Republican senators are rallying around their calls to abolish the filibuster following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner over the weekend, a move they say is now more vital than ever to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Democrats have used the 60-vote threshold since Feb. 14 to block agency funding […]
The White House said that while it has full faith in the U.S. Secret Service, changes are still possible after an alleged shooter attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump and several other Cabinet officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. “I definitely wouldn’t say changes are out of the question,” White House […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democrats and certain members of the media for promoting a “culture of hatred” that inspired Cole Allen’s attempted shooting at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Leavitt, who was present at the dinner, opened her Monday press briefing by thanking U.S. Secret Service agents and other law […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday that OpenAI would be included in criminal investigations involving the alleged murders of two University of South Florida doctoral students. “We are expanding our criminal investigation into OpenAI to include the USF murders after learning the primary suspect used ChatGPT,” Uthmeier wrote in a statement on X. […]
The National Trust for Historic Preservation refused to drop its lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, even after calls to end the legal dispute following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner over the weekend. Trump on Sunday said the dinner shooting would have “never” happened if it were held […]
The Supreme Court allowed Texas’s redrawn Republican-friendly congressional map to stand on Monday, formally reversing a lower court’s ruling striking down the map as an unlawful racial gerrymander. The high court allowed the Texas congressional map, passed by the state legislature last summer, to be used for the November elections in an emergency docket ruling […]
Canada is opening the country’s first sovereign wealth fund, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday. The “Canada Strong Fund” will invest in Canada’s various nation-building projects, including in trade, energy and critical minerals, transportation, and data industries, according to Carney. The fund will begin with an initial 25 billion Canadian dollar federal contribution over […]
A highly anticipated lawsuit filed by billionaire Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is set to go to trial this week, starting with jury selection on Monday, as the artificial intelligence firm’s future hangs in the balance. Regardless of who wins the four-week trial, the outcome could very well upend the technology industry’s AI […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press conference Monday at 1:30 p.m. and is likely to give an update on the Saturday night shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. SUSIE WILES TO HOLD MEETING ABOUT SECRET SERVICE PROTOCOLS AT TRUMP EVENTS Leavitt is expected to face questions about the security […]
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz offered a grim assessment of American diplomacy’s effectiveness with Tehran, asserting that “an entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership.” Merz made the comments to students while visiting Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium, a school in Marsberg in the German leader’s home region of Sauerland. “The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, […]
