Darializa Avila Chevalier was detained during a protest in New York City on Thursday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is addressing the U.N. General Assembly. Avila Chevalier, a socialist who is all but certain to be a member of Congress next year, was detained alongside New York City Councilman Chi Osse and comedian […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) endorsed former Rep. Tom Perriello, who’s running in a district President Donald Trump won by 12 points in 2024. “If we want a Congress that actually fights for working people, we must take back the House in November,” Cortez wrote in her endorsement. “That is why I am endorsing Tom Perriello […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued prediction market company Polymarket, alleging the company is operating an illegal gambling operation in the state and offering unlicensed betting markets to New Yorkers. The lawsuit marks the latest legal challenge facing prediction market companies as states and federal regulators clash over whether event contracts constitute gambling subject […]
Revelations that OpenAI’s systems hacked into additional systems unprompted, coinciding with the convening of many of the world’s leaders, have put more pressure on the world community to figure out how to tackle the issue. The biggest revelation happened on Wednesday, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that OpenAI agents had hacked into Australian […]
Media outlets banned by President Donald Trump were allowed back on White House grounds Thursday after being denied access earlier in the day, despite a federal judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to reinstate their credentials. Reporters for MS Now, CNN, and Politico said they were allowed back into the White House property shortly after […]
The Trump administration will ask the Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court put into effect a ruling invalidating the government’s framework for rapid third-country deportations, Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Wednesday night dissolving a prior stay that had kept the […]
A poll conducted by data analytics firm YouGov shows the Labour Party is bouncing back into a strong first-place position among British voters, firmly eclipsing the insurgent Reform UK. The first poll from YouGov following the installation of Prime Minister Andy Burnham shows Labour projected to secure 241 seats if a parliamentary election were held […]
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, who was convicted of defrauding investors through a blood-testing scheme, has been approved to move to a halfway house in August 2027, according to ABC News. Holmes founded health technology startup Theranos in 2003, claiming she could test for a wide range of conditions with just a small amount […]
Two giant pandas are set to arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Thursday during a press conference at the White House. “The giant panda has been an envoy of friendship between the Chinese and American people,” Xi said in a translated statement. “Here, I have a piece of […]
President Donald Trump heaped praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping as his Chinese counterpart underscored the importance of U.S.-China cooperation during their opening remarks at the start of Xi’s second state visit to the U.S. Trump, in the Grand Foyer of the White House, described how he and first lady Melania Trump were “honored” to […]
