Former Vice President Mike Pence called on House Republicans on Friday to “decide what team you want to be on” amid infighting that has left the House without a Speaker for more than two weeks. “Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever imagined eight Republicans partnering with every Democrat in Congress to throw...
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday acknowledged he has faced an “uphill climb” in his campaign for the 2024 GOP nomination, but argued he is the most experienced and tested candidate in the primary field. Pence spoke with Steve Scully on SiriusXM on Friday as his campaign faces a money crunch amid reports that...
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, will soon launch two tiers of premium subscriptions, owner Elon Musk said Friday. Musk said one version is “lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads,” and the other is "more expensive, but has no ads,” in a post on X. Musk’s post did not share...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) blasted Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as a “clear and present danger” before Jordan’s third attempt to gain the Speakership on Friday. “Jim Jordan is a clear and present danger to our democracy,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “He wants to end Social Security as we know it, he...
Prospective jurors are gathered at the Fulton County, Ga., courthouse Friday to begin the process of jury selection in the trial of a Trump-aligned lawyer accused of scheming to keep former President Trump in the White House after losing the 2020 election. Kenneth Chesebro faces seven charges linked to the alternate electors scheme that Fulton...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-N.Y.) pressed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Thursday about his plans to prevent election misinformation on the e-commerce giant’s virtual voice assistant Alexa. The two Democrats sent Bezos a letter in response to a recent report from The Washington Post that Alexa was repeating false claims about the 2020 election....
The White House on Friday will send a roughly $100 billion emergency funding request to Congress that seeks additional money for border security, allies in the Indo-Pacific and for Israel and Ukraine in their respective conflicts against Hamas and Russia. The largest portion of the request — roughly $61 billion — covers money for Ukraine,...