Broadband industry quietly abandons Capitol Hill fight to revive low-income internet subsidy
Internet service providers like Charter, Verizon and Comcast have quietly scaled back their efforts to revive the Affordable Connectivity Program, an expired federal internet subsidy that helped low-income households pay for broadband. The $14.2 billion program provided a discount of up to $30 per month for some qualifying
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol outlines priorities to end coffee chain’s slump
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol will focus on improving the chain’s U.S. business in his early days on the job before he moves to fix its issues abroad, according to an open letter published on Tuesday. ″… In some places — especially in the U.S.
Lawyer defending Google in DOJ case prepping Harris for debate is ‘conflict of interest,’ Jordan investigates
The House Judiciary Committee is requesting a briefing from the Justice Department on how it is working to combat ‘potential conflicts of interest and political bias’ in its lawsuit against Google, amid reports that the Big Tech giant’s lead
US and Iraqi officials drawing up plan that could see American troops pulling out as soon as next year
Washington and Baghdad are working on a plan to draw down the U.S. troop presence in Iraq as soon as next year. The U.S. and Iraq have reached an ‘understanding’ on plans to have hundreds of U.S. troops leave Iraq by
A look back at Trump’s past debates
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off in their first presidential debate, and the stakes could not be higher. Harris has erased Trump’s comfortable lead in the polls, setting up a razor-thin election
A quarter of Republicans think Trump should seize power even if he loses
If the 2024 presidential election were held today, it’s not clear who would win. Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight national advantage, according to The Washington Post’s average of polls, but margins in swing states are uniformly narrow. If
House honoring 13 US service members killed in 2021 Abbey Gate bombing during Afghanistan withdrawal
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. hosted a Gold Medal ceremony for the 13 U.S. service members killed at Abbey Gate during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Johnson posthumously presented the Gold Medal, Congress’ highest honor, to
Trump-Harris debate: Sen Rick Scott identifies ‘biggest thing’ that can help former president
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., revealed the ‘biggest thing’ he believes can help former President Donald Trump in his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia. During Tuesday night’s debate in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Scott said that ‘the best
How gender dynamics could shape the Trump-Harris debate
Donald Trump has called Vice President Kamala Harris “crazy,” “nasty” and “dumb as a rock.” He’s mocked her name, launched false attacks about her racial identity and said she would be treated like a “play toy” by world leaders if
Since 2016, Trump has kept dialing up his racist appeals
A few years ago, I spoke with Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini as part of research I was doing for my book. We were discussing how the major parties’ coalitions were evolving as America’s demography changed, with Ruffini expressing the idea