Republicans and Democrats squeezed former special counsel Robert K. Hur for more than four hours Tuesday, trying to get him to either condemn President Biden as a crook, say former president Donald Trump’s treatment of classified documents was worse or admit his own purported failings in an investigation into whether the sitting president broke the […]Read More
Former president Donald Trump took charge of the Republican National Committee this week with the political equivalent of shock and awe — leaving dozens out of work, revamping strategic priorities and raising fears among some former officials about the party’s future support for down-ballot candidates. The senior leadership has been almost entirely replaced or reassigned, […]Read More
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said Tuesday that he will not serve out the rest of his term and will vacate his seat in Congress at the end of next week, further narrowing an already razor-thin House Republican majority. “I look forward to staying involved in our political process, as well as spending more time in […]Read More
The House Judiciary Committee spent more than four hours Tuesday grilling former special counsel Robert K. Hur about his decision not to seek charges against President Biden over classified papers found in Biden’s home and office. Like other special counsel hearings in recent years, this one was widely anticipated — but failed to generate much […]Read More
About 1 in 10 Americans identify as LGBTQ+, according to new data from PRRI — a bit more than Gallup measured in similar polling last year. PRRI’s data, though, offer an insight that Gallup didn’t: the size of the LGBTQ+ population in each state. Only about 4 percent of South Carolina residents indicated that they […]Read More
President Biden’s reelection campaign is not going particularly smoothly, not that political campaigns ever really do. But his is particularly rough, with critics and allies suggesting that he might or will step aside to improve his party’s chances for success. Nervous Democrats look at polls and see former president Donald Trump running even or leading, […]Read More
Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras from rental properties listed on its site, citing privacy concerns. The platform had previously allowed cameras in common areas like hallways and living rooms as long as they were clearly mentioned in a property’s listings. Those will now be banned, too. “Our goal was to create new, clear rules […]Read More
The Body Shop is shutting down its U.S. operations after filing for bankruptcy. The U.K.-based chain filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in New York last week, according to a court filing. The filing means the company’s U.S. operation will sell off certain assets to pay back its creditors. Earlier this month, the beauty store confirmed […]Read More
Former president Donald Trump asked Elon Musk last summer whether the billionaire industrialist would be interested in buying Trump’s social network Truth Social, according to two people with knowledge of the conversation. The overture to Musk, whose business empire includes SpaceX, Tesla and the social networking site X, did not lead to a deal. But […]Read More
ATLANTA — In coming days, a millennial judge who just marked his first year on the bench is expected to decide if the Georgia criminal case implicating a former president should be thrown out or reassigned because of misconduct allegations against the district attorney, his former boss, that center on her sex life. Fulton County […]Read More