Attorney General Pam Bondi escalated the Trump administration’s war with Maine on Wednesday, announcing a lawsuit over the state’s decision to continue allowing boys to compete in girls sports. Bondi said during a press conference flanked by young female athletes, including activist Riley Gaines, that the legal action was a result of the state defying […]
The Trump administration removed the news wire spot from its daily White House press pool, stripping the daily, intimate access to presidential activities the Associated Press and other legacy outlets have enjoyed for decades. The White House announced the plan on Tuesday after losing a legal battle in an effort to ban the AP from […]
A group of centrist House Republicans sent a letter to GOP leadership warning about adjustments to the Medicaid program, urging them to tread lightly on reforms that could affect “vulnerable populations.” The budget resolution that passed the House calls on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to identify $880 billion in cuts for the next […]
The Los Angeles Times is offering dissenting opinions generated by artificial intelligence for its opinion pieces. This is a tool of owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s bias meter on the paper’s editorials and opinion pieces. With his previous experience in biomedicine, Soon-Shiong created the “Reasoning Engine” patent to facilitate the technology. When readers scroll to the bottom of an opinion […]
If he had his way, Joe Biden would be in the White House today. Instead, the former president is searching for newfound relevance in the second Trump era, making occasional speeches to remind the public that he’s still around and lashing out at his old rival. “What makes us distinct from the rest of the […]
Multiple people disrupted a town hall by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday night in Acworth, Georgia. Three hecklers were arrested, and two reportedly needed to be tased by local police officers. It was the latest town hall hosted by a Republican that experienced disruptions from the public. Greene called for civil discourse before […]
Hong Kong’s postal service announced it would halt the processing of packages being shipped to or arriving from the U.S. The decision comes after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would eliminate the De Minimis Tax Exemption, a law that permitted shipments worth less than $800 to enter the country without any taxes or additional […]
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she is taking “extraordinary measures” to fix the budget hole the district is in because of the House’s recently passed continuing resolution. The measures include spending and hiring freezes along with placing restrictions on overtime pay in an effort to cut more than $400 million in the district budget. […]
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has referred New York Attorney General Letitia James to the Justice Department for alleged mortgage fraud. FHFA Director William Pulte sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche alleging that James “falsified” records to secure home loans for a Norfolk, Virginia, property that she […]
Former President Joe Biden slammed his successor without naming him in a speech on Social Security that marked his first major address since leaving the White House. “They’ve taken a hatchet to the Social Security Administration, pushing an additional 7,000 employees, 7,000, out the door,” Biden said at a Chicago conference for disability advocates on […]
