Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) poked back at Mick Jagger Thursday night after the Rolling Stones frontman knocked his policies during a performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Thursday. "We're a welcoming crowd aren't we?" Jagger said to the crowd, per NBC's local affiliate. "I hope Mr. Landry is enjoying the show....
Scarcely a week goes by without a cyber incident making national news.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) addressed an expected indictment following reports the Justice Department is preparing charges against him, saying he is “innocent of these allegations” and still plans to seek reelection. The Justice Department searched Cuellar’s home in January 2022 as part of an investigation into Azerbaijan. Cuellar, a co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus,...
Nippon Steel said Friday it was postponing the expected closing date for its $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) requested additional information and documents related to the deal. Nippon pushed the closure date back by approximately three months, saying it revised the estimated timeline for the deal's closing from...
Even if courts were going to look favorably on some of the Biden regulations, there is a great deal that a potential second Trump administration could do to subvert the rules.
If widespread EV adoption is truly a priority, then America’s trade policies, some of which Biden inherited and some of which are his own, need another look.
Robert De Niro says President Biden should "keep up the fight" against former President Trump, advising the commander in chief to "go at him hard." "Keep at him," De Niro said when asked by Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC's "The 11th Hour" Thursday about his message to Biden on a strategy toward Trump. "Go at him hard. And every...
As we have detailed in our book, government has built our country by steering the market from the first presidential administration to the current one.
Former President Trump on Friday claimed the judge handling his hush money case was trying to make the trial "as salacious as possible," even as Trump's own attorneys sought to undermine a witness by bringing up celebrity scandals. "This Corrupt and HIGHLY Conflicted New York Judge, Juan Merchan, is doing everything in his power to...
More than 100 individuals arrested at protests at two campuses in New York were not affiliated with the schools, according to the mayor and New York Police Department (NYPD) commissioner. At Columbia University on Tuesday, city officials said 112 individuals were arrested, with around 29 percent unaffiliated with the school. At City College of...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) writes in her forthcoming book about a “weird” conversation she had with former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who she said called her and offered to be a mentor. “I have heard quite a bit about you, and you are doing a good job there in South Dakota,” Haley...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said that the protests on college campuses over Israel’s war against Hamas could be President Biden’s Vietnam War, making the comparison to the anti-war protests in the 1960s while also offering support for the president’s statement this week. “I am thinking back and other people are making this reference that this...
The Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) demanded a no confidence vote on Thursday against school President Minouche Shafik amid ongoing controversy over the campus's recent student protests. “A vote of no confidence in the President and her administration is the only way to begin rebuilding our shattered community and...
A man drove his car toward a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters at Portland State University (PSU) and sprayed a chemical agent like pepper spray before running away, police said Thursday night. Police had clashed with protesters, arresting at least 30 people during a sweep of the university’s library after it had been occupied for several...
Overall, the average disposable income per capita in right-to-work states last year, adjusted for the cost of living, was roughly $2,800 higher than the average of the other states.
Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing cabinet allies are certain to benefit most from any shift in public opinion away from support of Gaza’s populace.
From toxic relationships to toxic positivity to toxic masculinity, ‘toxic’ has become a catch-all term for anything that is deemed to be remotely negative. But a toxic workplace in the truest sense is a very real problem and is driving 20 percent of American workers to leave their current positions. In fact, in the five...
Former President Trump’s hush money trial is entering its seventh day of testimony on Friday. A forensic analyst with the Manhattan DA’s office is retaking the stand. Doug Daus spent some of Thursday detailing to jurors how he inspected phones belonging to ex-fixer Michael Cohen. Additional witnesses are expected to take the stand later in...
The Biden administration on Friday granted automakers some flexibility on qualifying for electric vehicle tax credits. The new final guidance, issued as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, incorporates a two-year exemption to provisions of the law that bar vehicles from eligibility if their battery minerals come from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. ...
The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs and the jobless rate ticked higher to 3.9 percent in April, according to Labor Department data released Friday. After several hotter-than-expected jobs reports, April's employment gains fell short of economists’ expectations of 240,000 new jobs and a 3.8 percent unemployment rate. The latest job report comes days after a...
The journalist who exposed this corruption scandal in Maduro's regime hasn’t set foot in his home country in more than five years.
Trump and many Republicans would rather talk about immigration to inflame political passions than actually do anything constructive to fix the system.
Conservative lawyer George Conway in an interview late Thursday dismissed former President Trump’s claims about not sleeping in court after reporters noticed Trump closing his eyes during the hush money case in New York. Conway, a frequent Trump critic, claimed the former president has struggled to get up in the morning for some time, even...
The U.S., and indeed all western allies, cannot stand idly by now as the court is dragged into irredeemable disrepute.
A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer discharged a gun while clearing a Columbia University building that had been taken over by protesters earlier this week, authorities said. The Emergency Service Unit (ESU) officer “accidentally” fired a round while searching the first floor of the building, according to the department, which added that only law...
