A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery after a push from a citizens group and some GOP lawmakers. The temporary restraining order, issued by U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. in Alexandra, Va., comes just one day after a group called Defend...
Former President Trump on Monday again challenged a gag order in his election interference case, asking the full appeals court to lift restrictions put in place by a three-judge panel. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month largely upheld a gag order put in place by Judge Tanya Chutkan, barring Trump from any...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley launched her campaign's third television ad Monday, targeting President Biden for being “too old” and calling for a “new generation.” “I’ll just say it: Biden’s too old, and Congress is the most exclusive nursing home in America,” Haley began the 30-second ad spot. “Washington keeps failing because politicians from yesterday...
Clay bricks from the building projects of ancient kings recorded a historical "map" of changes in the Earth's magnetic field, a new study has found. About 3,000 years ago, for reasons that aren't well understood, the Earth's magnetic field suddenly spiked in power above what is now modern Iraq. And when it did, that change...
Organizers of the pro-Trump rally held at the White House Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021, were not forthcoming about their knowledge of plans for a march to the Capitol following a speech by then-President Trump, according to a government watchdog report released Monday. The Interior Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) report also found that...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) vowed Monday to work to block the $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel Corp. to Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel, which he described as an “outrageous” move. The deal was announced Monday, prompting the stock prices of U.S. Steel to jump up 25 percent. Fetterman criticized the sale, saying in a post on X, the...
The European Union opened “formal proceedings” into X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday to determine whether the platform has violated the bloc’s new online regulations. The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, is investigating whether X breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in regard to its “risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency...
If Gruenberg wants to show his employees and the American people—for the first time in his nearly two decades of leadership—that he is doing something to end abuse, he should resign and allow a real leader to restore professionalism to the FDIC.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is dismissing GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley as a "brunette Liz Cheney" and questioning her conservative bona fides after she slammed her Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for having Massie on the campaign trail over the weekend. "She hates free speech as much as she loves war and foreign aid,"...
Attorneys for former President Trump on Monday formally asked a judge to toss Trump’s Georgia 2020 election criminal racketeering case on First Amendment grounds. Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead Georgia attorney, had previewed such an argument at a recent court hearing. On Monday, Sadow filed court papers insisting that the allegations involved “core political speech,” telling the judge the...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she was honored to meet Jacob Chansley, the Capitol rioter better known as the “QAnon Shaman,” at the Turning Point USA conference this past weekend. In a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Greene decried what she described as the “horrendous” treatment of Jan. 6 defendants...
When college employees are victims of antisemitism, they, like all workers, must balance their demands for protection and redress with the very real threat of retaliation against their careers and livelihoods.
Oil prices rose by more than 2 percent Monday as various companies, including BP, suspended shipping operations in the Red Sea amid attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on multiple vessels. The price of Brent Crude Oil, a European benchmark used for global market purchases, rose to $78.50 a barrel, an estimated 2.5 percent increase over...
John Oliver dedicated the final episode of 2023 of his show, “Last Week Tonight,” to taking down billionaire Elon Musk, poking fun at his idiosyncrasies and warning of the potential danger that could come from his immense power. For 30 minutes, Oliver touched on Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, Musk’s hard turn to the right politically,...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday he discussed with Israeli officials a transition to more targeted and "surgical operations" in Gaza, as the U.S. appears to be nudging its ally to begin a slowdown in the fighting against Palestinian militant group Hamas. Austin, who met with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, along with the country's...
CIA Director William Burns met with the director of Israel's Mossad and Qatari officials in Warsaw about restarting negotiations on freeing hostages from Hamas, Axios reported. More than 100 people remain held by Hamas since the Oct. 7 attack by the group on Israel. Israel and Hamas paused fighting in November as the two sides...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appeared to call for someone to mount a primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) after he expressed skepticism about the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden. “How can Lindsey Graham in Washington, D.C., on ‘Meet the Press’ say that he hasn’t seen a smoking gun of evidence? That...
President Biden’s approval rating hit a record low Monday, with just 34 percent saying they approve of his performance in the White House. Sixty-one percent of respondents said they disapproved of Biden’s job performance, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. Biden has seen his approval ratings lingering below 40 percent for months and with the...
Former Rep. George Santos has a message for his ex-colleagues in Congress, saying he’ll “outlive them.” “I'll be back,” the New York Republican said in an interview with comedian Ziwe, released on YouTube on Monday. “I’m 35. They’re all in their 50s. I’ll outlive them,” Santos told the political satirist, whose full name is Ziwe Fumudoh. “Each...
Young talent, more inclined toward flexible work arrangements, would view federal employment as an unattractive option with an in-office mandate.
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israel of trying to starve Palestinians in Gaza, arguing Monday that the Israeli government is using the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the Gaza Strip. The HRW report pointed to comments from high-ranking Israeli officials who discuss what the group claims to be their "aim...
Several House Democrats have signed onto a letter amping up calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case reviewing whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution over charges of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. "[W]e strongly implore you to exercise your discretion and recuse yourself from...
The campaign manager for former President Obama’s 2012 reelection victory argued that a third-party candidate cannot win the presidential election in 2024. Jim Messina, who also served as White House deputy chief of staff, said in an op-ed in Politico on Monday that the effort by No Labels to put forward a “unity ticket” composed...
A man convicted of sexually abusing a child was recaptured after escaping a Texas prison on Sunday, authorities in Brazoria County have confirmed.
Police have charged the driver who crashed his car into a parked SUV that was part of President Biden's motorcade with driving under the influence of alcohol. The Wilmington (Del.) Police Department said the driver, a 46-year-old man, had been charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and inattentive driving. Authorities determined...
