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CNN — David Hogg will not seek reelection to his Democratic National Committee leadership position after the party announced Wednesday that members had voted to redo the vice chair contests he and Malcolm Kenyatta won in February. “Ultimately, I have decided to not run in this upcoming election so the party can focus on what really matters,” Hogg said in a statement. Hogg’s decision not to run again ends a monthslong intraparty fight between the young gun control advocate and much of the national committee that has distracted from the party’s efforts to rebuild after devastating 2024 election losses. The…
CNN — President Donald Trump drew charged reactions of both admiration and ire at the Kennedy Center’s opening night of “Les Misérables” – with a greeting of cheers and boos, drama at intermission and drag queens in the audience. When the lights came on after the end of the first act Wednesday, many people cheered and clapped as the president and First Lady Melania Trump stood up. But a woman below, seated in the orchestra section, started yelling: “Felon, you’re a convicted felon.” As cheers died down, and Trump walked out, her voice became clearer: “Convicted felon, rapist!” A security…
CNN — Protests against Donald Trump’s mass deportations, now spreading nationwide, could define his presidency, make or break Democratic careers and shape future elections. The White House, which thinks it has all the cards, keeps escalating the drama in Los Angeles. Trump’s aggression underlines two themes of his second presidency – the desires to look strong and to grab even more power. Democrats, still looking to explain their 2024 election defeat and to cope with Trump’s round-the-clock shock politics, again risk looking weak and overmatched. But in California Gov. Gavin Newsom, at least, they finally have a champion willing to…
CNN — The preeminent body tracking alleged Russian war crimes in the war with Ukraine, including the abduction of Ukrainian children, has transferred its data to Ukraine’s government and the US State Department as it prepares to shut down in the coming weeks after the Trump administration terminated its funding. “Right now, we are running on fumes, we have about two weeks of money left, mostly through individual donations from our website. As of July 1, we lay off all of our staff across Ukraine and other teams and our work tracking the kids officially ends. We are waiting for…
CNN — President Donald Trump has broad authority to revoke protected land designated as national monuments by past presidents, the Justice Department said in a new legal opinion. The May 27 legal opinion from the Justice Department found that presidents can move broadly to cancel national monuments, challenging a 1938 determination saying monuments created under the Antiquities Act cannot be rescinded and removed from protection. The memo could serve as a legal basis to attempt to withdraw vast amounts of land from protected status. Trump’s administration wants to prioritize fossil fuel and energy development, such as drilling for oil and…
CNN — The US State and Defense departments on Wednesday made efforts to arrange the departure of non-essential personnel from locations around the Middle East, according to US officials and sources familiar with the efforts. It’s not clear what is causing the sudden change in posture, but a defense official said US Central Command is monitoring “developing tension in the Middle East.” “They are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place, and we’ll see what happens. But they have been or we’ve given notice to move out, and we’ll see what happens,” President Donald Trump told reporters…
New York CNN — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned on Tuesday that encouraging economic data could soon turn worrisome as President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to bite. “You’re going to see real numbers, and I think there’s a chance real numbers will deteriorate soon,” Dimon said, according to a FactSet transcript of the Morgan Stanley US Financial Conference in New York. Trump’s tariffs have yet to really affect data like monthly inflation and jobs reports, but the economy is prone to a downturn if that changes, he said. Wall Street has been eager for any sign the economy might…
CNN — The Washington Post on Wednesday announced it has a new Opinion editor. The move comes four months after it announced a “significant shift” to the Opinion page and the departure of its embattled section chief. Adam O’Neal, who currently serves as The Economist’s Washington correspondent, will take over as the Post’s top Opinion editor, the outlet announced in an X post that includes an introductory video from O’Neal. “We’re also going to be stalwart advocates of free markets and personal liberties. We’ll be unapologetically patriotic, too,” O’Neal said in the video. “Our philosophy will be rooted in fundamental…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NBA star Demarcus Cousins was booted from his team in Puerto Rico for the remainder of the season after an ugly altercation with fans during a game Monday. The Baloncesto Superior Nacional league announced Tuesday that Cousins was kicked off the Mets de Guaynabo after a vile gesture toward a fan, grabbing his genitals to mock the fan as the fan flipped both his middle fingers.Cousins then grabbed the fan’s arm as the incident started turning physical. Another fan from behind the courtside seat where the first fan was seated came to…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby became a national figure in the movement to keep trans athletes out of girls’ sports in February when she called out a trans athlete for Greely High School who won a girls’ pole vault competition. The post resulted in Libby being censured, which she fought all the way up to the Supreme Court to overturn. She was granted her voting rights back by the Supreme Court on May 15. On Tuesday, the trans athlete that Libby’s post called out did not show up to compete in the Maine Class…