FACT CHECK: Shut up, you insufferable nerds Claim: “Cutting fact checkers from social platforms is like disbanding your fire department.” Who said it: Alan Duke, the former CNN journalist who cofounded Lead Stories, one of the professional fact-checking outlets Meta (formerly Facebook) pays to combat the spread of so-called misinformation on social media. Duke said this
Biden said the United States was now better positioned for the long-term competition with China, noting that its economy would never surpass that of America. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the State Department on Jan. 13 outlining his foreign policy achievements and stating that he’s leaving the incoming Trump administration a stronger America.
Multiple federal officials provided a security update on the Jan. 20 ceremony. With just one week to go before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office in Washington, the FBI said there are no known threats to the Inauguration Day ceremony. “We are not currently tracking any specific or credible threats to the inaugural ceremony
Protester estimates are down compared with that during Trump’s 2017 inauguration, according to authorities. WASHINGTON—Authorities project there will be more than 250,000 ticketed guests at President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration and fewer demonstrators than anticipated. “We encourage people to show up early just because of the size of the crowds we expect,” U.S. Capitol
‘It’s reckless, dangerous, and wrong for Newsom to use state resources to lay the groundwork for his 2028 presidential campaign,’ California GOP leader says California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) As wildfires ravaged Los Angeles, California’s Democratic legislature was full steam ahead on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D.) plan to approve $50 million to combat
‘I don’t want to do anything to inhibit getting the agenda accomplished,’ the Florida governor said. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has yet to appoint a replacement for Sen. Marco Rubio—pending Senate approval of Rubio’s nomination as secretary of state—and it seems unlikely that the appointee will be chosen from the House of Representatives. Speculation over
New outlet ‘The Contrarian’ vows to ‘confront’ Trump voters ‘with the consequences of their presidential pick’ (Jennifer Rubin Instagram) Jennifer Rubin, widely regarded as the most courageous and intellectually dynamic opinion columnist in the history of American journalism, finally “resigned” from the Washington Post on Monday and launched a “pro-democracy” website, the Contrarian, on Substack. In