Global Cyber Outage Grounds Flights, Hits Banks, Telecoms, Media

A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to health care. An update to a product offered by global cyberscurity firm CrowdStrike appeared to be the trigger, affecting customers using Microsoft’s Windows Operating System. Microsoft said later on Friday the issue had been

The Remarkable GOP Convention

There’s never been a political speech like Donald Trump’s address to the 2024 Republican National Convention. The former president’s narration of the attempt on his life was gripping television. When he kissed the fireman’s helmet of Corey Comperatore, the husband and father who was killed during the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, last weekend, he created

Mike Johnson Vows To Arrest Congressional Officials Who Disrupt Netanyahu’s Floor Speech

MILWAUKEE—House speaker Mike Johnson vowed on Thursday to arrest any anti-Israel congressional officials who disrupt or get “out of hand” during Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming floor speech to a joint session of Congress. Johnson’s comments come as hundreds of left-leaning congressional staffers, and some Democratic lawmakers, vowed to protest or boycott Netanyahu’s address

Digging In: Rep. Mondaire Jones Says He Won’t Be ‘Gaslit’ Away From Decrying Trump as a ‘Threat to Democracy’

Former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D., N.Y) rebuked party leaders’ calls for unity following Saturday’s assassination attempt and vowed to continue calling former president Donald Trump and his vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R., Ohio), “threats to democracy.” “I won’t be gaslit into not calling Trump and Vance threats to democracy,” Jones wrote Thursday. “Trump

BlueAnon Rears Its Head: One-Third of Dems Believe Conspiracy Theory That Trump Staged Assassination Attempt

A conspiracy theory has run unabated in Democratic circles following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump on Saturday. It posits that Trump staged the shooting for a photo op, that the wound on his ear was caused by something other than an assassin’s bullet, and that he was never in mortal danger. It’s

Days After Trump Assassination Attempt, Scripps News Contributor Steve Schmidt Pens RNC Analysis Rife With Nazi Comparisons

Failed campaign strategist describes Republican National Convention as fascist ‘Bund gathering’ Steve Schmidt (YouTube) Scripps News contributor and three-time failed presidential campaign strategist Steve Schmidt on Tuesday published a meandering response to the first night of programming at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, in which the Lincoln Project cofounder repeatedly likened the proceedings to

WATCH: Dems Angry at Biden Campaign for Keeping Him ‘in a Bubble,’ Joe Scarborough Says

There is “widespread” anger within the Democratic Party, MSNBC’s Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough said, at Joe Biden’s campaign leaders for keeping the president “in a bubble” as his reelection campaign flounders and his party divides. “The anger that I hear is not at Joe Biden. The anger I hear [is] at the people that