Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has passed away after battle with pancreatic cancer
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, her office announced Friday night. ‘Today, with deep grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we
Meet CrowdStrike, the company at the heart of the global tech outage
A fault with an update issued by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike led to a cascading effect among global IT systems Friday, with industries ranging from banking to airlines facing outages. Banks and health care providers saw their services disrupted and television broadcasters
JD Vance, others say Biden should resign presidency if he drops out of the race
Newly minted Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrote in an X post Friday that if Democrats believe President Biden doesn’t have the mental acuity to continue to run for re-election, it would be difficult to argue he should remain
Ohio Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown urges Biden to end campaign
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, joined Democrats calling on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race on Friday evening. ‘At this critical time, our full attention must return to these important issues. I think the President should end his campaign,’
With corners of the media industry in upheaval, Netflix makes clear it’s staying out of the fray
Netflix’s second-quarter earnings report contained no bombshells, and that’s just fine for the company and its investors. In recent weeks, Paramount Global has agreed to merge with Skydance Media. Warner Bros. Discovery is considering all options for its future and may lose broadcast rights to the NBA. While the media and entertainment landscape around
Campaign chairs say Biden is both ‘more committed than ever’ to presidential race and ‘asking for input’
President Biden’s top campaign advisors both weighed in on Friday to comment on widespread speculation surrounding the 2024 presidential race. The first clarification came from Campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon, who left no room for question during an interview with MSNBC’s
Netanyahu, Israel blast UN court decision over illegal settlements ruling: ‘Fundamentally wrong’
The United Nation’s top court has ruled Israel’s settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal, and they must be removed immediately. ‘The State of Israel is under the obligation to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian
Five more House Democrats call on Biden to drop out, third US senator
Five more House Democrats on Friday joined the growing number of congressional lawmakers who have called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 election. In a joint statement, Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Marc Veasey, D-Texas, Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois and
Ticketmaster offers four tickets for $80 to selected shows amid summer concert slowdown
Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, are offering a promotion through the end of July that lets users buy four tickets for $80 to selected shows. The offer is good for thousands of shows — but not all of
Democrat godfathers make Biden offer they hope he can’t refuse
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic Party commission seem prepared to make Joe Biden an offer he can’t refuse: One way or another, he’s dropping out of this race, they say, either with his consent or