news2shortsWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday pushed back on a reporter who asked for examples of when the president had been “falsely called racist.” “Yesterday, in his statement about Jesse Jackson, the president said ‘despite the fact that I’m falsely and consistently called a racist by the scoundrels and lunatics and the radical … Read more
Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boom The Illinois governor JB Pritzker proposed a two-year break from offering tax incentives for datacenters, a reflection of increasing public pushback against the massive, resource-hungry facilities used to power the modern AI boom. Pritzker made the proposal, which will need … Read more
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group are moving from the Caribbean toward the Middle East as tensions escalate between the U.S. and Iran, according to reports. The strike group is steaming across the Atlantic toward the Strait of Gibraltar, a Navy official confirmed to USNI News on … Read more
Unite Here, the US’s largest hospitality workers’ union, says ICE crackdown is harming tourism and costing jobs Donald Trump’s immigration policies are having a chilling effect on the hospitality industry, where nearly a third of workers are immigrants, according to the largest hospitality union in the US. The number of employed hospitality workers dropped by … Read more
The greatest American skier of all time won her first Olympic medal in 2014. The 12 years in between have been marked by brutal ups and downs A lot can happen in 12 years. If you’re Mikaela Shiffrin, as a teenager you can become the youngest ever person to win the Olympic slalom, stack a … Read more
The Washington, D.C., office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the arrest of an illegal immigrant and Iranian national who had a criminal history that included multiple charges relating to sodomy. The arrest comes weeks after Gov. Abigail Spanberger reversed by executive order her predecessor Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) agreement with DHS that allowed the commonwealth’s … Read more
Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist northern Louisiana to recover from a recent ice storm while the partial government shutdown limits the agency’s operations. “What I’ve been trying to share with people is that this was like a hurricane for North Louisiana. A hundred thousand people … Read more
A state-commissioned review of Minnesota’s Medicaid program uncovered sweeping financial vulnerabilities across 14 high-risk service areas, finding systemic weaknesses that allowed questionable billing to go undetected and estimating that clearer policies and stronger pre-payment safeguards could save taxpayers more than $1 billion. A vulnerability assessment by Optum State Government Solutions analyzed nearly four years of … Read more
The SAVE America Act that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote is gaining support among Republicans. NBC’s Sahil Kapur, Garrett Haake and Jane Timm join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the legislation and what it would mean for how states carry out elections.
A pair of House Republicans could soon mount an effort to force a chamber-wide vote on sanctioning Russia for its war in Ukraine after months of back-and-forth between the House, Senate and White House yielded little movement on the issue. “This coming week, Brian Fitzpatrick’s sanctions bill…ripens, so we can actually submit it as a … Read more
