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Legendary boxer Mike Tyson made a surprise appearance at the Trump White House, joining a growing list of celebrity visitors during the current administration. White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung marked the occasion by posting a photo alongside Tyson, drawing significant attention on social media. Tyson’s visit was not his first point of contact…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced that the firing squad execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan will be open to the public. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, killing 13 people and injuring dozens more. The execution is scheduled for Dec. 3 at 1 p.m….
The artificial intelligence buildout is driving an unprecedented wave of capital spending that is fundamentally reshaping how the U.S. economy grows and is financed. Five major hyper-scalers, including Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta (META), Microsoft (MSFT), and Oracle (ORCL), are expected to collectively surpass $800 billion in capital spending this year alone. Projections call for…
Republican Mike Rogers is signaling openness to support from AIPAC as he battles for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat in one of 2026’s most competitive races. The race has drawn national attention partly because it is the only open Democratic-held Senate seat in a state that Donald Trump carried in the 2024 presidential election. Rogers…
Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed clashed fiercely in their first Michigan Senate debate, with tensions so high the arguing continued through commercial breaks. “In 30 years of doing debates, I’ve never seen it continue during the commercial,” WOOD TV moderator Rick Albin said. “But it did.” The debate, hosted by Nexstar’s Grand Rapids…
Johnson’s comments represent the most candid acknowledgment yet of what a Democratic House takeover would mean for his political future. Speaker Mike Johnson suggested this week that he could leave Congress entirely if Democrats manage to reclaim control of the House in upcoming elections. The Louisiana Republican, who has led the chamber through one of…
ICE has spent the past year scrutinizing nonprofit organizations that help Americans register to vote, raising serious civil liberties concerns across the country. Internal government documents obtained by the legal nonprofit Democracy Forward reveal that Homeland Security Investigations, ICE’s investigative arm, examined hundreds of voter registration organizations nationwide. The review included at least 82 organizations…
Oil flows out of the Strait of Hormuz are recovering unevenly and remain well short of pre-war levels, according to a new briefing from Kpler. The firm has raised its price outlook as Saudi Arabia ramps up exports from both its coasts. Kpler Insight lifted its Q4 2026 Dated Brent forecast to around $96 a…
California Governor Gavin Newsom is sharply condemning President Donald Trump after remarks at a Nebraska rally suggested Iran could attack American cities. Trump made the comments at a political rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, roughly one month before midterm elections that could return Democrats to congressional control. “They can take out a city. Let ’em…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has drawn sharp criticism from a Republican committee chair after publicly suggesting the world should tolerate some harmful AI outcomes. Altman made the remarks in an interview with Politico’s Decoded newsletter, where he argued that the public should accept certain downsides of artificial intelligence in exchange for its broader benefits. “The…