With a week to go, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey) and Abigail Spanberger (Virginia) will make a rare joint appearance Wednesday at a D.N.C.-organized Zoom rally, joined by Gov. Andy Beshear, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and D.N.C. chairman Ken Martin. The event, aimed at energizing volunteers, will stream on...
Speaking to thousands of U.S. servicemembers aboard the U.S.S. George Washington in Japan, President Trump said he is prepared to send “more than the National Guard” into American cities to enforce crackdowns on crime and immigration. He defended recent U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats — actions that have killed...
A senior Border Patrol official who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago is set to be questioned in court Tuesday over Chicago operations that produced more than 1,800 arrests and complaints of excessive force. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis—who ordered badges...
Under orders from President Donald Trump, the refurbished statue of Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington has been reinstalled after protesters toppled and burned it in 2020. The National Park Service cited historic-preservation duties and recent executive orders in restoring pre-existing statues. District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton condemned...
The US military carried out three strikes on four vessels in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing 14 and leaving one survivor, Pete Hegseth, the Trump administration's defense secretary, said Tuesday. He labeled those targeted "narco-terrorists" traveling known trafficking routes, and said Mexican authorities coordinated rescue of the survivor. The...
Apple is developing solid-state buttons to replace mechanical controls on the 20th‑anniversary iPhone due in 2027, claims Weibo leaker Instant Digital. The purported “iPhone XX” would introduce haptic Side, volume, Action, and Camera Control buttons that have completed functional verification, mimicking real clicks while distinguishing light and firm presses. The...
Elon Musk launched Grokipedia, an AI encyclopedia he says aligns more with his rightwing views than Wikipedia, even as many entries cite Wikipedia. With no human authors, pages are “fact-checked” by Grok, his chatbot; Musk credits the idea to David Sacks. A critic of “mainstream media,” he urges reliance on...
U.S. forces struck four vessels allegedly trafficking narcotics in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on X. The three strikes, conducted in international waters, brought the death toll in President Trump’s campaign against alleged traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific...
Bill Gates urged a "strategic pivot" in climate policy, saying the world should prioritize reducing suffering in poor countries, fighting poverty and disease, over near-term emissions targets. In a memo ahead of next month's U.N. climate summit in Brazil, he said innovation will curb warming and called for rigorous, impact-driven...
Redding and other rural Northern California communities are bracing for Proposition 50, a ballot measure that would redraw U.S. House maps and could merge conservative Shasta, Siskiyou and Modoc counties with liberal Marin County. Opponents call it gerrymandering that would drown out rural voices; Gov. Gavin Newsom frames it as...
