The seven candidates running for California’s top job took part in the fifth and final debate Thursday evening, focusing largely on the issue of affordability. Candidates were asked to provide their final pitch to voters to address rising cost of living concerns, including rising gas, grocery and housing prices… Source link
President Trump cited his predecessor in an attempt to explain away Chinese President Xi Jinping’s comments late Thursday when the two leaders met during a high-level visit, blaming former President Biden and his administration for America’s “decline.” “When President Xi eloquently described the United States as perhaps a nation in decline, he said… Source link
South Carolina’s governor announced a special legislative session Thursday to advance a new congressional map that would effectively eliminate the state’s only Democratic House seat. The move is the latest in a sweeping redistricting effort by both parties ahead of the November midterm elections. Republican Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive… Source link
One expert says Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax, but state-level gas tax exemptions could have a bigger impact at the pump. Source link
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Cuba on Thursday to meet with officials amid President Trump’s public comments that he might invade the island nation. A CIA official also stressed Thursday that there could be a deadline for negotiations, adding that “Cubans should have no illusions that… Source link
{Beacon} Technology Technology Big Story Senate panel advances crypto bill with bipartisan support A cryptocurrency regulation bill advanced from the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, clearing a key hurdle with the support of a pair of Democrats after a last-minute bipartisan push. © Greg Nash The Senate panel voted 15-9 to send… Source link
Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that “something is wrong” with President Trump, arguing that the president’s behavior has become more erratic and self-obsessed since his first term. “I mean, I’ve always thought Donald Trump was a little off, but wow, compared to six years ago, there’s something wrong,” Comey told CNN’s Kasi… Source…
Federal health officials said they are monitoring 41 people in the US for hantavirus but will not impose any movement restrictions on them. David Fitter, incident manager for the hantavirus response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters Thursday that there are no cases of hantavirus in the U.S. Most affected…
Fox News host Jesse Waters removed a social media clip of his reporting about the CIA “raid” on the office of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard following a protest from the director’s office. “The CIA just raided Tulsi Gabbard’s office,” Waters said during Wednesday’s taping of “Jesse Waters Primetime.” “Agents evacuated dozens of people……
For the third year in a row, fatal drug overdose deaths have declined in the United States. Unfortunately, not every state has followed that trend. Source link
