There’s no such thing as a free lunch — and the hidden costs of tax incentives can be massive.
A new Pentagon report says there is "no evidence" the U.S. government or any private companies have reverse-engineered extraterrestrial technology, nor are there any confirmed sightings of UFOs having alien origin, contradicting a high-profile whistleblower who has made those claims without evidence. The Pentagon's newly established All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) released findings Friday in...
President Biden told a Democratic lawmaker and members of his Cabinet after the State of the Union address that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will need to have a “come to Jesus" meeting. Biden’s comments, captured on a hot mic as he spoke with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), on the floor of the...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy Friday! Super Tuesday and the State of the Union being in the same week was … a lot. Here’s a recap: You’d think you were watching a campaign rally last night during President Biden’s State of the Union address. He slammed former President Trump more than a dozen times, though not...
That we live in troubled times is not news. It seems there are no solutions to our cascading existential crises — just growing inertia and a sense of hopelessness.
Russian hackers have been attempting to breach Microsoft’s systems in recent weeks, using stolen information they acquired in an earlier hack, the company said Friday. The hackers, which Microsoft identified as a Russian state-sponsored group known as Midnight Blizzard, have been “using information initially exfiltrated from our corporate email systems to gain, or attempt to...
A United Airlines Boeing plane lost a tire on takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, but the flight made a safe landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday. The Boeing 777 jet, which has six tires on its primary landing gear, was embarking on a flight bound for Osaka International Airport in Japan. The...
The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday officially voted to make Michael Whatley and Lara Trump its new chair and co-chair, respectively, cementing former President Trump’s remaking of RNC leadership as he sets his sights on November. RNC officials gathered in Houston for the group’s leadership meetings, where they agreed to replace outgoing chair Ronna McDaniel, who...
Accountable.US is launching ads targeting a coalition of conservative organizations over their support of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and abortion restrictions. The nonprofit organization will start running digital ads Friday. The static image features a white background with the statement “Abortion. IVF. Project 2025 Groups will ban it all,” according to the group's plans, first...
What did Hamas commanders believe they might achieve strategically with that increased, outrageous and broadly transmitted level of sexual violence and brutality meted out against Israeli civilians?
The families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are furious at a new report that defended the actions of local police on May 24, 2022, when 19 students and two teachers were killed. The local report, which follows a more harshly critical one from the federal government, acknowledged the...
Costco is selling 1-ounce silver coins on its site. But numerous customers are pointing to the same alleged problem.
A longtime aide to former President Trump has jumped into a House race in Georgia after Trump encouraged him to run. Brian Jack filed his candidacy for the seat representing Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District on Thursday, the same day Trump said on Truth Social that he would support him if he were to seek the...
Standard Time will end at 2AM on March 10, 2024, beginning nearly eight months of Daylight Saving Time. — and another round of discussion on the time change.
More than 27,000 people so far have signed a petition demanding country radio stations play Beyoncé’s new songs. The Grammy-winning artist dropped two country singles in February, but only eight of the 150 stations that report to Billboard’s Country Airplay chart played the song “Texas Hold ‘Em” a day after its release. There were no...
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Friday lauded President Biden’s State of the Union address and said he spent so much time meeting with lawmakers and guests at the Capitol on Thursday because he is usually kept in “a bubble.” Biden lingered following his speech Thursday night, speaking for quite a while after the House chamber...
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) was widely criticized on social media for delivering what was called a melodramatic and unnatural State of the Union rebuttal Thursday night. The first-term senator went after President Biden following his own address over his handling of the economy, the southern border, his age and a slew of other issues, but...
Biden-Harris 2024 campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu said Friday that President Biden should not have used the word "illegal" to refer to a person, calling the president's use of the term a "small mistake" that should be understood in the context of his broader message. Biden used the term to refer to José Ibarra, a Venezuelan national...
President Biden and Vice President Harris are set to travel to every battleground state in March as part of his reelection campaign’s effort to ramp up after Super Tuesday and the State of the Union, the campaign announced Friday. Biden will travel to New Hampshire on Monday, Wisconsin on Wednesday and Michigan on Thursday, according...
Few national investments will be as powerful in the long run as a thoughtful, sustained, robust effort to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs, in every region of the country.
Former President Trump posted a roughly $91 million bond Friday as he appeals the recent verdict in advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit. Trump had aimed to delay posting his bond or reduce the amount as he seeks a new trial and continues fighting the recent verdict. But Trump posted the full amount of...
Antisemitism was a large part of a House panel discussion on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies Thursday, with Republicans saying DEI perpetuates racism while Democrats said campus antisemitism reflects failures in colleges' programs, not diversity efforts as a whole. The House Education higher education subcommittee's hearing on the impact of DEI on campuses comes...
Former President Trump signaled his opposition Thursday to legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. despite his previous support for banning the social media app. In a post on Truth Social, the former president claimed a TikTok ban would benefit Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who serves as CEO of its parent company,...
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) is demanding an apology from his fellow Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) following Van Orden's outburst at Thursday’s State of the Union address. The outburst came as Biden spoke critically of former President Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing the joint session of Congress, arguing that Trump “failed...
Steven Nikoui, the father a Marine killed during the U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan, was arrested Thursday evening for shouting from a House gallery at President Biden during his State of the Union address. Nikoui, 51, was arrested for disrupting Biden’s speech at approximately 10:15 p.m. ET, U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) confirmed. “Our officers warned him...
