President Biden and former President Trump have accepted an invitation to a presidential debate on June 27 hosted by CNN, setting the stage for the first showdown between the two major party candidates ahead of the 2024 election and each party's convention. “I’ve received and accepted an invitation from @CNN for a debate on June...
The National Football League (NFL) has reached an agreement with Netflix for the streaming service to provide games to fans on Christmas Day. As part of the three-year deal, Netflix will stream both NFL games on Dec. 25, 2024, "at least one holiday game" in 2025 and 2026, the league said. The deal is the...
President Biden and his campaign is taking a jab at former President Trump and his ongoing hush money trial, launching a new fundraising campaign that mocks Trump only being "free on Wednesdays," a nod to the only day of the week there is guaranteed to be no court hearing held in the former president's criminal...
The Biden administration said Wednesday that its discussions with the Chinese government about artificial intelligence (AI) risks and safety were “candid and constructive.” The American and Chinese delegations “exchanged perspectives on their respective approaches to AI safety and risk management” during the meeting in Geneva on Tuesday, National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a...
Embattled Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg took the hot seat in front of the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning following a scathing report on widespread sexual harassment and discrimination at his agency. “Showing up today is not an act of courage. It’s an act of hubris,” Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), chair...
Jaqueline Sharp, 35, remembers her anxiety “went through the roof” shortly after she gave birth to her son in 2019. Her mental health got worse as she tried to balance recovering from a c-section, mastering breastfeeding and baby sleep schedules all on very, very little sleep. By the time her son turned a month old,...
Our inboxes are about to be stuffed with unwanted political ads…probably more than ever before.
Credit card delinquencies are on the rise, as research from the New York Federal Reserve shows nearly a fifth of borrowers are “maxed-out.” According the new report, issued by the bank’s Center for Microeconomic Data, household debt rose by 1.1 percent, or $184 billion, in the first quarter of the year, bringing the total to...
Biden’s campaign is still searching for the message that will keep the party’s fraying 2022 coalition united.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed he was taken aback when independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. floated the idea of making the four-time NFL MVP his running mate for the 2024 election. “My thing is, [Donald Trump] had four years to do it and didn’t drain the swamp,” Rodgers said in an...
Biden has spent a half-century in government and doesn't know what it's like to run a business. Most Democrats are the same, never signing the front of a paycheck. They treat small businesses as if they were a state of nature, like the Great Lakes or Rocky Mountains.
Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot Wednesday after a meeting in the town of Handlova, according to local media reports. Fico was shot after holding a Cabinet meeting in the Trenčín region of central Slovakia, according to the Slovak news agency TASR. An unknown assailant fired at Fico outside the house where the meeting...
Former President Trump said Wednesday that he is "ready and willing" to debate President Biden after the Biden campaign proposed holding two debates, one in June and one in September. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, derided Biden as "the WORST debater I have ever faced" and said the two should discuss border policy,...
Congress must reject the bill and reassess its approach to military support for Israel in order to ensure that U.S. actions align with our values and legal obligations.
Inflation slowed down in April after several months of faster-than-expected price increases, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department. The consumer price index (CPI), a closely watched inflation gauge, rose 0.3 percent in April and 3.4 percent over the previous 12 months, in line with economist expectations. Both monthly and annual inflation fell...
President Biden’s campaign on Wednesday proposed two debates with former President Trump, bucking the Commission on Presidential Debates and potentially setting the stage for a face-off as soon as next month. The Biden campaign called for the first debate to take place in late June, after Biden returns from the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit...
Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley garnered significant shares of the vote in three Republican primaries Tuesday, despite dropping of the race over two months ago. In Maryland, Haley brought in 20 percent of the vote to former President Trump’s 80 percent, according to election results from Decision Desk HQ. In Nebraska, she garnered 18...
The next pandemic will arise as unexpectedly and swiftly as the last two.
Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will introduce legislation Wednesday that would extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waiver program past its 2024 expiration date. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) introduced several waivers and flexibilities in 2020, allowing for various inpatient-level hospital services...
If it becomes an election about personality, then that’s how Donald Trump ends up losing.
The Electoral College has, on the whole, helped build a more inclusive American politics.
A liberal veterans PAC is launching an ad backing Assemblyman Herb Conaway in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District race for Rep. Andy Kim's (D-N.J.) seat. VoteVets political action committee (PAC) is rolling out a 30-second ad touting Conaway’s background and mentioning the legislation he wrote to lower prescription drugs for seniors. The group also highlighted...
Democrats are growing increasingly worried that President Biden’s brutal swing-state numbers could drag down their candidates in the Senate. Biden has been trailing former President Trump in most of the swing states likely to determine the race for the White House, several of which will be important if Democrats are to retain their Senate majority....
House Republicans are racing this week to put the Israel-Hamas war at center stage on Capitol Hill, a move designed both to unite their warring conference and to highlight the long-standing Democratic divisions over the Israel-Palestine conflict. GOP leaders are pushing a proposal to reverse President Biden’s recent freeze on the delivery of certain U.S....
Doug Burgum has emerged unexpectedly as a top choice to serve as former President Trump's running mate, a development that comes after the North Dakota governor failed to gain traction against the former president in his White House bid. Burgum was little known outside of his home state when he started his presidential run last...
