OpenAI head Sam Altman joined a host of Big Tech figures cozying up to President-elect Donald Trump, donating $1 million to his inaugural fund. Big Tech has been one of Trump’s biggest long-term rivals, a frequent target of his ire in public speeches. During the 2024 election cycle, however, several major Big Tech figures started […]
Former Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country just hours before rebel forces seized the capital, with the details of his exit showing a chaotic retreat. Reuters spoke with 14 people close to Assad or who were familiar with his exit. The report showed Assad’s desperation in the final days of his rule, desperately fighting […]
House Republicans are considering whether to move forward with disciplinary measures against House Ethics Committee ranking member Susan Wild (D-PA) over her handling of the panel’s investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) said he had been asked for his “view” on introducing a censure resolution against Wild, who will leave […]
Pro-Kremlin writers are claiming that North Korean soldiers are seeing front-line action in the Kursk region of Russia. Approximately 10,000 personnel of the Korean People’s Army were dispatched to aid the Russian military in October. Since then, there has been scant evidence of widespread deployment to the front lines. Now Kremlin-aligned bloggers in Russia are […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is seeking “clear assurance” that all of President-elect Donald Trump‘s Cabinet nominees will undergo FBI background checks. Raskin made the requests on Friday in a letter sent to Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon, the co-chairs of the Trump-Vance transition team. He pointed out that while the transition team has “reached an […]
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a significant 1st Amendment case that could reshape the balance between religious liberty and state taxation laws. At the center of the case is a dispute involving the Catholic Charities Bureau in Wisconsin, which argues that it should be exempt from state unemployment taxes under the 1st Amendment. […]
President-elect Donald Trump unveiled a new priority for his administration, promising to end daylight saving time in his second term. He made the announcement in a post on Truth Social, dismissing the practice as “very costly” to the country. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a […]
Inmates at the State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in Pennsylvania said the conditions of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, “suck.” “Luigi’s conditions suck!” inmates at SCI Huntingdon shouted to reporters outside the prison fence, according to a video released earlier this week by NewsNation. “Free Luigi.” The inmates communicated with […]
Expanding full Social Security benefits to millions of citizens has bipartisan approval, but some senators are skeptical about making the move because of what it will do to the deficit. The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision, which reduces Social Security benefits for those who receive […]
President Joe Biden is facing bipartisan criticism over his administration’s handling of reported drone sightings in the Northeast, with Republicans drawing comparisons to the alleged Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last year. “We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat […]
