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The case, which explored questions about free speech and the limits of artistic criticism, has also catapulted the rapper back into pop culture’s lexicon.
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee stormed out midway through a briefing from Attorney General Pam Bondi enraged and raising the threat of an impeachment or contempt of Congress effort against her. Why it matters: Bondi has emerged as Democrats' top target for Democrats after the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem , a status that was further solidified on Wednesday. - "She is building a record," Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), an Oversight Committee member, told Axios outside the hearing. - "She basically set up a fake hearing under the guise of a briefing, she has defied subpoenas that we've put out already and then she has continued to be evasive and combative with us." Driving the news: Bondi briefed…
In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun.
A closed-door White House event included news about the National Garden of American Heroes and an emphasis on the role of religion in the founding.
A restrictive voter I.D. bill under consideration in the Senate could severely limit mail-in voting. Conservatives are pressing to end the practice outright, taking aim at an option that is widely used by voters.
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was left to square the president’s comments about an imminent nuclear threat from Iran with a letter from one of her trusted aides.
What the taxman giveth, the energy shock taketh away. That's the upshot of the arithmetic around how much the average American household is on track to pay for higher gasoline prices this year. Why it matters: Forecasters have been betting on an economic tailwind this year from super-sized tax refunds, thanks to tax legislation passed last year. - New calculations from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, however, suggest that the benefits of higher tax refunds will be roughly offset by higher prices for crude oil and refined oil products in the wake of the Iran war. By the numbers: The Stanford economists modeled the hit the average U.S. household will face if the most recent Goldman Sachs crude oil forecast — which…
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has questions about a $10 billion fee that TikTok's buyers reportedly are paying the U.S. Treasury Department, on top of what they spent to buy the actual business from China's ByteDance. - But those involved are keeping silent. Driving the news: Warner yesterday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, asking about how the fee was determined, approved and how the money would be spent without violating the Anti-Deficiency Act — a rule that prohibits federal agencies from spending money without Congressional appropriation (unless used for deficit reduction). - His office seems to have no additional information than what was first reported by the WSJ . - For context, a typical M&A banker would take…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is creating a Mayor’s Office of Community Safety, a pared-down version of a major campaign pledge with a smaller budget than promised.
Also, oil prices jump after airstrikes hit a crucial energy site. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.