Kamala Harris says she has full confidence in the Secret Service following apparent Trump assassination attempt
Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists expressed confidence in the Secret Service. Vice President Kamala Harris during a Tuesday interview said she has full confidence in the US Secret Service following the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump this past weekend. While speaking with the…
The self-driving future will look unremarkable. That’s the point.
Waymo’s robot taxis have become a ubiquitous fixture in the city of San Francisco. On an early July morning, Sophia Tung woke up to the incessant honking of Waymos, the self-driving robot taxis built by Alphabet, outside her apartment in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco. In a video she posted on YouTube,…
Trump and Harris’ NABJ appearances couldn’t have been more different. But both were light on key policy issues.
Harris’ interview contrasted Trump’s, but neither candidate clarified how to enact economic policies. When former President Donald Trump spoke to the National Association of Black Journalists in July, he sparked outrage and said his opponent “happened to turn Black.” When Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to the same organization Tuesday afternoon, she responded to questions…
Judges keep failing to disclose their trips and gifts. Don’t expect it to stop anytime soon.
The federal judiciary is essentially exempt from any ethics enforcement. Another day, another judicial ethics quandary. Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed justice who tossed out the former president’s classified documents case earlier this year, failed to accurately disclose her attendance at three conservative conferences, ProPublica reported Tuesday. The conference controversy casts new scrutiny on…
The US economy could get hit by a double whammy on September 30 if 2 major negotiations aren’t hammered out
The US faces a September 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The East Coast and Gulf Coast ports also face a possible strike. September 30 could be a consequential day for the US economy if two major negotiations don’t get hammered out in time. Congress must pass a stopgap spending bill by the last…
Melania Trump defends her nude modeling: ‘We should honor our bodies’
In a brief video promoting her new book, Melania Trump addressed scrutiny of her nude modeling career. Melania Trump, the wife of former President Donald Trump and an ex-model, is publicly addressing her past work as a nude model. In a brief clip posted to X on Wednesday promoting her upcoming memoir, a carousel of…
JD Vance’s staff claimed they had evidence of a Haitian taking a cat in Springfield. But it turns out ‘Miss Sassy’ is just fine
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has defended his role in pushing bizarre claims that people in a small Ohio town are eating pets. Sen. JD Vance’s staff forwarded evidence that might have added legitimacy to the wild and racist rumors that Haitian migrants were eating people’s pets in the small town of Springfield, Ohio.…
Mark Cuban wants to take out Chinese knockoffs, and he says Kamala Harris is on the same page
Mark Cuban on Wednesday said knockoffs were “a plague on small businesses.” The billionaire investor Mark Cuban said he’s working with Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to find ways to protect US companies from Chinese knockoffs. Cuban said on Wednesday in an X post that he “had an interesting conversation with the @KamalaHarris team about…
You probably shouldn’t quit your job this fall
It’s taking some job seekers longer to find a job as the number of open roles is down. The September surge might turn out to be a sputter. In years past, hiring has often picked up in the fall as vacations wind down and some companies look to staff up heading into a busy holiday…
