Good morning. President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to revisit its decision striking down his birthright citizenship order, another prominent Mississippi Democrat has pleaded guilty in a widening federal corruption probe, and Mexico is escalating its response after one of its nationals was fatally shot during an ICE enforcement operation in Texas. Trump […]
Former Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine credits her upset primary loss to Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico to racism. Crockett dismissed suggestions that she should have spent more time campaigning alongside Talarico and instead defended both her strategy and her continued focus on down-ballot races. “It Was a Racist Race” Reflecting on the Democratic primary, Crockett […]
Disgraced Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner has suspended his campaign but he is not formally stepping aside just yet. According to Axios, Platner has told campaign staff he expects to file his official withdrawal on Monday, the last possible day under Maine law for major-party candidates to remove themselves from the general election ballot. […]
One of the most talked-about moments from this week’s NATO summit didn’t happen in a meeting room. As leaders departed Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan handed each visiting head of state and government a personalized Turkish-made Gumusay .357 Magnum revolver — a parting gift that quickly created legal headaches across Europe and parts of […]
Mexico is escalating its response to the fatal shooting of one of its citizens by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, announcing plans to pursue legal action against the United States. The victim, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was killed Tuesday during an ICE enforcement operation in Houston. According to ICE, agents were attempting to […]
Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, wire fraud, and money laundering, becoming the second prominent Mississippi Democrat in recent days to admit wrongdoing in a sweeping FBI corruption investigation that has already ensnared former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens. Lumumba’s plea came just […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing FBI Director Kash Patel for answers about his spending, travel, and use of government resources, giving Democrats an influential Republican ally as lawmakers intensify oversight of the bureau’s finances. In a letter to Patel, Grassley (R-Iowa) requested records related to the FBI director’s travel, security costs, and vehicle […]
WASHINGTON — Three weeks into Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization, his office continues to release only limited updates, insisting the 84-year-old Republican is improving while declining to disclose the nature of the medical emergency that sent him to the hospital. As questions about his condition mount, attention is increasingly turning to a deadline in Kentucky law […]
A coalition of conservative organizations is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the renewal of ABC’s broadcast licenses, accusing the Disney-owned network of partisan bias, discriminatory employment practices, equal-time violations, and conduct they argue is inconsistent with the public interest. The petitions come after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened the license renewal process […]
On July 9, the National Capital Planning Commission took up File 8778, a submission from the U.S. Department of the Interior with an unadorned name: New Monumental Arch. The project would place a 250-foot triumphal arch in Memorial Circle on Columbia Island, at the western terminus of Arlington Memorial Bridge. The commission’s staff did not […]
WASHINGTON — The three-month ceasefire between the United States and Iran has seemingly collapsed after U.S. forces launched a sweeping campaign targeting roughly 90 military sites inside Iran in response to attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting President Donald Trump to declare the truce officially “over.” The escalation quickly spilled across […]
The AI Jobs Apocalypse Just Failed Its First Contact With The Evidence
Imagine a chief executive standing before his investors after a bruising quarter. He overhired during the pandemic, bet on products that failed, and now he must cut 8,000 jobs. He has two scripts available. The first script admits error: we misjudged demand, we misallocated capital, and workers will pay for our mistakes. The second script […]