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Cocaine sharks found off the coast of Brazil

Sharks that have tested positive for cocaine have been found off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, according to a report. Marine biologists in Brazil tested 13 sharpnose sharks and found them to have 100 times the amount of cocaine than previously reported in Brazilian aquatic wildlife, according to the BBC. The research, […]

House GOP demands Secret Service records related to Trump assassination attempt

EXCLUSIVE — A pair of House Republicans are demanding access to all Secret Service records related to the agency’s handling of Donald Trump’s recent rally in Pennsylvania, during which the former president was shot in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt. In a bill being introduced on Tuesday and first obtained by the Washington […]

Senators want next Secret Service director to be Senate-confirmed

Senators from both parties are demanding more control over who future Secret Service directors are following the resignation Tuesday of former agency head Kimberly Cheatle. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) unveiled legislation that would require Secret Service directors appointed by the president to be confirmed by the Senate and serve no […]

Senate to consider biggest tech regulation in decades to protect children online

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is set to bring bipartisan bills to the Senate floor this week that aim to protect children online, with the goal of passing the legislation before lawmakers leave for the August recess.   If passed, the bills would be the first to update children’s privacy protections online since the 1990s. […]

Raskin and Comer joke about bipartisanship pushing Cheatle to resign

The leading Republican and Democrat on the House Oversight Committee joked about the wonders of bipartisanship after Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle announced her resignation following bipartisan backlash. Cheatle resigned less than two weeks after a failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and the aftermath that left members of Congress from both sides […]

Trump responds to Secret Service director quitting with tale of taking ‘bullet for democracy’

Former President Donald Trump slammed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle after she resigned Tuesday following bipartisan backlash to security failings that resulted in an attempt on his life. Without criticizing the agency itself, Trump trashed the former director and President Joe Biden’s administration, saying it was their failure to protect him that forced him to […]

Why Harris is at risk of losing Pennsylvania

Vice President Kamala Harris’s green positions could cost her Pennsylvania in November, now that she is on track to be the Democratic presidential nominee. During her 2020 presidential campaign, Harris called for a ban on fracking and was one of the original sponsors of the Green New Deal resolution. While she altered her position to match President Joe […]

Trump tells New York appeals court to toss $454 million fraud judgment

Former President Donald Trump filed a brief on Monday calling on an appeals court to toss a judgment that forces him to pay roughly $454 million to the state of New York. Trump’s attorneys filed paperwork before New York’s Appellate Division on Monday, calling the judgment against him an “unauthorized, unprecedented power-grab” by state Attorney […]

Elon Musk blames ‘woke mind virus’ for tricking him into transitioning his son

Billionaire and X owner Elon Musk has “vowed to destroy the woke mind virus” after he was “essentially tricked” into gender transitioning one of his children. Musk detailed how he was not informed that puberty blockers are “actually just sterilization drugs” when he helped his son, Xavier, change genders. In 2022, Xavier Musk filed court […]

Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden will speak ‘directly’ in first speech since leaving 2024 race

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that President Joe Biden will speak “directly” to voters in his Wednesday night speech. Biden’s address, scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET, will mark his first speech since he announced via a statement on social media that he would bow out of the 2024 presidential race. […]
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