Politics

President Joe Biden’s administration has imposed new sanctions on Russian and Iranian entities, accusing them of attempting to interfere with the 2024 U.S. election, it announced Tuesday. The Treasury Department alleges that the organizations attempted to spread disinformation related to the presidential race. In a statement, the Treasury Department said …

Elon Musk, a key megadonor in the 2024 election, has apparently decided he can’t risk being away from President-elect Donald Trump for more than a few days at a time. To that end, he has since Election Day mainly resided in a cottage at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, …

Musicians, actors, politicians, and public figures paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter, celebrating his philanthropic and political legacy. Carter died at the age of 100 in his Georgia home on Sunday. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reflected on their close relationship with the former president, calling …

Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan, has led a consulting firm that openly brags about helping private companies secure federal contracts. Asked about this work, Homan says he has recused himself “from any involvement, discussion, input, or decision of any future government contracts.” Homan, who previously directed U.S. Immigration …

President-elect Donald Trump lost an appeal today of the $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won. A jury found last year that he was liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her when the allegations became public. Carroll, a former magazine columnist, alleged that Trump raped her in a …

In recent weeks, there’s been significant chatter that Donald Trump may have soured on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), after the president-elect and his allies thwarted Johnson’s original short-term funding bill to keep the government open. On Monday, Trump appeared to put that rumor to bed in a lengthy, rambling …

Now that the 2024 election is over, journalists are admitting they missed the biggest story in American politics — 81-year-old President Joe Biden’s decline — prior to the June presidential debate. The event marked the beginning of the end for Biden, who gave a hoarse, rambling, and incoherent performance, and …

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk strengthened his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, calling the group the country’s “last spark of hope” in an opinion piece published Saturday. Musk, who spent more than a quarter billion dollars supporting Donald Trump‘s election in the U.S., wrote that AfD “can …

Politicians talk a lot. They say moving things, insightful things, and incredibly dumb things. Whether it was a meticulously prepared speech, an off-the-cuff retort, or a late night social media post, 2024 was a year of dissecting, analyzing, mocking, and feeling the impact of political speech. Amid a heated contest …

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said that Elon Musk is “so rich” that he is “removed from the potential financial influence” when it comes to conflicts of interest related to his future work in government. In other words, Musk is too wealthy to possibly use his forthcoming government position to further …