Ted Cruz Warns ‘America Is Facing a National Literacy Crisis,’ Pushes Bipartisan Bill to Overhaul Federal Literacy Programs
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for a shift in federal education policy, arguing that taxpayer-funded literacy programs should prioritize...
Chuck Schumer Says ‘Trump Is Making Americans Less Safe,’ Links Iran War to Cyberattacks on US Water Systems
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused President Donald Trump on Friday of endangering Americans through the Iran war, citing troop casualties, rising...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Pushes Back on Trump’s ‘King of Oil’ Claim, Blames Iran War for High Gas Prices
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized the Trump administration’s energy messaging after President Donald Trump celebrated rising...
Trump Threatens to Keep Todd Blanche as Acting AG, Revive Anti-Weaponization Bill if Senate Rejects Nominee
President Donald Trump warned he could keep Todd Blanche as acting attorney general and renew efforts to pass an "Anti-Weaponization Bill" if...
Gavin Newsom Announces Nation’s Highest State Minimum Wage at $17.40, Blasts Trump Over Federal Pay Floor
California will raise its minimum wage to $17.40 per hour from Jan. 1, surpassing every other state and marking the highest state-level wage floor...
Bernie Sanders Says ‘The Billionaires Must Pay Their Fair Share’ as He Pushes 5% Wealth Tax to Raise $4.4 Trillion
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) renewed his call for a federal wealth tax, arguing that taxing the nation’s richest Americans would help finance...
Trump Rejects His Own DOJ’s Findings, Says ‘Pure Vandalism’—Not Faulty Installation—Damaged Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
President Donald Trump rejected his own Justice Department’s conclusion on Saturday that a flawed installation, not vandalism, caused the newly...
Steve Jobs Once Told Bill Gates Microsoft Had ‘Absolutely No Taste’ and the Tech Boss Fired Back, Saying the iPad Was Just a ‘Nice Reader’ — Years Later, One of Them Was Very Wrong
Despite serving different core markets, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) have long competed fiercely in operating systems,...
Obama’s 2026 Summer List Mixes Fiction and Big Ideas — ‘Kin,’ ‘A World Appears’ and 9 More Books You Can’t Miss
Former President Barack Obama has unveiled his 2026 summer reading list, offering readers 11 titles across fiction and nonfiction while inviting...
Trump Links Spain’s Migrant Wave to U.S. Border Issues; Musk Calls Situation ‘Crazy’
President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. will face a mass influx of undocumented migrants if Democrats return to the White House, comments...
Elon Musk Says He’s Not Far-Right, Just Pro ‘Normal People’— and His Defense Against the Racism Claims Is Something Else
Elon Musk rejected accusations that he is racist and disputed portrayals of his politics as far-right, clarifying in a recent interview that he...
SK Hynix, Meta, Apple, and More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn’t Stop Buzzing About this Week
Retail investors talked up five hot stocks during the week (July 27 to July 31) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings,...
Elon Musk Plans $100 Million Republican Midterm Push, Despite Earlier Political Fallout for Tesla
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) CEO Elon Musk has not been one to shy away from politics, with the...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Says Anthropic’s Dario Amodei Isn’t the ‘Caricature’ Most Americans Think— but Still Calls AI Rivals ‘Wildly Unlikable’
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) CEO Alex Karp defended Anthropic chief Dario Amodei during a company all-hands meeting, even while continuing...
Scott Bessent’s Notepad Was Accidentally Photographed At Camp David— and It Shows a Plan to Buy Up To $10 Billion in Japanese Yen
President Donald Trump‘s Friday cabinet meeting at Camp David reportedly showed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent‘s notepad had buying Japanese Yen...