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The Federal Election Commission is down to 2 members. So its work is at a standstill
A man exits a voting booth at a polling station in Lancaster, N.H., on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images The Federal Election Commission, an independent agency tasked with regulating campaign finance, has lost yet another member. But the FEC has actually…
Read MoreLegal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House’s request to remove ICE tracking app
View of the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino. Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images Apple and Google on Thursday removed apps that alert people when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are nearby following pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi. Critics of the…
Read MoreThe Trump-Epstein statue is back on the National Mall, days after its abrupt removal
A statue of President Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein holding hands returned to the National Mall on Thursday, in full view of the U.S. Capitol. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A statue of President Trump skipping hand-in-hand with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has returned to D.C.’s National Mall,…
Read MoreTed Cruz claims without evidence that China is funding U.S. climate lawsuits
A firefighter battles the Canyon Fire in August in Hasley Canyon, Calif. As temperatures rise with human-caused climate change, wildfire risk is getting worse. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP States and localities have filed waves of lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry to make energy companies pay for damages that…
Read MoreNPR to trim $5 million this year as public radio stations struggle to pay bills
View of the sign outside National Public Radio headquarters on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Getty Images North America NPR executives are scanning the horizon for storm clouds even as they are planning a stand-pat budget for the upcoming fiscal year: they…
Read MoreTrump and Vance to speak at Kirk’s memorial service in Arizona
President Trump and Vice President Vance will deliver remarks this Sunday at the memorial service for the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA announced Tuesday. Trump and Vance, who previously confirmed they would be attending the memorial, will be joined by a slate of other high-profile figures announced as speakers at the massive…
Read MoreEric Trump takes jab at Hunter Biden when pressed on crypto dealings
Eric Trump knocked Hunter Biden’s art dealings as he defended his own business ventures in the cryptocurrency world in an interview on Tuesday. As Eric Trump joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to celebrate the launch of American Bitcoin — the global digital currency exchange he co-founded — Eric Trump was asked to address concerns about the…
Read MoreDemocrat wins Minnesota special election to replace slain lawmaker
Democratic candidate Xp Lee is projected to win the special election to replace slain former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL), who was assassinated during a shooting in June that also killed her husband, according to Decision Desk HQ. Lee, a health equity analyst, defeated Republican candidate Ruth Bittner, a real estate agent, for a…
Read MoreIsrael begins Gaza City ground offensive
The offensive escalates the nearly two-year war that has killed thousands as Israel hopes to take control of a key area in the northern part of the enclave. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said its “activity” in Gaza City started and is expected to “expand in line with the current situational assessment.” “Its aim…
Read MoreBLS chief fired by Trump over jobs report comments publicly for first time
The former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, on Tuesday made her first public remarks since she was fired by President Trump last month following a poor jobs report and substantial revisions to earlier data. Speaking at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, her alma mater, McEntarfer recounted her experience learning she had…
Read MoreLondon mayor: Trump ‘perhaps done the most to fan the flames of divisive, far-right politics’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, in a Tuesday opinion piece for The Guardian, called out President Trump for boosting “divisive, far-right politics” worldwide in recent years. “We must unite to take on the reactionary populists and nativists who are exploiting economic concerns, the atomisation of modern life and a growing distrust of political and media institutions…
Read MoreOn Capitol Hill, FBI Director Patel faces questions over his leadership
FBI Director Kash Patel faced heated questions from Democrats over his handling of the bureau in the wake of the assassination of political organizer Charlie Kirk. Source link
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