President Biden is warning Americans of an ‘ultra-wealthy’ ‘oligarchy’ taking shape that is presenting a danger to the country, but did not mention in his farewell speech Wednesday night the numerous billionaires that have supported his campaigns in recent years. Biden spoke about the ‘dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few, ultra-wealthy people’ and said ‘an ...
The conservative House Freedom Caucus has released a proposal for Republicans’ planned conservative policy overhaul that would raise the debt limit by two years or roughly $4 trillion. Congressional Republicans are preparing for a massive conservative policy overhaul through the budget reconciliation process. By lowering the threshold for passage in the Senate from 60 votes to 51, reconciliation allows the ...
Defending Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner stumbled early Thursday, losing a set for the first time in three months, but recovered his composure to defeat Aussie wild card Tristan Schoolkate and advance to the tournament’s third round. The world’s No. 1 player, Sinner had won 30 of his last 31 matches, not even dropping a set since losing to Carlos ...
PHOENIX — Agent Scott Boras, who represents the two biggest free-agent MLB stars who still are unsigned, had to look only a few feet to his right Wednesday afternoon to illuminate his position this winter. Spring training starts in just a month, and All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman and All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso remain on the outside looking in, ...
Exit poll after exit poll found the economy was the driving issue for most voters last year. Whether it was the price of eggs or housing costs, Americans said they felt squeezed financially and wanted those elected to do something about it. So what did the new House of Representatives do in one of its first acts? It passed legislation ...
President-elect Trump is seeking to ‘save’ the popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, according to his transition team – even if the Supreme Court looks to enforce a federal law that could essentially outlaw it in the U.S. When questioned on Wednesday about a Washington Post report claiming that Trump might issue an executive order to prevent TikTok from being ...
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said Thursday morning that he is ‘confident’ that a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal can still be ‘implemented’ Sunday as families of two Americans slated for immediate release await answers. ‘There’s a deal,’ Kirby told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. ‘We’re confident that we’re going to be able to start implementing it on Sunday. There ...
The Trump-Vance Transition Team unveiled on Thursday the administration’s official portraits of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance. ‘In just four days, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States and JD Vance as the 50th Vice President of the United States — and their official portraits are here,’ the team ...
President Biden is warning Americans of an ‘ultra-wealthy’ ‘oligarchy’ taking shape that is presenting a danger to the country, but did not mention in his farewell speech Wednesday night the numerous billionaires that have supported his campaigns in recent years. Biden spoke about the ‘dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few, ultra-wealthy people’ and said ‘an ...
A pair of Republicans are introducing legislation that would offer service members who were fired over the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate a chance to get their jobs back and receive back pay. The AMERICANS Act, put forth by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and freshman Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., bans the Pentagon from instituting any additional COVID-19 vaccine mandates without congressional ...