GOP congressman: Inflation Reduction Act will make inflation worse
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, says the Democrats’ deal to pass the Inflation Reduction Act will do anything but – and harm businesses and consumers in the process.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, says the Democrats’ deal to pass the Inflation Reduction Act will do anything but – and harm businesses and consumers in the process.
Children of missing Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos spoke out Friday in emotional victim impact statements at the sentencing hearing of Michelle Troconis, who was convicted of helping her boyfriend, Jennifer Dulos' estranged husband, cover up Jennifer Dulos' murder. Petros Dulos, who was 13 when his mother died in May 2019, said in court, "I've been left with a hole inside of me I know I will never be able to fill." Petros Dulos said Troconis, a mother herself, "has desecrated" the meaning of the word mother.
Former President Donald Trump is addressing reporters on Friday morning -- the day after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush-money trial. Trump is speaking from the atrium of Trump Tower just feet away from the golden escalator he rode down in 2015 when he kicked off his first bid for president. Now, nearly nine years later, Trump is further responding to his conviction and the legal battles he faces that have been much of the focus of his third presidential bid.
The Texas Supreme Court issued a decision Friday allowing a lawsuit challenging the state's multiple abortion bans to continue, but the court refused to block the ban as the legal challenges are ongoing. Texas has several abortion laws in effect prohibiting nearly all abortions, except in medical emergencies, which the laws do not define. While the lawsuit will be allowed to continue in a state trial court, the Supreme Court did not allow a temporary injunction on the bans while litigation continues.
When the foreman rose from his seat to read the verdict in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, the courtroom became silent for a fleeting moment. “How say you to the first count of the indictment, charging Donald J. Trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first degree, guilty or not guilty?” the clerk asked. “Guilty,” the foreman said, looking directly at Judge Juan Merchan.
The cost of child care in the U.S. is rising at nearly double the pace of overall inflation, according to a new report by tax firm KPMG. Between 1990 and April 2024, the cost of day care and preschool rose 263%, according to KPMG. The consumer price index, the government’s key measure of inflation, has increased 133% in the same time frame.
The co-worker and friend who was with Johnny Wactor when the former "General Hospital" actor was shot and killed is speaking for the first time about the tragic night. Joy and Wactor had finished their bartending shift at about 3 a.m. on May 25 in downtown Los Angeles and were walking to their cars together when police said they encountered three suspects in masks who were attempting to steal the catalytic convertor from Wactor's car. Wactor approached one of the suspects, who instantly opened fire on the 37-year-old, and then fled in a dark sedan, according to Joy.
For the second straight week, Justice Samuel Alito handed down a Supreme Court opinion at the same time as he was publicly confronting questions about his ability to render judgments without the appearance of bias. Alito on Thursday authoritatively rejected the appeal of an Arizona man on death row for murder and seeking a resentencing over claims his attorney provided ineffective counsel. After "an evaluation of the strength of all the evidence and a comparison of the weight of aggravating and mitigating factors," the defendant did not deserve a second chance, Alito wrote for the six-justice conservative majority.
Ivanka Trump delivered a brief -- and indirect -- social media post late Thursday in the wake of her father's conviction at his hush money trial. The former presidential adviser, who has stayed out of the limelight during the trial, posted a photo on her Instagram Stories of her and her father when she was a child, writing, "I love you dad." Donald Trump Jr., the former president's eldest child, was the first to come out in defense of his father just minutes after Donald Trump was found guilty in his hush money trial on Thursday, laying the blame at Trump's political rivals.
A California man unexpectedly helped save two lives after he decided to donate one of his kidneys. It all began when Clay Garcelli's younger brother, Carter, needed a kidney. Garcelli, 26, said when he learned about the news of his brother's health his mind was already made up about being his donor.
The guilty verdicts against former President Donald Trump on 34 counts make real a prospect that had been only hypothetical: a presumptive presidential nominee running as a convicted felon. It also leaves operatives wondering if the conviction will serve as a badge of honor to his voters, a stumbling block in his reelection bid or, in the parlance of the Trump era, a nothing burger. Polls had indicated risks loomed for Trump in the case of a conviction, with an April survey from CNN/SSRS showing that 24% of Trump supporters "might reconsider" their support for him.
Michael Cohen says he is “not surprised” that former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony charges as the 45th president became the first commander-in-chief to be criminally convicted on Thursday. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America” on Friday morning, Cohen said that his 21 hours on the stand during the trial was incredibly tough. “Whether it was on direct or on cross-examination, the whole thing was very tough,” Cohen said.
Isabella Strahan is celebrating milestones missed amid her ongoing treatment for a malignant brain tumor. Strahan held a belated 19th birthday celebration for herself after she missed her actual birthday celebration in October while recovering from emergency brain surgery. In a video shared Tuesday on her YouTube channel, the University of Southern California student baked birthday cupcakes alongside a friend, and then blew out candles on the cupcakes alongside her twin sister, Sophia Strahan.
Ahead of Pride Month, a new report has highlighted increased cancer risk for those who identify as LGBTQ+ as researchers say that LBGTQ+ people may be more likely to smoke, drink alcohol or be living with obesity -- all linked to cancer -- and that they also may be more likely to avoid going to the doctor for fear of discrimination, which could cause delays in cancer diagnosis. The comprehensive analysis was released Friday by the American Cancer Society, a nonprofit organization focused on ending cancer for all people, and it is the first to provide national data on behavioral risk factors, cancer diagnoses and screening in this population.
"Hit Man," now in theaters on its way to Netflix on June 7, is powered by a new leading man who really brings the heat. You may have seen him hitting the action pedal with Tom Cruise in "Top Gun: Maverick" and then going all swoony-dreamy romantic opposite Sydney Sweeney in "Anyone but You." "Hit Man," written by Powell and director Richard Linklater, paints a deceptively comic face on darkness while sealing the deal on Powell as a Paul Newman/Steve McQueen for the 21st century.
Starring the great Jessica Lange in one of her best performances—and that's really saying something— "The Great Lillian Hall," now on HBO/Max, is essential viewing for those eager to see what acting can be at its transcendent, transfixing finest. Lange plays Lillian Hall, an acclaimed stage actress now in rehearsal for the Broadway opening of "The Cherry Orchard," the 1904 Chekvov play about Madame Lyubov Ranevskaya, a Russian aristocrat forced to sell her family estate before it's auctioned off to pay her debts. What you'll see in "The Great Lillian Hall" is both.
A Minneapolis police officer has died after they were "ambushed" while responding to a call about a shooting, officials said Thursday night. Officers from the Minneapolis Police Department responded to reports of a double shooting on the 2200 block of Blaisdell Ave. S., earlier Thursday, the department's assistant chief of operations, Katie Blackwell, told the media. Officer Jamal Mitchell died at the hospital, she said.
The felony conviction of a former president would be extraordinary at any time but in the middle of a presidential election in which that former commander-in-chief is running, it is truly remarkable. What's even more remarkable is that it likely won't significantly change the kind of broad support he has within the Republican Party. The party of "law and order" is undoubtedly moving toward nominating a convicted felon to be atop its presidential ticket.
Donald Trump, the second-generation New York business mogul who led one of the most consequential right-wing populist movements and changed the face of presidential politics, was found guilty of 34 felonies in his home city Thursday, becoming the first president in American history to be criminally convicted. Trump, who was impeached twice while in office, faced four indictments as he geared up for the 2024 race. After the verdict was read, Trump railed against the judge, and called the trial "rigged [and] disgraceful."
Former President Donald Trump is firing up his fundraising machine after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial -- attending a campaign fundraiser with top Republican donors an on the Upper East Side Manhattan Thursday night and blasting out fundraising emails to small-dollar donors just minutes after the verdict dropped. In attendance was top Republican donors like Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, who, after the 2022 midterms, had called for a new generation of leaders in the Republican Party but more recently indicated that he would back Trump again.
A remarkable fossil finding in Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has led to a new dinosaur species being named by researchers: Musankwa sanyatiensis. The fossilized remains of the species' single hind leg, including its thigh, shin, and ankle bones were discovered embedded into a rock in the lake's shoreline, according to a study published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica on Thursday. Researchers say the remains date back to the Late Triassic period, approximately 210 million years ago.