Politics
Trump taps podcaster David Sacks as AI and crypto czar
President-elect Donald Trump late Thursday announced that podcaster and tech investor David O. Sacks will be his new White House AI and Crypto czar, a newly-created position. Source...
Outgoing DNC chair rejects notion that Democrats must abandon 'identity politics'
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison delivered a steadfast defense of his party's commitment to racial equity Thursday, drawing on his own identity as a Black man to push...
Musk-led DOGE sparks 'new day in America' energy on Capitol Hill
President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency was all the buzz Thursday on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers got their first taste of how the Elon Musk-led cost-cutting committee plans...
House scuttles Democrats' attempt to force release of Gaetz ethics report
The House on Thursday shut down two Democrats' attempts to force the House Ethics Committee to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, instead letting the panel decide...
Trump allies draw 'red line' at Hegseth, warning defeat would kneecap chances for other key nominees
The embattled nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary has President-elect Donald Trump and allies working to hold the line on a second pick getting nixed, or risk opening...
Canada bans 324 varieties of guns: 'These firearms can no longer be used'
Canada said Thursday it is outlawing 324 firearm varieties - guns the public safety minister said belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters....
House task force recommends Secret Service improvements after probing Trump assassination attempts
A House task force is recommending the Secret Service update policies on chain of command, communications and coordination and improve its security technology to avoid another failure like the...
More than 80 years later, Pearl Harbor still worth remembering
"Pearl Harbor and World War ll is the line in the sand between the Old World and the New World. America was changed radically and forever. We were 'Fortress...
Biden White House eyeing preemptive pardons to protect people from Trump
President Biden and his top aides are tinkering with the idea of issuing preemptive pardons to individuals they fear will be targeted by President-elect Donald Trump when he takes...
A growing chorus of Democrats calling on Biden to pardon Trump
In the wake of President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter Biden an increasing number of Democrats are calling upon him to extend executive clemency to President-elect Donald Trump....
