Former President Barack Obama took to Twitter on Friday to pay tribute to the transgender community on International Transgender Day of Visibility, reminding the LGBTQ community that "we stand with you." "On this Transgender Day of Visibility, Michelle and I want every trans person in America—and around the world — to know that we see...
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema weighed in the unprecedented indictment of former President Trump, amid a visit with Vice President Kamala Harris. “When there's transgression against law, it does not matter who is involved,” Hichilema said on Friday, while standing beside Harris at a joint press conference in Lusaka, Zambia. “I think that is what the...
Though it may have taken time, it is clear that the role and importance of women in D.C. has become undeniable.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is joining other members of " the Squad” in opposing a ban on TikTok, as a debate over the video sharing app heats up on Capitol Hill. “I oppose an outright ban on TikTok and believe that in order to protect people and address the underlying problems, Congress should pass comprehensive...
A judge in Delaware has ordered a jury trial in Dominion Voting Systems' blockbuster lawsuit against Fox News, setting the stage for one of the most consequential defamation decisions against an American media company in decades. Lawyers for Fox and Dominion faced off in court during a two-day hearing for summary judgment last week, with...
The White House won’t pay for aides to keep their Twitter verification, telling staffers in a memo on Friday that they have to pay for Twitter Blue out of personal funds. The move sets the precedent for other government staffers, including those who work on Capitol Hill and in local governments, as well as for...
President Biden in a presidential proclamation and statement commemorating Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday condemned “MAGA extremists” for advancing hundreds of state bills that target the rights of transgender Americans. “On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the strength, joy, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know,” Biden said Friday...
Vice President Harris on Friday visited the site of her grandfather’s home while in Zambia, a trip that she said had special significant for her. She traveled to the land where the house was when her grandfather worked and lived in Zambia in the 1960s. The structure is no longer there but U.S. Embassy staff...
Americans as a whole viewed the economy in a negative light this month, according to a poll from Gallup released Friday. When asked about current economic conditions, 83 percent of those surveyed view them as "only fair" or "poor," while only 16 percent view them as "excellent" or "good." Gallup conducted the same poll in...
Reforming the energy permitting system is central to fulfilling progressives’ ambitious climate agenda.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said Trump should “step aside” from the 2024 presidential campaign now that he will be indicted, calling it a “huge distraction.” A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump on Thursday on yet-unknown charges related to a hush money payment he made in 2016 to a woman who alleged...
A majority of Americans do not believe that a college degree is worth the cost to obtain one, according to a new poll. The poll from the Wall Street Journal and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago found 56 percent of respondents said they believe earning a four-year degree is...
In 1989, five Black and Latino teenagers were wrongly convicted of raping and killing a white woman in New York’s Central Park. At the time, New York real estate businessman Donald Trump bought a full-page ad in the New York Times calling for the state to adopt the death penalty. Although the ad did not explicitly call...
Virgin Orbit, the new satellite venture from entrepreneur Richard Branson, announced it will lay off 85 percent of its staff in the coming weeks due to financial struggles. About 675 employees will lose their jobs on Monday, according to a public filing released Thursday. The layoffs come after nearly the entire workforce was placed on...
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) announced on Friday that he has been diagnosed with a “serious but curable form of cancer.” The congressman said doctors discovered a small tumor in one of his tonsils and diagnosed him with squamous cell carcinoma. He will undergo surgery to remove the cancer. “A few weeks ago, after consulting with...
TALK OF THE MORNING Pushing for details on historic NY indictment: Former President Trump has been indicted on criminal charges in New York over hush money payments his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign. Trump is the first former or sitting president to be indicted and is expected to surrender to...
Elliot Page, Mindy Kaling, Chelsea Manning, Megan Rapinoe and John Leguizamo are joining forces for a message to transgender children, telling them they “are the future.” The high-profile figures appear as part of a star-studded video called “Dear Trans Youth,” released Friday and produced by Teen Vogue and the LGBTQ magazine Them. In the video message, the participants...
Trade expands the economy, but the benefits are not equally distributed.
Ivanka Trump on Friday said she is "pained" by the indictment of her father, former President Trump. "I love my father, and I love my country. Today, I am pained for both," Ivanka Trump wrote in an Instagram story posted to her page. "I appreciate the voices across the political spectrum expressing support and concern."...
A group of family members of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks will hold an event in Atlanta next week to protest the Masters’ decision to allow LIV Tour golfers to play in the tournament. The LIV Golf Tour is an upstart rival league to the PGA owned by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund....
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden wasn’t given advance warning that former President Trump would be indicted by a Manhattan grand jury Thursday. “We found out — all of us, including the president — found out about the news yesterday, just like every other American, through the news reports,” Jean-Pierre said Friday....
The Justice Department on Friday announced a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway in connection with the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Ohio, accuses the company of illegal pollution of waterways and seeks an injunction establishing the railroad’s financial responsibility...
The United States is considering asking Black respondents the census if they are descendants of enslaved Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Journal reported that the Biden administration is looking into how to differentiate Black descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. from those who families immigrated to the country more recently from...
Prominent Democratic donor George Soros responded to Republican attacks on him over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation that led to an indictment of former President Trump, saying that “I don’t know” Bragg. Soros told Semafor that he did not contribute any money to Bragg’s campaign to become district attorney and does not know him....
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough mocked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for urging conservatives to donate to former President Donald Trump's campaign following his indictment Thursday night. “I always talk about the Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker approach to politics scamming people like my grandmother out of their Social Security checks, $25 here, $50 there,” Scarborough said...
