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Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed that as a “MAGA-aligned, Trump-fawning candidate,” Spencer Pratt is not going to win in Los Angeles. Host Jen Psaki said, “I got to ask you your thoughts on Spencer Pratt while you’re here, who looks like he could make the runoff? We’ll see. Hasn’t been called yet. What do people not know about that guy?” Schiff said, “Well, you would think, having tried having a reality TV star in elective office and seeing it was a colossal bust, it was a terrible decision that maybe we wouldn’t be eager to…
Sen. Chris Van Hollen is slamming the pro-Israel lobby and crypto industry for pouring millions of dollars into the race to replace retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer, accusing the special-interest groups of trying to “buy this congressional seat” in their state. “Voters need to understand that these groups are not investing in this race out of charity,” the Maryland Democratic senator said in a virtual press conference Thursday. “They are spending because they believe the beneficiary of their spending — in this case, one candidate, Adrian Boafo — will be a dependable vote in support of their special interests.” The American…
FIFA must take action to stop violations of the athletes’ rights by West Jerusalem, the Palestinian Football Association has said The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has slammed Israel over the “unjust arrest” of two players from its women’s national team and called on the sport’s governing body, FIFA, to intervene.Israeli authorities on Wednesday extended the detention of Rand Halawani, 20, who was arrested a day earlier on suspicion of “throwing objects” at people in Jerusalem. Another national team player, Natalie Abu Diyeh, 21, a student at Birzeit University, was detained along with three other young Palestinian women in the occupied…
Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, is approaching trillionaire status as SpaceX prepares for its IPO next week. CNBC reports that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s stake in SpaceX is valued at $866.5 billion according to the company’s updated IPO prospectus released on Wednesday. The space exploration firm announced plans to price its upcoming IPO at $135 per share, targeting a total company valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion. The SpaceX public offering represents a significant milestone for Musk, arriving 16 years after he took Tesla public. Musk currently holds stock in the electric vehicle manufacturer worth about $355 billion, with additional options…
Despite consistently being the state with the highest approval rating of President Donald Trump, one of Wyoming’s leading Republican candidates for governor, Eric Barlow, has repeatedly voted against bills in line with the MAGA movement’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Barlow, a state senator who formerly served as Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, has sided with Democrats when it comes to sanctuary cities and blocking illegal aliens from public benefits. The other Republicans in the race ahead of August’s Republican primary election include the Trump-endorsed Megan Degenfelder, who has been the state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2023. Brent…
The Senate has kicked off another marathon session of amendment votes on Republicans’ massive $70 billion immigration enforcement bill. It is the sixth “vote-a-rama” of the 119th Congress, an unusually high number prompted by Republicans’ interest in moving multiple party-line bills under budget reconciliation rules that set up the exhausting voting rounds. “I suspect there will be a lot of amendments today on a lot of topics,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned in a floor speech, but one topic will have an outsized focus. A flurry of amendments from both parties are expected to attempt to put into law…
The international vaccine development and distribution organization Gavi announced this week that it had committed $50 million to responding to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), $40 million of which would go to building up supply chains in preparation of mass production of an Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine. Gavi, formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, is a coalition that raises funds from public and private actors and serves as a platform for the development of new vaccines and the expansion of access to established vaccines all around the world, with a…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, June 4. Bessent will testify following a report Wednesday that private-sector payrolls rose by 122,000 in May, more jobs added than expected. Consumer data released Wednesday was also positive, “with orders for consumer durable goods running 8.5 percent above last year’s pace and motor vehicle demand surging.” Read the full article here
Trump may reside in the White House and his home may reside in Florida, but once a New Yorker, always a New Yorker, and come June 8, the president will return to his old stomping grounds to watch the New York Knicks go head-to-head with the San Antonio Spurs for game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. Though the president’s plans could change, sources told the New York Post that Trump will be at Madison Square Garden on June 8, adding that a security walkthrough has already been conducted in preparation for his visit. Also in attendance…
President Donald Trump lashed out at the four Republicans who lent their votes to a war powers resolution against the Iran war this week, calling them grandstanders and questioning their patriotism. Wednesday’s vote represents the latest blow for a president increasingly at odds with his own party in Congress. “Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday morning. “Who would do such an…