of the Democratic party are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to sue fossil fuel companies for misleading the public on climate change. In the letter, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) called on the Justice...
Former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer said during closed door testimony that Hunter Biden included President Biden on a number of phone calls that presumably included business associates, according to one lawmaker’s account of the testimony, a revelation that is likely to fuel Republican attempts to link the president to his son’s business dealings. But...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the few House members to endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's presidential bid, joked that DeSantis should get indicted in order to boost his poll numbers among GOP voters. “I’ve said we gotta figure out, we got to find some judge in Florida that’ll indict DeSantis quick, to close this...
Former President Trump on Monday knocked New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) after the the governor predicted Trump won't secure the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. "RINO Chris Sununu recently stated that, 'I’m not running for president in 2024. Beating Trump is more important.' No, he’s not running for President because he’s polling at Zero, and has no chance...
President Biden is opening up about the crummiest advice he’s ever gotten, saying holding grudges “gets you nowhere.” “I guess the worst advice I’ve ever received was holding a grudge — because lots of times when people do something that is really not good, it’s because they were fearful when they did it. Not fearful...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) rolled out his economic policy plan at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Monday, dubbing the plan "a declaration of economic independence." "We will declare our economic independence from the failed elites that have orchestrated American decline, from the reckless federal spending that has inflated prices and plunged this...
In exchange for lifting the debt ceiling for two years, President Biden traded away permanent changes to the National Environmental Policy Act. These are the first comprehensive changes in NEPA’s 50-year history, weakening the foundational environmental review and public input processes used by federal agencies for nearly every type of federal project. Without evaluating the...
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) said her team has wrapped up their work on the investigation into former President Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 election results in Georgia, and she reaffirmed her commitment to announce charging decisions by Sept. 1. “The work is accomplished,” Willis told local news station 11Alive on Saturday. “We’ve...
Country singer Jason Aldean defended his controversial song “Try That in a Small Town” in Massachusetts over the weekend, saying the message of the track was demonstrated by the city of Boston after the devastating marathon bombing 10 years ago. Speaking to fans at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, about 40 miles from where the...