Justice Department antitrust division chief Jonathan Kanter praised his agency’s record of stopping mergers in concentrated markets Wednesday amid ongoing tensions between policymakers and big business that are reshaping party alliances. Kanter — who has overseen merger
A group of House Democrats on Tuesday called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from all future cases related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol or the 2020 presidential election. In a letter addressed to the conservative justice, 45 Democrats pointed to
Primaries in Oregon, Georgia, Kentucky and Idaho on Tuesday will decide general election matchups in a small handful of key House races, while voters in California will also pick the candidate to finish the rest of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R) term in the lower chamber.
By the end of the two scheduled debates, Trump may be the one who gets fired — because there are a whole bunch of ways he could lose to Biden, and a lot of them would be self-inflicted wounds.
The Biden administration is releasing about 1 million barrels of reserve gasoline supplies as part of an effort to bring down prices at the pump in the Northeastern U.S. In a statement on the announcement, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday described the effort as
This broad classification system would leave room for arbitrary decision-making, placing an undue burden on grocery store clerks and consumers alike.
Former President Trump suggested Tuesday that he was open to letting states restrict access to birth control and suggested his campaign would be releasing a “very comprehensive policy” shortly. When asked during an interview with Pittsburgh’s KDKA whether he supported
ChatGPT has been breaking daily traffic records since it recently launched new features, according to Similarweb. Following OpenAI unveiling a new artificial intelligence model, GPT-4o, last week, the ChatGPT website received over 100 million visits in the two days following
Vice President Harris condemned former President Trump's rhetoric Tuesday, after he shared a video on social media referencing a "unified Reich." During remarks in Philadelphia, Pa., at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) convention, the vice president argued that
Peloton said it's not longer using music or content by Sean "Diddy" Combs after disturbing hotel assault video.
Cicadas have started to emerge, with their songs getting louder by the day. When will it stop?
Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine charges he is facing in Arizona in relation to a case focused on efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state. Giuliani entered his not guilty plea remotely at an arraignment held in a
SAG-AFTRA, the union representing thousands of actors and other media professionals, threw their support behind actress Scarlett Johansson after she expressed concerns over ChatGPT's new voiced artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that she claims sounds "eerily similar" to
A bipartisan group of senators has written to the Biden administration asking the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Formula 1 over a possible violation of American antitrust law. Formula 1, commonly known as F1, in January rejected former
Carlson’s show on YouTube and X is now airing days-old episodes on Russia’s state-run channel Rossiya 24, dubbed into Russian. His many conspiracy theories—from Lyme disease being a bioweapon against the poor, to the rise of “wokeness” in the United States—have already aired in
People v. Trump is a dumb prosecution.
Former President Trump’s hush money trial resumed Tuesday, and the defense rested its case-in-chief within an hour, after finishing with its second and final witness. Across 20 days of testimony, 22 witnesses took the stand. Here’s the list, in order of appearance: Prosecution
Christopher Waller, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, said that further interest rate increases will be “probably unnecessary,” pointing to data showing that inflation is not “accelerating.” “Central bankers should never say never, but the data suggests that
Members of Congress should not regard the Chevron discussion as one primarily for courts, litigators and regulators. This court fight is principally about the core power of Congress.
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. It’s only a few days until the holiday weekend. We’ve got this!! Here’s what’s happening today: Former President Trump’s defense team rested its case this morning *without* him testifying. Oh, and by the way, the trial hit a new level of
A string of emails sent by attorney Robert Costello appear to have undercut the witness’s credibility just moments before Donald Trump’s first criminal trial concluded for the day. Costello had previously represented Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, and had allegedly
Rep. Jasmine Crockett could soon claim ownership of the jab she hurled at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in an epic clash during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing last week, with the Texas Democrat's campaign filing a trademark application for the
A visitor to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming was “seriously injured” in a bear attack Sunday afternoon, according to the National Park Service (NPS). The 35-year-old man from Massachusetts was near the road that leads to the summit of Signal Mountain, according to a press
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) revived a bill this week to provide mental health resources for families that have been affected by police violence. The Helping Families Heal Act would establish grant programs within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand
A person protesting against the Biden administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war was lifted out of a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Tuesday after interrupting Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony. The protester, a young woman wearing a T-shirt that read
President Biden will give an update on a 2022 expansion of health benefits for veterans at an event in New Hampshire Tuesday. Biden will speak with veterans and their families about the implementation of the PACT Act, which increased access to treatment for toxic chemical
The overarching goal of the Foreign Service remains unchanged: to advance American interests, policies and values around the globe.
Donald Trump’s defense rested and concluded witness testimony in his hush-money trial Tuesday—and the former president pathetically chickened out of taking the stand. “Yeah, I would testify, absolutely,” Trump told reporters in April before the trial began. “I’m testifying. I
The United Nations Security Council rejected a Russian-backed resolution that called to prevent the deployment of weapons in space after the U.S., France and the U.K. all voted against the measure. The final vote was 7-7 with one abstention. In favor of the measure were
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor “rogue” in response to his Monday requests for arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas officials. In an interview Tuesday with MSNBC’s
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) compared President Biden to former President Nixon over his handling of the special counsel tapes. Last week, the president invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining audio
Will Bumble, already a struggling company, recover from its advertising misstep? More importantly, what does the scenario say about today’s romantic and sexual landscape?
Pope Francis remarked that climate change is "a road to death" and has gotten to a "point of no return" during an interview aired Monday evening. “Unfortunately, we have gotten to a point of no return. It's sad, but that's what it is. Global warming is a serious problem,”
Experts estimate 271 million Americans will fly this summer travel season as overseas trips become increasingly popular.
Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr (Ga.) was elected as the new president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), as the gun-rights advocacy group turns a new chapter following the resignation of Wayne LaPierre earlier this year. Barr, who served in the House of Representatives
Comcast has made details public on how much its planned streaming bundle will cost consumers. For $15 a month, customers will get access to Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+, the company announced Tuesday. No annual contract will be required, and the company estimated an annual
Senator Ted Cruz posted a message on X (formerly Twitter) Monday afternoon touting all his help after a storm hit the Houston area on Thursday. Unfortunately for him, the internet never forgets, and in his case, he doesn’t have the best record on natural disasters. On Thursday,
An imprisoned former senior Trump White House aide is already envisioning Donald Trump’s second presidential term—and it includes “mass deportations.” Peter Navarro is serving a four-month sentence in federal prison for refusing to respond to a congressional subpoena during the
Three imperatives are in order if the U.S. is to eliminate our friends' fear and dash the our rivals' hopes about a voluntary U.S. departure from global leadership, and if we are to build the strong alliances needed for freedom to prevail in the 21st century.
Jailed former White House economic adviser Peter Navarro predicted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell would get the boot in a second Trump administration. “My guess is that this punctilious non-economist will be gone in a hundred days one way or the other,” Navarro said in an