Michelle Obama is taking a swing at former President Trump’s claims of “massive” turnout at his 2017 inauguration, saying “there weren’t that many people there.” The former first lady makes the dig at Trump in “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast,” debuting Tuesday on Audible. A preview clip from the podcast was shared with People magazine on Monday....
Radio giant SiriusXM is slashing hundreds of jobs in what the company says is a cost cutting measure. In a note to SiriusXM employees on Monday, CEO Jennifer Wirtz said the company will cut eight percent of its workforce, amounting to some 450 jobs, after a recent review of the outlet's business. "We are entering...
Have you ever had one of those annoying calls show up on your cellphone with an unknown number or no caller ID? You are not alone.
Just days after Tesla executives announced plans to improve affordability of their electric cars, Tesla has marked down prices on two of its top end models. Reuters reported that the most recent price cuts are Tesla's fifth time adjusting pricing since the start of the year, with the price drops ranging from 4 percent on...
Insecure leaders in control of illegitimate governments and parties make for a dangerous time in international politics. Nazi Germany was one; China under the leadership of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is another. When Xi’s remarks are considered in historical perspective, there is a relevant insight from Sir Nevile Henderson’s memoir, “Failure...
While Trump and DeSantis have more or less solidified their frontrunner statuses, the question still remains: Who is better positioned to ultimately win the nomination?
14 Border Patrol agents committed suicide in 2022.
The U.S. and South Korea conducted an air training exercise on Monday and deployed a B-52 long-range bomber plane in the skies of the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea's Ministry of National Defense. The Ministry of National Defense posted a video of the combined air drills on Twitter and Youtube. The Boeing-built B-52H strategic...
Diabetes and obesity rates are increasing in people ages 20 to 44 in the U.S., according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Over about a ten-year period from 2009 to 2020, diabetes prevalence among those aged 20 to 44 increased from 3 percent to just over 4 percent. Obesity...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday hit back against critics who argue that he only visited the site of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, because former President Trump had visited days beforehand. “That’s bullshit,” Buttigieg said of the accusation in an interview with CNN. “We were already going to go.” The Transportation...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Sunday blasted “leftist politicians” and touted his state’s “massive gains” in a speech in California amid speculation that he’ll jump into the 2024 presidential race. “We’ve witnessed a great American exodus from states governed by leftist politicians imposing leftist ideologies and delivering poor results. And you can see massive...
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D) is asking the Biden administration to pump the brakes on a railway project that he warns could contaminate the Colorado River basin if a train derailment spills crude oil into the famed river’s headwaters. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack dated Monday, Bennet asked the Department of...
Individuals should be treated as individuals and not on the basis of their membership in racial groups, especially by our government. Unfortunately, a new executive order encourages federal agencies to focus on racial group identity rather than the character and qualifications of employees and contractors. It will result in racial quotas in hiring, procuring, and...
The accidental release from the refinery showered the surrounding community in 20 tons of metal-laden dust, health officials said.
Fear of flying afflicts as much as 40 percent of the U.S. population. The nation’s armrest-grippers may be heartened to know that “aviophobia” is perfectly normal, and easily treated. Only about 5 percent of Americans have aviophobia so severe that they cannot fly. The earthbound population rises with every new aviation horror story, like the...
The coming battles over the nation’s safety-net programs are beginning with an early clash over a thorny question of semantics: What constitutes a cut? In the eyes of many Democrats, any change to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security that erodes benefits provided under current law would be considered a cut — and therefore stands as...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said on Sunday that she will be introducing a resolution to declare Antifa as a terrorist organization on Tuesday, after blaming the group for protests at a police training facility in Atlanta. "Antifa are domestic terrorists and I'm introducing my resolution to officially declare them a terrorist organization on Tuesday,"...
Former President Trump on Sunday denied a report that he asked Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) for an endorsement in the 2024 presidential election. The New York Times reported on March 4 that Trump, who announced his White House bid last year, was having difficulty garnering public support from former allies, noting that Trump...
President Biden on Sunday remembered disability rights activist Judith Heumann, who passed away on Saturday at 75, as a "trailblazer" and a "rolling warrior." Heumann advocated for the rights of disabled people for more than five decades and served in two presidential administrations. She died Saturday at the age of 75, her team confirmed. "Judy...
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are't saying whether they will attend King Charles' coronation after reportedly receiving an invitation. A spokesperson for the couple told Reuters on Sunday that Prince Harry received email correspondence from King Charles about his coronation. "An immediate decision on whether the Duke and Duchess will attend will not...
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) said in an interview Sunday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) drumbeat of policies targeting Black, transgender and LGBTQ people are “fascism.” During an appearance on “CNN Newsroom,” host Jim Acosta asked Frost, the Generation Z lawmaker to serve in Congress, about how Democrats should take on DeSantis. “We take...
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who was a White House doctor during the Obama and Trump administrations, jabbed President Biden on Sunday when asked about his cancerous lesion removal earlier this week. "He’s what needs to be removed, not the lesion they found. But this is just another effort from his physician and from his medical...
Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won a straw poll for the Republican vice presidential pick during the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC) this weekend. Among a field of 28 candidates, Lake won the poll with 20 percent of the vote, beating former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis received 14...
Texas Tech University announced its has suspended head men’s basketball coach Mark Adams over a “racially insensitive comment” he made last week. In a news release, the school said that its director of athletics Kirby Hocutt became aware on Friday of an incident between Adams and a player. The school said Adams, whose in his...
Market volatility will still exist, but there is some relief coming in egg price pressures.
