Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich argued that 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not helping the Republican Party in her continued pursuit of the nomination, adding that former President Donald Trump is the nominee. Gingrich’s comment was made on Tuesday during the Michigan primary election, in which Trump once again bested the former United Nations […]
The Alaska Department of Revenue is set to send out payments from the Permanent Fund Dividend to another swath of eligible residents who have yet to receive their checks from the state program in 22 days. PFD checks going out on March 21 will be sent to Alaskans who had the “Eligible-Not Paid” status as of March 13 and […]
Pope Francis is back at the Vatican after he visited a Rome hospital Wednesday while battling influenza, officials said. The 87-year-old Francis visited the Tiber Island hospital after a weekly general audience, and he received a CT scan, according to a report citing two medical sources. “The examination was negative and the Pope returned to […]
Democrats in the New York legislature unveiled a new congressional map on Tuesday, making slight modifications to a map crafted by the Independent Redistricting Commission. The proposed map was unveiled less than a day after the Democrat-controlled state legislature voted down the IRC’s bipartisan proposal, but it largely keeps that map intact, with some minor […]
California will start sending benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to qualified low-income residents for March in the next three days. The SNAP program will begin issuing payments on the 1st of the month and continue until the 10th. Payments are distributed to qualified low-income households depending on recipients’ case numbers. For example, California recipients with case numbers ending in 1 will […]
Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill to testify before House lawmakers on Wednesday, marking the latest and most high-profile development for Republicans’ monthslong impeachment inquiry into the president. Biden appeared for his closed-door deposition just before 10 a.m. at the Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. House Office Building, where he is expected to answer questions under […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told staff the generative artificial intelligence bot Gemini’s responses to user queries about race, politics, and current events were “completely unacceptable.” Pichai addressed Google’s team on Tuesday in a memo on the state of the Gemini chatbot and image generator, which have generated controversy over the past week. Google had to […]
President Joe Biden traveled to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday for his annual physical exam. Concerns about the president’s age and health resurfaced earlier this month with the conclusion of the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. Special Counsel Robert Hur opted not to charge the president in the matter but […]
Author Marianne Williamson announced Wednesday that she will unsuspend her long-shot bid for the White House after besting Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) Tuesday night in the 2024 Michigan Democratic presidential primary and vocal “uncommitted” protest movement in response to the Israel-Hamas war. Williamson, who has been calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, had bowed out […]
Economic output growth for the fourth quarter of 2023 was revised down by a tenth of a percentage point to a 3.2% seasonally adjusted annual rate, showing that commerce remained brisk to end the year despite the difficulties created by the Federal Reserve‘s interest rate policies. The new data, adjusted for inflation, were published Wednesday by the […]
