President Joe Biden‘s dog, Commander, had at least two dozen biting incidents with U.S. Secret Service agents before being moved out of the White House, prompting the Secret Service to adjust operating protocols at not only the White House but also Camp David and Biden’s Delaware homes, according to internal documents. The documents themselves were […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will run for reelection to her House seat in New York, eyeing a fourth term as several of her progressive Democratic colleagues face primary challenges over their stance on the Israel war. Ocasio-Cortez announced her reelection bid in a statement on Thursday, confirming plans that were already expected for the New […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Cato Institute has sued the Biden administration for records of possible surveillance violations as Congress debates reauthorizing a crucial statute. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, will expire on April 19 unless renewed by Congress, and a key question is whether warrants should be required to obtain data […]
President Joe Biden heartily attacked Republican lawmakers Wednesday night during a private campaign fundraiser in San Francisco, California. Biden has been battling with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), other House Republicans, and, from a distance, former President Donald Trump over efforts to reform immigration policy and extend aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. During the fundraiser, the president […]
Google has paused its artificial intelligence image generator’s ability to create pictures of people to repair its representation of race after it stoked controversy by injecting minorities inappropriately into images. Google’s Gemini chatbot, released to the public last week, drew widespread criticism for misrepresenting historical figures as different races. For example, Gemini presented white historical […]
Republicans are facing another political headache in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this time involving in vitro fertilization procedures, that could spell disaster for the party heading into the 2024 election. The latest hurdle comes out of Alabama after the state Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are legally […]
Though Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) endorsed former President Donald Trump after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, he has taken several opportunities to snipe at his former rival. DeSantis, first seen as the most viable alternative to Trump, fought a savage campaign against the former president, who focused much of his attention and attacks […]
(The Center Square) – Recently enacted legislation intended to help app-based delivery drivers receive fair wages is instead hurting delivery drivers, business owners and customers. Seattle’s App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance and the App-Based Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance went into effect on Jan. 13. The App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance requires network companies to pay the […]
(The Center Square) – How do racial views impact Americans’ views of gun control and gun ownership? Margaret Kelley, professor of American studies at the University of Kansas, examined the connection between these issues in a new paper titled “Cognitive and Apathetic Racism in Patterns of Gun Ownership and Gun Control Attitudes.” Her research concluded that […]
(The Center Square) — Florida students could be required to learn about communism and other socio-political and economic systems after a bill advanced in a House committee on Wednesday. A revised early learning bill also passed the House Education & Employment Committee. HB 1349 is co-sponsored by state Rep. Robert “Chuck” Brannan, R-Macclenny and state Rep. James Buchanan, […]
