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GOP to Pour $10.5 Million into Michigan Senate Race
Republicans are set to pour an additional $10.5 million to aid former Rep. Mike Rogers in his bid to defeat Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the open Michigan senate seat, Axios reported Tuesday.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:24:09 EDTTrump Media Shares Briefly Halted After 6% Plunge
Shares of former U.S. President Donald Trump's media company were briefly halted for five minutes at 12:42 p.m. EST Tuesday after the stock suddenly plunged by 6%, CNBC reports.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:20:48 EDTTrump: President Has Right to Have Input on Fed's Decisions
Former President Donald Trump, speaking Tuesday to the Economic Club of Chicago in a sometimes debate-like interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, insisted that a president has the right to make input into the decisions made by the Federal Reserve.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:29:06 EDTNetanyahu Opposes Cease-fire That Would Not Disarm Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he told French President Emmanuel Macron that he would not agree to a cease-fire deal that failed to stop Hezbollah rearming and regrouping. Macron has called for a cease-fire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah as ...
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:04:37 EDTGoogle Inks Deal to Use Small Nuke Reactors to Power AI
Google and Kairos Power have signed a deal to build next-generation small modular nuclear reactors to power the tech giant's data centers to meet the substantial energy needs of artificial intelligence, The Hill reported Tuesday.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:41:55 EDTTrump on Tariffs: 'Beautiful' Way to Boost Economy
Former President Donald Trump, in an interview with members of the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, said his plans for higher tariffs for foreign manufacturers, combined with other plans including tax cuts, will return the United States to prosperity.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:28:12 EDTTrump Cancels CNBC Interview Over Scheduling Conflict
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday canceled an interview with CNBC scheduled to take place that morning due to a scheduling conflict, a campaign spokesperson said in a statement.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:23:07 EDTFlorida GOP: Trump Victory in State Obvious, Assured
The Republican Party of Florida released a statement Tuesday assuring victory for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the state on Nov. 5, citing internal polling that confirms what any "sane observer already knows."
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:58:55 EDTSen. Thune Aims to Shore Up GOP Leader Job
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is doing everything he can to become the leader of the Republican conference. Thune, who serves as Minority Whip, is running against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the race to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:20:47 EDTSupreme Court Declines to Hear Avenatti Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti's bid to overturn his 2022 conviction for identity theft for misappropriating nearly $300,000 in book proceeds intended for adult film star Stormy Daniels, his former client.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:47:22 EDTPentagon Upgrades 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Discharges
The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that it upgraded the discharges of more than 800 veterans who were kicked out of military service for violating the erstwhile "don't ask, don't tell" policy of openly serving as gay or lesbian.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:29:39 EDTLufthansa to Pay $4M for Anti-Jewish Discrimination
Lufthansa has agreed to pay a $4 million penalty for allegedly discriminating against Jewish passengers who were trying to board a connecting flight in Frankfurt in May 2022, the U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:20:56 EDTBorder Patrol: One-Third of Surveillance Cameras Aren't Working
Roughly one-third of the surveillance cameras along the U.S.-Mexico border are out of order, and posing a "significant impact" on the Border Patrol's operations, the agency said in an internal memo.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:22:01 EDTButler Rally Victims: Secret Service Was Negligent
Two men critically wounded during former President Donald Trump's July campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, told NBC News the U.S. Secret Service was negligent in its security duties.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:01:57 EDTN.Y. Fed: Consumers Foresee Long-Run Inflation
Americans said they expected higher inflation over the longer run last month, as their expectations of credit turbulence rose to the highest level since April 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a report Tuesday.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:27:49 EDTReport: Senate Control Within Reach for Republicans
Republicans are optimistic about their chances of winning control of the Senate in the upcoming general election due to strong GOP support in the South and Midwest, The Hill reported.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:32:09 EDTMusk PAC Stumps for Trump in Battleground States
Elon Musk's new PAC has been working to turn out voters for former President Donald Trump in battleground states.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:07:06 EDTSupreme Court Ruling Could Aid Trump's Deportation Plans
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could enable former President Donald Trump additional latitude to carry out his plan of mass deportations of illegal immigrants should he win the presidency in November, the Washington Examiner first...
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:25:13 EDTPelosi: No Contact With Biden Since He Dropped Out
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hasn't spoken to President Joe Biden since he ended his bid for reelection in July.
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:36:17 EDTGerman Intelligence: Russia Preparing for Direct Conflict With NATO
Russia is preparing to "launch an attack against NATO by the end of this decade at the latest," with Russian President Vladimir Putin hoping to achieve his goals of pushing the United States out of Europe and restoring Russian dominance, Bruno Kahl said.
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