Senate Democrats are hustling to confirm far-left federal judges before the end of the 118th Congress next month, even after making a “handshake agreement” with Republicans to relinquish four appeals court appointments to President-elect Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) acknowledged this week that lame-duck President Biden’s four nominees didn’t have a path to confirmation in the closely divided chamber — and that striking the deal with the GOP boosted the chances of adding to the more than 220 jurists confirmed to the federal bench since Biden took office in January 2021. “The trade was four circuit nominees…
The Democrats’ finger-pointing about why Donald Trump won the presidential election continues. Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, thinks it’s because Democrats are out of touch with the economic issues that matter to working-class Americans.“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working…
More than 167,000 pounds of fresh and frozen ground beef products are being recalled over E. coli concerns, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday.The USDA has announced a recall of over 100 products from Wolverine Packing Co., a Detroit-based company. This action follows an…
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that his former White House adviser, Sebastian Gorka, will serve in his incoming administration. Trump, 78, revealed in a Truth Social post that Gorka will serve as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism. “Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for…
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Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) is set to lead the newly created Senate DOGE Caucus — a nod to President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which will work outside the government to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump said in a statement.“Proud…
[Source]Despite losing the 2024 presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris remains the top choice among Democratic voters for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, according to a new poll by Puck News/Echelon Insights.The survey, conducted from Nov. 14 to 18, found that 41% of likely Democratic voters would support Harris, far…
The fallout at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” continued to worsen this week after co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski told viewers on Monday that they met in person with President-elect Donald Trump. Viewership fell to a new low Wednesday — just two days after the MSNBC duo said they trekked to…
The aftermath of the 2024 US presidential election has been a boon to Elon Musk. The richest person in the world got even richer Friday, with Musk’s net worth hitting a record $347.8 billion, Bloomberg reported. That beats his previous record set in November 2021, when the Tesla founder’s net…
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced his choices to lead the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as his pick for the surgeon general post. Trump, 78, nominated Dr. Marty Makary – a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine –…
NASSAU, Bahamas — The early theme of this St. John’s season has been its resilience. It was apparent in how it handled that exhibition game at Rutgers, the shaky first half against Wagner and the second half with New Mexico when the game at the Garden got tight. Still, there…
Fans can’t wait for school to be back in session to find out what happens on season 4 of Abbott Elementary. The hit sitcom, which debuted in 2021, focuses on teachers in a Philadelphia public school. After premiering on ABC, the show quickly became critically acclaimed and picked up many…
Former Georgia State Representative sbd gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams joined students on the campus of Howard University for a post-election discussion to talk about what the future holds for them following the 2024 presidential election. Abrams is the university’s inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics.The…
This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider’s daily newsletter here.Happy Friday! If you’re doing food shopping for Thanksgiving this weekend, you might notice prices feel better … sort of. The cost of Thanksgiving dinner has fallen for the second year in a…
One of the more under-reported aspects of how President-elect Donald Trump will run the economy will be the influence of those who don’t have a position of power publicly, but remain in his kitchen cabinet. It’s a loosely defined group of outsiders, some Democrats but mostly Republicans, whom he leans…
Donald Trump said he has “no idea” who’s behind it. His presidential transition chair and the man he picked to be the secretary of commerce said he wouldn’t touch it. “They made themselves nuclear,” he said.But the authors of Project 2025 — a 900-page playbook from a right-wing think tank…
Ex-NBC anchor Brian Williams waited until after the 11th hour to dress down Democrats’ 2024 campaign strategy, panning the party as dismally detached from reality. “It is tough love time for the Democratic Party. I think it needs to be stripped down and rebuilt,” the former “11th Hour” host told…
SALT LAKE CITY — Cam Payne admits he “honestly didn’t know” what his role would be when he signed with the Knicks in the summer, but the 10-year NBA veteran has contributed 8.2 points in 17.1 minutes over 11 appearances off the bench. Payne also is shooting 44.4 percent from…
Sydney Thomas, the ring girl who went viral during the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson fight, is making sure to strike while the iron is hot. After her in-ring appearance at the highly-anticipated Netflix boxing match on Friday, November 15 caused many viewers to sit up in their chairs, Thomas, 21, is…
Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, a post with wide oversight of tax policy, public debt, international finance and sanctions.The selection ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team for a second…
At least 50 major retailers have jacked up interest rates on store-branded credit cards to all-time highs — even as inflation continues to dog shoppers nationwide, according to an explosive new study. Big chains including Macy’s, Gap, TJ Maxx and Petco hiked APRs on their store-issued credit cards before the…
In a town like Gainesville, where game days can feel more important than what’s for brunch, cooking isn’t always the top priority. Nevertheless, everybody has to eat. Cooking at home can provide an inexpensive and creative experience. Here are five quick tips for the less-than-Michelin chef. Don’t cook alone More…
President-elect Donald Trump selected Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) on Friday to serve as his secretary of labor. “Lori has worked tirelessly with both Business and Labor to build America’s workforce, and support the hardworking men and women of America,” Trump said in his announcement. “I look forward to working with…
A woman told the House ethics panel investigating Matt Gaetz that she saw the former congressman having sex with a minor at a Florida party, her lawyer said Friday. “My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Rep. Gaetz having sex with a minor at a house…
Jake Paul hasn’t strayed from his prediction as to what will happen when he fights Mike Tyson on Friday, and in a final pre-bout interview, the YouTuber and social media star didn’t mince his words. “I’m knocking him the f–k out,” Paul said in an interview with Netflix on Friday.…
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Kim Porter’s twin daughters, Jessie and D’Lila Combs, paid tribute to their late mother on the sixth anniversary of her death. “We can’t believe it’s been 6 years without you,” the sisters wrote via their shared Instagram account on Friday, November 15. “We think about you…
After the election, a new theory spread quickly on TikTok that a heroic presidential candidate was quietly investigating corrupt deep-state actors who rigged the results, waiting in the wings until those corrupt actors could be rounded up and tried for their crimes.If that theory sounds familiar, it’s because it’s reminiscent…
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Pharmaceutical stocks continued to fall Friday after President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial nomination of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Shares of COVID vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer fell early Friday morning, down 4% and 4.3% respectively. Shares of Novavax, another US-based…
Native Vote 2024. Native News Online released the results of a survey detailing Native American voting patterns in the 2024 presidential election.The survey, conducted Nov. 7-13, showed Donald Trump received 51% of Native American votes in the presidential election, while Kamala Harris garnered 45% of the votes, according to the…
Some House Democrats have had enough of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) analysis of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Election Day loss to President-elect Donald Trump – and one lawmaker believes it’s time for her to “take a seat.” Pelosi, 84, ruffled feathers within the Democratic caucus after she told the New…
Donald Trump clinched victory in the 2024 presidential election last week, sweeping all seven swing states to secure 312 Electoral College votes in a dramatic and historic week for America.The president-elect eliminated his Democratic rival Kamala Harris’s chances of making history as the first female president, and will now return…
This time Jalen Brunson hit the shot. Two nights after his potential game-winner bounced in and out, Brunson’s trey with six seconds remaining beat the Nets on Friday night, 124-122, and avoided an epic collapse at MSG. On the following possession, Dennis Schroder was rejected by Mikal Bridges at the…
Morena Baccarin faces a world that’s been taken over by monsters in the new thriller Elevation — and she knows exactly what she would need in order to survive a real-life apocalypse. “My family,” Baccarin, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly, referring to husband Ben McKenzie and their children. (She shares…
Things might look gloomy at CNN with layoffs, salary cuts and a new digital programming model that may or may not work. But On The Money has learned that private equity firms have been crunching the numbers on a possible acquisition of the ratings-challenged network. Don’t exactly hold your breath…
It took months for Democrats to settle on their primary presidential calendar, an extended battle that ended up booting Iowa and New Hampshire from the mix and vaulting South Carolina to the top of the pack.Now that all could be scrapped.With President Joe Biden soon leaving the White House after…
In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, many Americans, especially celebrities, have pledged to give up their citizenship and move elsewhere. For Americans exploring dual citizenship options or seeking a second passport, many countries offer pathways to citizenship based on ancestry. These countries often allow citizens of foreign nations to…
(Bloomberg) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and the Democratic National Committee spent close to $1.5 billion in their unsuccessful presidential bid, but they didn’t go into debt doing so, according to the campaign’s chief financial officer.Most Read from BloombergConservative media outlets have reported that Harris’ unsuccessful campaign spent lavishly…
US food manufacturers “deliver safe, affordable and convenient products”, one of the country’s principal trade bodies has said, after President-elect Trump named industry critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. Trump yesterday (14 November) appointed Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK Jr., as Secretary of Health and Human…
A fake script for Friday night’s bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul went viral on social media, sending boxing fans into a frenzy. The phony letter, posted by an X user with just over 200 followers, made the rounds in the hours before the slated 11 p.m. fight in…
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It’s Miss Universe Season! Menahem Kahana / AFP via Getty ImagesThe “national costume” part of the Miss Universe pageant has, and will always be, my favorite part of the Miss Universe pageant. Afp / AFP via Getty ImagesThe United States has had quite the history of some interesting costumes over…
President-elect Donald Trump is making his Cabinet picks and raising eyebrows on both sides of the aisle with choices looking very different compared to his first White House administration.Trump most recently tapped environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of the late Democratic U.S. President John F. Kennedy for the…
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