Chicago will play host to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, the party announced Tuesday, putting the Windy City and the Midwest as a whole front-and-center in next year’s presidential campaign. President Biden and Democratic National Committee (DNC) leaders ultimately chose Chicago over Atlanta, which was viewed as the next closest competitor, as well as New...
Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller met with a federal grand jury to testify on conversations he had with the ex-president related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday. CNN reported that Miller would likely be questioned about a phone call he had with then-President Trump minutes before the rally...
Two-thirds of adults think state legislatures should pass stricter controls on gun purchases in the wake of a string of mass shootings in states including Tennessee, according to a USA Today/Ipsos poll conducted over the weekend. The survey showed overwhelming support for such measures from Democrats, with 92 percent in support, and independents, with 72...
Brittney Griner, the women’s basketball star whose arrest and detainment in Russia made national headlines, is set to release a memoir next year detailing her imprisonment in the country. “That day was the beginning of an unfathomable period in my life which only now am I ready to share,” Griner, who was referring to the...
Democrats and even some Republicans have proposed a novel approach to a Texas judge's ruling against the abortion pill: Just ignore it. Behind the idea is a concept known as "enforcement discretion," which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regularly uses in order to make products more accessible. Lawmakers including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oreg.), Reps....
Ten House Republicans on Tuesday backed a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the latest omnibus spending bill by challenging the lower chamber’s use of proxy voting as unconstitutional. In an amicus brief, the lawmakers wrote in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) effort in court to block implementation of the mammoth $1.7 trillion...
With federal authorities warning people to avoid using public phone charging stations in places like airports, shopping malls and hotels, there are a number of steps people can take to protect their devices if they do need to use such charging ports. The warning came from the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission, which both...
After high-profile bank collapses sent shockwaves through the banking system last month, regulators also hold some concerns about digital wallets and money transfer apps that consumers often use as bank accounts. “I’m very worried," said Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), during a Tuesday event hosted by the Washington Post. "A...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf says that misinformation about health matters has contributed to lower life expectancy in the United States. In an interview with CNBC published Tuesday, Califf said that the U.S. has a lower average life expectancy than other high-income countries partly due to the rise of misinformation spurred by...
Former Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.) on Tuesday dropped out of the race to succeed Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) after suffering what he said was a “moderate traumatic brain injury” last month. In a statement, Rouda said that he had gone to the hospital late last month after “an unfortunate fall” had caused brain hemorrhages. His...
About half of the respondents in a new poll said that the Biden administration’s current policies have not helped the middle class at all. The poll, published on Tuesday by Monmouth University, found that 51 percent of respondents said that middle-class families have not benefited from Biden’s policies so far, while 10 percent said they...
It’s tough to see how Republicans can recover in time to have any shot at winning back the White House or congressional majorities in November 2024.
The shooter who killed five people and critically wounded others at a bank in Louisville, Ky., on Monday had legally purchased the AR-15 rifle used in the massacre a week prior, police said. “We have learned that the suspect in this incident was a current employee with Old National Bank. We have also learned that...
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) raised $3 million in the first quarter of the year and is launching a new fund aimed at countering Democratic efforts in New York, her campaign announced on Tuesday. Stefanik, who became the House GOP’s third highest-ranking member in 2021 after Republican lawmakers voted to strip former Rep....
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday said he sees a “paradigm shift” wherein the movement against gun violence is surging to be more powerful than the pro-gun lobby. Murphy said on “CNN This Morning” that last year’s bipartisan gun safety legislation signals a stark change from prior years when “the gun industry owned Washington.” “It...
A federal judge ruled Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must serve time in jail while she pursues an appeal on her conviction, adding that she did not introduce new evidence to make overturning the guilty verdict or warranting a new trial likely. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ruled on Monday that Holmes demonstrated that she is not...
President Biden on Tuesday said that the Russians detaining Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is “totally illegal,” following the State Department designating him as “wrongfully detained.” “We’re making it real clear that it’s totally illegal what’s happening,” Biden said while leaving for a trip to Ireland. The president added that declaring him as wrongfully detained...
President Biden on Tuesday called it "completely out of bounds" for a federal judge in Texas to invalidate the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decades-old approval of the abortion medication mifepristone. "My thoughts are it’s completely out of bounds what the judge did," Biden said when asked about last week's ruling from U.S. District Court...
Almost 6 in 10 U.S. adults in a new poll report they’re living paycheck-to-paycheck amid an economic landscape fraught with inflation and recession fears. A CNBC-Momentive survey on financial confidence found that 58 percent of Americans say they’re living paycheck-to-paycheck, and that 70 percent said they feel stressed about their personal finances. Nearly 80 percent...
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) announced on Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Wexton, 54, disclosed her diagnosis in a video posted on Twitter. “If there’s one thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on, it’s that Parkinson’s disease sucks. Today, on World Parkinson’s Day, I’m here to tell you that I’ve come...
The Department of Justice has begun to provide some lawmakers access to the classified documents recovered from the homes of President Biden and former President Trump following a pressure campaign from senators threatening to withhold funding, according to sources familiar with the situation. The documents were provided to the Gang of 8, comprised of the...
With a majority of the justices openly hostile to abortion rights, will the court follow the law?
Nearly half of Americans in a new poll say it’s unlikely they would buy an electric vehicle, citing high prices even as the Biden administration works to up sales of the more environmentally conscious cars. The poll, from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of...
ESPN personality and host Stephen A. Smith said in an interview he believes former President Trump isn’t a racist, but added that he wouldn’t vote for him. While speaking at the Semafor Media Summit, Smith, the star of ESPN’s sports debate show “First Take,” shared that he used to have a good relationship with Trump,...
BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details. FBI warns to stop using public phone charging stations One convenience of modern devices is they use the same cable for charging and data transfer. In other words, when you plug your phone into your computer, not only will you be charging it, but you could...
