Category: politics

• Social media roasts CBS News for calling Biden ‘former president’: ‘Freudian Slip’

  

  Social media users mocked the error, with some claiming it was an accidental hint at the country’s dissatisfaction with Biden  By Gabriel Hays Fox News Published August 19, 2023 12:30pm EDT Video Democrats would ‘love’ to get rid of President Biden: Lisa Boothe ‘The Big Weekend Show’ panelists discuss Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., calling on his colleagues to…

• Texas activist who clashed with ‘unhinged’ trans protesters says women must be brave: ‘Time to stand up’

  

  Michelle Evans’ encounter with a trans protester at a pro-women rally went viral on social media By Kristine Parks Fox News Published August 19, 2023 5:00am EDT Video Women’s rights advocate describes hostile encounters with transgender protesters Michelle Evans, Round Rock Texas chapter leader for Independent Women’s Network, talks about why it’s important for women to stand up…

• Obama-Biden admin defended use of ‘alternate email addresses’ long before Biden’s aliases were revealed

  

  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has requested unredacted emails related to Ukraine and Burisma from Biden’s tenure as vice president  By Kyle Morris Fox News Published August 18, 2023 3:43pm EDT Video James Comer speaks out after emails appear to show Biden used pseudonym as VP Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., discusses new revelations in the Hunter Biden…

• The Brawling Bard of the Debate Stage Trying to Save Ron DeSantis

  

  “He’s William Shakespeare and Vince Lombardi rolled into one.” POLITICO illustration by Bill Kuchman/Photos by AP, Getty Images By CAMERON JOSEPH 08/18/2023 04:31 AM EDT Cameron Joseph is an award-winning freelance reporter who has covered Congress, the White House and the campaign trail. He is a contributor to the Almanac of American Politics, and previously worked…

• Why San Francisco is make or break for Gavin Newsom

  

  08/18/2023 05:00 AM EDT Newsom has increasingly been moonlighting as a quasi-city executive of his hometown and approaching its woes as a litmus test for his success in Sacramento. “I feel like I’m being pulled back to being mayor,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in an interview. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO and MELANIE MASON SAN FRANCISCO…

• Donald Trump calls off press conference where he said he would share report on Georgia election fraud claims

  

  08/17/2023 09:35 PM EDT The former president said his lawyers would instead put “Irrefutable & Overwhelming evidence” in their legal filings over his latest indictment. Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the plans to hold the news conference, the morning after a Fulton County grand jury levied a racketeering charge against him. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images…

• Ukraine war: Kyiv drone hits Moscow building, US gives fighter jet approval, martial law extended

  

  By Euronews  with AP Published on 18/08/2023 – 08:44  Russian authorities said a Ukrainian military drone crashed into a building in central Moscow on Friday morning. Local air defence system shot down the drone before the debris fell in the city’s Expo Center complex, the defence ministry said in a statement. The “unmanned aerial vehicle” was hit at…

• Bill Barr predicts the two federal cases against Trump will be tried before 2024 election

  

  Barr unpacks the four indictments against Donald Trump on ‘Your World’ By Ashley Carnahan Fox News Published August 18, 2023 3:30am EDT Video The federal cases against Trump are legitimate: Bill Barr  Former Attorney General Bill Barr weighs in on former President Donald Trump’s legal troubles heading into the 2024 presidential election on ‘Your World.’ Former Attorney General Bill…

• ‘Spreading lies’: The government should regulate AI-powered political campaign ads: UC Berkeley professor

  

  Politicians must ‘be truthful’ when using AI to ensure ‘standards’ for future leaders, image analyst warns  By Jon Michael Raasch Fox News Published August 18, 2023 2:00am EDT Video Deepfake identity theft is at our doorstep Fake AI pictures and videos will be nearly impossible to discern from real images as the technology behind deepfakes advances, University of…

• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

  

  08/18/2023 04:30 AM EDT Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an…