After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he would step down as the GOP leader at the end of his term this fall, he received a standing ovation from his Republican colleagues as he entered a weekly lunch meeting on Wednesday afternoon, according to sources familiar. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced his […]
Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages is not sailing into the Australian sunset. The adults-only cruise line has canceled all trips Down Under due to the Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. Virgin Voyages made the announcement on its website on Tuesday. “With the safety of our passengers and crew as […]
Two Congressional Progressive Caucus members visited Cuba last week while the House was in recess, sparking backlash from Republicans who viewed the trip as appeasing communism. Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), “Squad” members who have been vocal about ending the United States economic embargo on the communist nation, visited Cuba in a […]
A Virginia high school teacher who went on a 12-minute classroom rant claiming the United States is funding “genocide” in Gaza will not be returning to her post at Deep Run High School. After an exclusive report from the Washington Examiner detailed history teacher Catherine Massalha’s rant, which included attempts to convince students to become […]
Three left-leaning news websites alleged in a new lawsuit that OpenAI stole their content and used it to train its artificial intelligence model, adding to a string of legal efforts by news media to win compensation from the tech company. The websites Raw Story and Alternet filed a joint suit in federal court in Manhattan […]
A speech that the mayor of Athens, Georgia, was delivering addressing Laken Riley’s murder was interrupted by protesters, who called for his resignation. Mayor Kelly Girtz spoke about Riley’s death that occurred in Athens, during which he clarified what the term sanctuary city means. In 2019, the Athens government had passed a resolution welcoming all […]
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows‘s request for it to weigh his effort to move his state criminal charges in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case to federal court. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit declined to hear Meadows’s bid, which marks […]
New research shows artificial intelligence chatbots are producing highly inaccurate and misleading election information, sparking concerns from experts about how the AI-generated information could deter voters from hitting the polls ahead of the 2024 elections. AI Democracy Projects and Proof News, a nonprofit media outlet, released a study Tuesday in which experts tested OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has overseen several significant developments as the longest-serving Senate leader in history. On Wednesday, McConnell announced he would step down as minority leader in November. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter, so I stand before you today, […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Wednesday he will step down as a Republican leader in November, reminiscing about his service but reminding colleagues that he’s “not going anywhere.” McConnell, who became Senate party leader in 2006, has been the longest-serving Senate leader in United States history. He said he would continue to […]
