The Republican National Committee is meeting behind closed doors this week as some allies of Donald Trump had hoped to put the group’s stamp on the former president early in the 2024 GOP presidential nominating campaign. But a proposed resolution to declare Trump the presumptive nominee has been removed from the agenda before the committee is scheduled to meet in Las Vegas this week‚ party officials said. The reversal comes as the first two early-state contests have winnowed the...

An Arizona lawmaker who signed on to be a “fake elector” for Donald Trump after the former president lost his bid for a second term has introduced a bill that would allow members of the statehouse to overturn future election results that they don’t like. The bill‚ formally known as Senate Concurrent Resolution 1014 and sponsored by state Sen. Anthony Kern‚ seeks to bypass the popular vote altogether. “[I]t is the responsibility of the Arizona Secretary of State to certify elections‚...

For football fans eager to see a new team in the Super Bowl‚ the conference championship games on Sunday that sent the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers back to the main event of American sports culture were sorely disappointing. But one thing is new: Taylor Swift. And she is driving the movement behind Donald Trump bonkers. The fulminations surrounding the world’s biggest pop icon — and girlfriend of Travis Kelce‚ the Chiefs’ star tight end — reached the stratosphere after...

A Delaware judge on Tuesday ruled that Elon Musk's record-breaking $56 billion Tesla (TSLA.O)‚ opens new tab pay package could be tossed‚ calling the compensation "an unfathomable sum" that was not fair to shareholders‚ according to a court filing. Shares of Tesla dropped 3.7% in extended trade. The ruling swept away the largest pay package in corporate America. The judge found it was negotiated by directors who seemed beholden to their headline-making CEO and the promise of allowing him...

President Joe Biden vowed a response at a time "of our choosing" as he faces a difficult balancing act in how to react to the drone attack that killed three American soldiers. National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby said "we are not looking for a war with Iran" but the U.S. blames Tehran for the actions of its allies in Sunday's strike on the Tower 22 installation in northeast Jordan which also injured dozens of personnel. The U.S. failing to act decisively risks sending a...

United Parcel Service said it planned to shed about 12‚000 jobs this year and mandated staff work from offices five days a week starting March 4‚ as the package-delivery company seeks to boost productivity amid a protracted slowdown in business. The cuts are primarily targeted at management staff worldwide as well as contract workers‚ UPS executives said Tuesday‚ adding that those jobs weren’t likely to return even when business picks up. The company has around 85‚000 management employees....

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.‚ D-Calif.‚ was blasted on social media after a video surfaced from October where she told pro-Palestinian protesters from Code Pink to "go back to China" where their "headquarters is." "In October‚ Pelosi told our members calling for a ceasefire to ‘go back to China‚’ Code Pink posted on X on Monday along with a video of Pelosi interacting with protesters.  "These same women have been protesting for peace at her house for 17 years. Pelosi takes...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) rekindled his feud with Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday with an op-ed accusing the Senate minority leader of “undermining” the Republican Party with a border compromise that has been panned by conservatives. Scott‚ who unsuccessfully challenged McConnell for his leadership role last February and has been a thorn in his side ever since‚ criticized the Senate GOP leader in an editorial for the Hill over his support for the proposed border deal‚ which would be paired...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) sparked calls for her removal from Congress over the weekend after she made remarks at an event in Minnesota in which she told a group of Somalis that she is advocating for Somalia — where she was born and raised during her early years — while serving in the U.S. Congress. A three-minute video clip of Omar went viral on Sunday that appears to have been translated by alleged officials from Somaliland‚ a breakaway region in Somalia that has claimed its independence from...