WATCH: Jim Acosta Gets Fact Checked in Real Time After Claiming Trump’s Popular Vote Victory ‘Did Not Occur’

‘He is claiming a popular vote victory that did not occur,’ Acosta falsely claimed CNN anchor Jim Acosta falsely claimed President-elect Donald Trump did not win the popular vote and was immediately corrected on air Wednesday. “He is claiming a popular vote victory that did not occur,” Acosta said on CNN Newsroom. “I think we

6 Things to Know About Kristi Noem, Trump’s Nominee for Homeland Security Secretary

The South Dakota governor is a longtime supporter of the president-elect and his stance on immigration and border security. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed by the Senate, Noem stands to play a pivotal part in Trump’s border security overhaul, which he

House GOP holds leadership elections as they secure majority

Washington — House Republicans are expected to coalesce around Speaker Mike Johnson in their leadership elections Wednesday, which come just as they secured majority control of the lower chamber for another two years.  Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, both from Louisiana, are expected to be reelected to their positions in the next Congress,

Trump Picks Rubio, Longtime China Hawk, for Secretary of State

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Florida’s three-term senator Marco Rubio to be his nominee for secretary of state, setting the tone for a more hawkish administration on U.S. foreign policy. “Marco is a Highly Respected Leader, and a very powerful Voice for Freedom,” Trump wrote in a Nov. 13 statement. “He will be a strong Advocate

Harris Campaign’s Multimillion-Dollar Debt Raises Tension With DNC Leadership

Democratic National Committee leaders are frustrated over the prospect of facing a multimillion-dollar debt from Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, Axios reported Wednesday. DNC chairman Jaime Harrison privately criticized the Harris campaign’s spending and expressed concerns about the scale of its debt, sources told Axios. While the campaign raised just over $1 billion in contributions, the

The Guardian to stop posting on X, calling it “a toxic media platform”

The Guardian will no longer post its content under its official account on X, the British newspaper announced on Wednesday. The Guardian stated the move had been under consideration for a while, “given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.” The media outlet added that the

The megadonors who fueled Trump and the GOP and what’s behind their giving

More than $20 billion flooded into the 2024 presidential campaign, shattering the record for political spending in a single election. In an accelerating trend in American politics, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies raised colossal sums of money from billionaires.  A majority of these megadonors were Republicans, according to Open Secrets, the nonpartisan watchdog