Retiring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) returned to the Senate on Wednesday to vote for the first time since before Thanksgiving recess, ending an extended absence that began to frustrate Democratic caucus colleagues. In a move that undoubtedly further alienated her from the party, Sinema helped defeat President Joe Biden’s renomination of National Labor Relations Board […]
Federal bankruptcy judge Christopher M. Lopez rejected the Onion‘s bid to buy Infowars, the website of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, citing that the auction of the website and the bid lacked transparency and created an uneven playing field. The Onion, a Chicago-based satirical publication, won the auction for the website while backed by the families […]
Former Syrian President Bashar Assad was reportedly turned down after asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to help establish an Alawite statelet along Syria’s coast. Russia rejected the proposal, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, because it saw it as a project to divide Syria. The possibility of the establishment of a coastal Alawite […]
Kimberly Guilfoyle‘s relationship with Don Trump Jr. may be over, but her relationship with the Trump family is not. President-elect Donald Trump announcing Guilfoyle as his presumptive nominee to become the next U.S. ambassador to Greece on Tuesday coincided with new photos of Trump Jr. holding hands with his new girlfriend, Florida socialite Bettina Anderson, […]
Albertsons has terminated its planned merger with Kroger and is suing Kroger for alleged breach of the merger agreement, claiming it had failed to make its “best efforts” to get the merger approved. The planned merger was doomed after a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon blocked it, but on […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau complained about the 2024 presidential election results, claiming that women will “always have an ally” within his government. Trudeau’s comments come after President-elect Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris last month, eight years after Trump beat then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016. The Canadian prime minister bemoaned how his […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday he is resigning from the FBI, ending his term three years early after President-elect Donald Trump indicated he planned to replace him. The announcement, reported by the New York Times, comes after Trump revealed last month that he had nominated former intelligence aide Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist, […]
Republican lawmakers in Utah criticized the state’s mail-in voting process after two legislative audits from the 2024 election cycle revealed some flaws in the system. After recent audits revealed a 2% error rate in signature verification on ballots, and found many deceased and duplicate voters in the elections system, including a few who wrongfully voted, […]
Senate Democrats are upping the pressure on the Biden administration to take proactive action and protect hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in the United States from possible deportation under President-elect Donald Trump. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) publicly called on President Joe Biden Wednesday to extend […]
Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark, who this week was named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year, said she’s experienced privilege “as a white person” in her sport, arguing the league had “kind of been built” on the achievements of black athletes. The Indiana Fever guard has made a name for herself and the WNBA, pushing […]
