Biden campaign downplays gaffes: He’s been making them ‘for 40 years’
President Joe Biden‘s campaign quipped that the president has been making verbal missteps his entire career when quizzed on mistakes he made during the 75th NATO summit. “Joe Biden has been making gaffes for 40 years. He made a couple last night. He’ll probably continue to do so,” Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler told […]
San Francisco area piles on hundreds more to 45,000 Big Tech jobs lost in two years
Big Tech has announced plans to cut hundreds of more jobs in a California region that has lost 45,000 jobs in the industry since 2022. According to a filing Intuit sent to the state Employment Development Department, the firm will chop 384 workers at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The announcement comes as the […]
Republicans slam Utah Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling for ‘striking very heart of our republic’
Utah Republicans issued a resounding condemnation of the state’s Supreme Court ruling on redrawing district lines. The state’s highest court declared the state’s legislature acted outside its authority when it passed legislation determining how to draw up new legislative districts, known as gerrymandering, after voters approved a 2018 ballot initiative greenlighting an independent redistricting process. […]
Ron Klain insists Biden will have a second debate with Trump
Top Biden aide Ron Klain insisted the president will have a second debate, despite his shaky performance in the first. President Joe Biden’s performance in the first presidential debate on June 27 was widely seen as a debacle for the president, raising concerns about the viability of his candidacy altogether. Despite this, Klain insisted that […]
RNC convention to feature ‘angel’ families devastated by migrant crime
EXCLUSIVE — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign will host several “angel” families of people killed by illegal immigrants at the Republican National Committee’s convention next week as it seeks to focus voter attention on “Biden migrant crime,” the Washington Examiner has learned. The RNC convention will feature a “few” families and loved ones of U.S. […]
Watered-down language on abortion in GOP platform upsets delegates
The GOP’s 2024 platform drastically differs from previous party platforms when it comes to the issue of abortion, prompting 18 delegates on the platform committee to draft a symbolic “minority report.” The final vote for the party platform was 84 to 18. However, in order for dissenters to submit a formal “minority report” to the full […]
Navarro wants Biden-Justice ‘collusion’ to get Trump investigated
Former Trump trade aide Peter Navarro made history on March 19, when he became the first White House aide to be thrown in prison for contempt of Congress, for refusing to appear before the House Democratic Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee. Four months later, on July 17, he will embark on a campaign to add […]
Inflation unexpectedly rose to 2.7% in June in producer price index
Inflation as measured by the producer price index rose to 2.7% for the year ending in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, some bad news for the Federal Reserve and President Joe Biden. Economists had forecast a slight rise in inflation from 2.2% in May. On a month-to-month basis, the producer price index increased by 0.2 percentage points, more than expected. […]
NATO summit ends with no resolution of Ukraine’s main complaint: ‘crazy’ restrictions on American long-range missiles
ZELENSKY: ‘A CRAZY QUESTION’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has to wonder if the U.S. truly wants it to decisively win the war with Russia because President Joe Biden steadfastly refuses to allow Ukraine to use American long-range missiles to prevent the kind of attack that killed a doctor and killed and wounded children at a […]
Hacks really is that good
It isn’t often that a critic gets to tackle three seasons of a television comedy at once. Still less frequently may he do so after binging the whole gut-busting run-in-progress in a matter of days. Yet here I am, fresh from 27 episodes of HBO’s hilarious, wise, and, yes, generous series Hacks. If the following […]