Scientists discovered what may be the universe’s brightest object on Monday — a quasar as luminous as 500 trillion suns. “Increasing in mass by the equivalent of one sun per day, the quasar is 17 billion times stronger than the sun, making it the fastest growing black hole known to man,” an Australian-based Nature Astronomy […]
Democratic megadonor George Soros is set to take control of a major Philadelphia-based radio conglomerate that hosts conservative stations. On Tuesday, a bankruptcy court approved a plan for Soros’s investment firm to acquire 40% of Audacy’s debt, which would make it the single largest shareholder in the company, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The plan will […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after its social media post included her and other progressive Democrats. AIPAC’s X account was responding to new evidence detailing sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas during its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The pro-Israel group tagged the accounts of Ocasio-Cortez and eight other […]
Google apologized for its artificial intelligence chatbot generating images that portrayed historical figures as inaccurately racially and ethnically diverse. Jack Krawczyk, the head of product for Google’s AI division, released a statement on Wednesday acknowledging that the company’s chatbot, Gemini, created images in which it presented several white historical figures as black, Native American, or […]
Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown‘s wife, Amy Brown, opened up Wednesday about her experience having an abortion, as the Nevada Senate candidate pledged not to support a federal abortion ban if he is elected. Amy told NBC News in an interview that in 2008, when she was in the Army and 24 years old, she had […]
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said in an interview Wednesday that she agrees with a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that found frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are considered people in the state. “Embryos, to me, are babies,” Haley told NBC News. “When you talk about an embryo, you are talking about, to […]
House conservatives are setting the stage for what is likely to be another high-profile government spending showdown just days ahead of a scheduled shutdown and federal agencies are set to lapse in funding. Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus released a list of policies they want to see in spending negotiations when Congress returns to […]
An Arizona prosecutor is refusing to extradite a man accused of murdering a woman in a hotel in New York, blaming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for his “treatment of violent criminals.” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said in a news conference on Wednesday that her team would not be coordinating with Bragg’s to send […]
Russian forces have “regained momentum” after Ukraine’s withdrawal from the city of Avdiivka, according to former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Ukrainian forces had been overwhelmed in the eastern city and ultimately withdrew from it over the weekend. U.S. leaders have warned that Russia could take more Ukrainian territory if more aid isn’t provided to […]
California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office announced Tuesday the state’s budget deficit is much larger than Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) projected $38 billion shortfall. In the report, the state’s newly confirmed $73 billion deficit is $15 billion more than the $58 billion the office previously projected when Newsom introduced his budget in January. “Roughly, a $24 billion […]
