Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said congressional Republicans should pursue a government shutdown if they cannot attach a hardline voting bill … Read more
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024. Marco Bello | Reuters As the 2024 U.S. elections reach their home stretch, crypto companies are opening their wallets to try and influence the results. Nearly half of all the corporate money flowing into … Read more
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presents US Vice President Kamala Harris with a “golden gavel” after she cast her 32nd tie-breaking vote in the Senate, the most ever cast by a Vice President, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 5, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck … Read more
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) addresses a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scrambling to address the boom in deepfake AI pornographic images, which have targeted everyone from celebrities to high school students. Now, a new bill will seek to … Read more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference with members of the House Republican Conference in the Cannon building on March 6, 2024, the day before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday said that he … Read more
From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senators on Sunday released the details of a $118.2 billion aid proposal for Ukraine, Israel and the southern U.S. border, after months of painstaking, closed-door negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, … Read more
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., attend a Menorah lighting to celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President Joe Biden hosted Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader … Read more
Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 7, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Thursday dismissed worries that the Federal Trade Commission could hold up the oil giant’s pending acquisition … Read more
