A growing number of prominent Democrats have publicly ruled out a run for higher office as the country begins to look ahead to 2028, instead focusing on their current roles or plans beyond elected office. Among those who have recently downplayed or rejected presidential speculation are former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer […]
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith fired back at President Donald Trump’s “low IQ” jab, saying, “You want to talk about IQ? I could say I put my IQ up against yours any day of the week.” Trump’s “low IQ” remark came after a C-SPAN reporter asked Trump to respond to Smith’s comment that he would […]
President Donald Trump will have the opportunity to nominate another judge to a key federal appeals court after one of the judges announced this week that he would take senior status. Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt, who was nominated to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals by Trump in 2018, told the White House in a […]
Billionaire Tom Steyer, who had been polling near the top of the leaderboard for California governor, sank more than $213 million of his own money into what now increasingly looks like a futile bid. While the Associated Press has not officially called the primary contest, a week after polls closed, the vote count as of Tuesday afternoon […]
First lady Melania Trump awarded finalists of the first Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge on Tuesday at the White House, celebrating educators and students who used the developing technology to create projects addressing today’s issues. “Today is about opening doors,” Trump said. “When new doors open, passions flow, courage blossoms, and dreams are realized. AI inspires. […]
Senate Republicans are unlikely to take up a third budget reconciliation bill to advance more of President Donald Trump’s agenda. The development is sure to be unwelcome news for their counterparts in the House, who have advocated a third bill. The ambitious push from House Republicans for another party-line package in Trump’s second term, and […]
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the Philadelphia Police Department over allegations that it improperly revoked permits to carry firearms by relying on a discretionary “good cause” standard. The inquiry, announced Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, will examine the department’s policies and practices for issuing and revoking licenses to […]
The Department of War added electric car company BYD to its list of “Chinese military companies,” meaning the Shenzhen-based manufacturer will lose out on future Pentagon contracts. The list, updated on Monday, now includes e-commerce giant Alibaba and search engine Baidu, China’s Google equivalent. The inclusion of BYD comes as the automaker looks to capitalize […]
The World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are partnering to launch a $518 million emergency response to the Ebola outbreak. Though the WHO had estimated that there were fewer cases than previously thought, the new joint plan acknowledges that efforts to stop the outbreak are accelerating, as the number […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) acknowledged on Tuesday that California must improve the speed of its vote-counting process, breaking with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who has defended the state’s process of counting ballots from Republicans and repeated attacks from President Donald Trump. Khanna said he spoke with a “close friend” who was convinced that former Los […]
