Basketball superstar LeBron James tapped a WNBA star to lead his voter outreach group, with a renewed focus on women voters. The nonprofit organization More Than a Vote, founded by James in 2020 amid the riots set off by George Floyd’s death, fell largely into disuse after the 2020 presidential election. Now James is setting […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) delivered his first solo speech as the 2024 vice presidential nominee Tuesday and directly addressed the recent controversy regarding his military record. Walz, who was tapped to serve as Vice President Kamala Harris‘s running mate just one week ago, delivered remarks at the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, […]
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) suffered a mild stroke over the weekend but will continue with his regular schedule next week. Margaret Mulkerrin, Hoyer’s deputy chief of staff and spokeswoman, said in a statement that the former House majority leader sought medical treatment after experiencing a “mild ischemic stroke.” “Mr. Hoyer has responded well to treatment […]
Starbucks announced a new CEO seeking to caffeinate the coffee chain’s sales, which fell slightly in the previous quarter due to lighter customer traffic. New CEO Brian Niccol, the current CEO of Chipotle, will replace outgoing CEO Laxman Narasimhan. The announcement from Starbucks comes shortly after the chain revealed the results for its third financial […]
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is earning the trust of Donald Trump by returning to what impressed the former president when he auditioned to join his ticket: His comfort in front of reporters and on the cable TV circuit. Over the weekend, Vance sat for three back-to-back interviews on adversarial networks including CNN. Before that, he […]
President Joe Biden outlined a bold vision in a New Orleans speech highlighting his “cancer moonshot” initiative. Biden and first lady Jill Biden announced $150 million in research dollars to develop technologies for better tumor-removal surgeries through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health on Tuesday. The cancer moonshot aims to reduce the cancer death […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign was hacked and had confidential memos sent to some news outlets over the weekend, but the hack appears more complicated than it originally seemed. Over the weekend, the Trump campaign confirmed that it had been hacked after Politico and the Washington Post reported they had received materials from an individual […]
Hunter Biden‘s attorneys say prosecutors need not mention “allegations of foreign wrongdoing” at his upcoming federal tax trial, arguing prosecutors are trying to insert “politically charged” details about the president’s son. Special counsel David Weiss’s team told U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi last week they plan to call a business associate of the president’s son […]
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has become the first major association of medical professionals to break with the American medical establishment’s consensus that gender transitions for children are appropriate for treating gender dysphoria. According to a report released Monday by the Manhattan Institute, ASPS acknowledged “considerable uncertainty as to the long-term efficacy for the […]
Cryptocurrency sector-backed super political action committees are making their first battleground Senate endorsements in the general election, announcing they intend to spend millions of dollars in Ohio, Arizona, and Michigan to elect candidates they see as friendly to the industry. Fairshake PAC and its two affiliated PACs, Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress, have raised […]
