The Trump administration announced Monday that it was rescinding its ban on the social media app TikTok on government devices. A Monday memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget rescinded a 2023 White House directive that prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices, citing concerns that its then-China-based parent company, ByteDance, […]
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is speaking Tuesday afternoon at a press conference regarding a U.S. military veteran who was recently released from a Russian prison. RUSSIA FREES IMPRISONED US MARINE OVER HEALTH CONCERNS Markey is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. after it was revealed that former Marine Robert Gilman is coming back to the […]
A transgender medical group said its influential guidelines are “opinions” in a court motion against government plaintiffs — an acknowledgment that critics call a huge confession. The Federal Trade Commission and conservative states want to “silence one half of a scientific debate” by accusing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health of deceptive trade practices, […]
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) tapped the former Republican mayor John Giles of Mesa, Arizona, as her running mate ahead of her November reelection matchup against GOP gubernatorial candidate Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ). “The first thing I looked for in a running mate was someone who shares that value of putting Arizonans ahead of partisan politics. […]
Results from a recent poll of German voters showed that a significant majority opposes the long-standing “firewall” policy that prohibits major German political parties from working with the right-wing Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. German polling firm Infratest dipmap, in a survey conducted between Aug. 3-5, found that 59% of eligible voters in the […]
Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed that oil leaving the Persian Gulf region has hit above pre-war levels despite the conflict with Iran, and that crude oil flowing out of the Strait of Hormuz alone is nearly 9 million barrels per day. The figures, if accurate, would signal that the United States has succeeded in facilitating […]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Paramount Skydance of trying to “blackmail” his office on Tuesday by threatening to leave the state unless he agrees to hold settlement talks in the antitrust case against the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount CEO David Ellison reportedly plans to take his business out of California as […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary is hard to predict, noting President Donald Trump‘s endorsement of Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) may not carry the weight it once did. “It’s all happened so quickly after the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, you really haven’t had a long race […]
A new Justice Department opinion could give President Donald Trump a stronger legal basis to shield his communications with private advisers from congressional scrutiny if Democrats regain control of the House in November and win back their ability to lead investigations into the Trump administration. The Office of Legal Counsel quietly posted the 21-page memorandum […]
The Trump administration has awarded a second federal contract to legally represent unaccompanied immigrant children in court to an organization whose former leader was accused in federal court of human trafficking. The Department of Health and Human Services’s Office of Refugee Resettlement announced late last week the award of a $158 million contract to Our […]
