City crews moved more than 100 people out of a homeless encampment near the post office at 20th and Curtis streets downtown Thursday and into an east Denver hotel that has been converted into a shelter, officials confirmed. It was the fourth and, so far, the largest action at an encampment yet as part of … Read more
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is blasting Republicans for their stance on Ukraine funding. During a press briefing on Thursday, Jean-Pierre called it “stunning” that Congressional Republicans are opposing Ukraine funding with border security measures. “It’s stunning that we have gotten to this point, and that Republicans in Congress [are] willing to give Putin … Read more
One of the funniest—“funniest“—subplots to Donald Trump’s time in the White House was the contention that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, could and would bring peace to the Middle East. “If [Jared] can’t produce peace in the Middle East, nobody can,” Trump declared on the eve of his inauguration, adding, “All my life, I’ve been hearing … Read more
RINDGE, N.H. — Surely, says Chris Christie, Republicans can’t be “stupid” enough to fall for Donald Trump’s “build a wall” routine again or anyone else employing it, right? That’s seems to be what Christie was wondering fresh off an Alabama stage, when he began a two-day tour of New Hampshire colleges early on Thursday in … Read more
Ottawa will require foreigners applying to study in Canada to have double the amount of funds currently required, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Thursday. He also threatened to cap visas in provinces that don’t help house students or who won’t shut down educational institutions that he argues shouldn’t be operating. “There are, in provinces, the … Read more
Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade pushed for Republicans to keep investigating Joe Biden’s business dealings with First Son Hunter Biden, even while admitting that impeaching the president would be “a waste of time.” Kilmeade spoke with Fox anchor Harris Faulkner Thursday, who said House Republicans “will likely vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry” into Biden next … Read more
By Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 … Read more
News on Monday dropped that the US, UK, and 16 other countries have agreed to develop safe AI for humankind. The AI systems of the present should be “secure by design,” and that’s a great step forward, particularly after the developments at OpenAI last week. You might not realize it, but the recent fight between … Read more
The House on Thursday appeared on track to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York for falsely pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol Hill office building earlier this year, which led to a misdemeanor charge. Rep. Lisa McClain, a Michigan Republican, forced a vote on the matter by introducing the resolution to censure … Read more
By STEVE PEOPLES and NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) With the Iowa caucuses rapidly approaching, a shrinking field of Republican White House hopefuls gathered Wednesday in Alabama for the fourth presidential debate. As usual, former President Donald Trump, who is dominating the GOP primary, didn’t appear. Instead, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki … Read more
