Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) confirmed Friday that she will retire from Congress, just days after denying Axios' reporting that she had told allies she wouldn't seek another term. Why it matters: The 83-year-old had been under considerable pressure not to run for reelection after missing weeks of House votes, as she recovered from a major eye surgery. - She initially denied to local allies that she would step aside, but last Saturday she reversed course and told multiple elected officials in her district that she would indeed retire, as Axios first reported. - Wilson, in a statement to Axios later on Saturday, said: "It's a crazy rumor. A crazy crazy rumor. I'm almost distraught. It's not true. I am still planning on running."…
Online queries are more likely to turn up references to the U.S. state — a problem for the republic in the Caucasus and its people. But a move to drop the name “Georgia” has lost steam.
The superstar is part of group that has bought a basketball team in Italy, with a plan to move the club to Rome in hopes of making it part of a new league.
When newly public companies have been valued as richly as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic seem likely to be, the outlook for ordinary investors has been poor.
Elon Musk and his bankers are working to create a self-fulfilling prophesy for SpaceX’s massive initial public offering: Make investors feel that the risks of passing up the stock outweigh those of buying into it.
Leftist agitators clashed with law enforcement outside a New Jersey ICE facility, leading to arrests.
Leftist agitators clashed with law enforcement outside a New Jersey ICE facility, leading to arrests. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A chaotic protest at Delaney Hall detention center in New Jersey led to at least nine arrests on Thursday night as demonstrators clashed with law enforcement . Leftist agitators hurled insults such as “Take your gun and shoot yourself” and “Every cop, every fed, shoot yourself in the head” at law enforcement, and blocked vehicles and personnel from accessing the facility. DETAIL: Video from the scene shows multiple arrests as protesters scuffled with officers and used megaphones to taunt them. Activists claim detainees inside the facility are staging a hunger strike over alleged poor living…Open
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch cited a rise in antisemitism in the U.S., Canada and Europe and said the city would "not mess around with security" at the parade.
Clashes between federal agents and anti-ICE protesters continued Thursday night at the Delaney Hall ICE facility. NEWSMAX Correspondent Sarah Williamson has the latest from Newark, NJ, on “National Report.”
