Goebel Farms, a family farm in Evansville, Indiana, issued a statement Wednesday defending its 2026 corn maze design honoring Charlie Kirk after facing backlash from customers. “Our corn maze is not an endorsement of every belief or statement. It reflects our conviction that Americans should be able to speak, disagree, and challenge ideas without hatred or […]
Vice President JD Vance is holding a White House press briefing at 1 p.m. Thursday, as the briefing room enters a new era without former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. DESPITE REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION PRAISE, VANCE DRAWS CALLS TO PUBLICLY DISAVOW TUCKER CARLSON Vance’s appearance at the podium marks the first White House press […]
President Donald Trump denied Thursday that the war in Iran has further depleted U.S. munitions stockpiles to dangerously low levels. National security experts have sounded the alarm for years about U.S. armament readiness, first when former President Joe Biden surged defense support to Ukraine and again throughout Trump’s own campaign in the Middle East and […]
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) believes that Republicans are at risk of losing their control of the upper chamber this fall, despite having a group of “high-quality candidates.” “I worry about that, for sure,” Thune said in a Tuesday interview with South Dakota outlet Keloland News. “I’m a realist, and I just think you […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has reportedly cultivated ties with about 200 online content creators as his communications team works to spread his policy message through social media platforms. Mamdani, known for his social media prowess during his 2025 mayoral election, grew a following during his campaign through a “volunteer-led” group that calls […]
Radio host Stephen A. Smith said he is not running for president in 2028 because he’s concerned that he would be “taken off the air.” For the past year, Smith has been floated as a potential Democratic presidential candidate who could potentially challenge other contenders deeply embedded within the Democratic Party, like former Vice President […]
Nvidia announced plans Thursday to acquire artificial intelligence company Hugging Face for roughly $13 billion, as the chip company looks to spread “open” AI models globally. While major industry players such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude operate on “closed” AI systems, Nvidia is seeking to expand the market for open models that users can […]
Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said President Donald Trump’s message for the midterm elections is not going to resonate with voters, who are pushing for affordability. “I’ve talked to some Trump supporters, and they think the president’s involved in too much,” Cusack said on Wednesday on CNN’s Laura Coates Live. Cusack said Trump is not […]
A federal judge in Maryland blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order banning so-called “birth tourism” to prevent the children of noncitizens from automatically getting birthright citizenship. In her preliminary injunction issued Wednesday, Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman rejected the administration’s argument defending the executive order. Trump signed the order last month to deny citizenship […]
