New York’s 1970s punk scene remains one of the most talked-about eras in rock history – Blondie, Talking Heads, and the Ramones all managed to catapult from CBGB’s in the East Village to international fame. The band Television never managed that transition, though they were just as revered and, in some respects, more innovative. And […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to testify before the Senate banking committee as a scandal involving the onetime chief executive and a Chinese spy has begun to boil over. Scott, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent letters to […]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Thursday night that he would be challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for majority leader as a growing chorus of Senate Democrats calls for a new face to lead the party in the 120th Congress. “In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people […]
A former security guard of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was charged earlier this year with a felony related to immigration fraud in an effort by the Trump administration to extract incriminating information on the congresswoman, that Somali bodyguard’s lawyer is now claiming. Abdullahi Mohamud Mohamed, who served a brief stint as Omar’s bodyguard, was indicted […]
The individual who was shot and killed in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood Thursday morning has been identified as the building manager of the Metropole condominium complex with whom the gunman was involved in a dispute. Police said James Stuart, 46, was killed inside Vida Fitness after the gunman, Matt Lambert, 55, shot him and […]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is quickly losing friends on Capitol Hill after coming under fire for his actions with American computer chip giant Nvidia. Lutnick could become the next high-ranking administration member to get the boot as part of President Donald Trump’s post-midterm personnel shuffle over accusations the Cabinet official jeopardized national security with his […]
Democrat state Sen. Cindy Holscher beat Republican state Sen. Ty Masterson in the race for Kansas governor on Tuesday. Holscher led with 50.3% to Masterson’s 49.7% when the Associated Press called the race at 5:43 p.m. President Donald Trump won the state in 2024 by 16 points over former Vice President Kamala Harris. Incumbent Democratic […]
The Department of Justice on Thursday announced plans to clamp down on North Korean cryptocurrency theft following a scheme that siphoned over $6 billion from digital exchange platform Binance. The DOJ’s effort to stop North Korea from stealing crypto in order to fund its regime includes recovering billions of dollars stolen from Binance and dismantling […]
Venezuela’s turn into the U.S. fold after the capture of former dictator Nicolas Maduro has overturned the fight against the National Liberation Army, which long used the country as its haven. The ELN has emerged as Colombia’s and Latin America’s largest left-wing guerrilla group, helped along by the tolerance of Maduro and the vacuum left […]
A federal appeals court grappled with a legal battle on Thursday between an education organization and the Trump administration over the Department of Education’s decision to terminate a grant due to the group’s advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the latest courtroom fight over the administration’s bid to end DEI through government programs and […]
