Twitter CEO Elon Musk and former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner were spotted enjoying the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final on Sunday at Lusail Stadium in Lusail City, Qatar. Musk live-tweeted the match between Argentina and France through text and videos. “Duel in the Desert,” he tweeted. “Couldn’t ask for a better game,”…
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Economic confidence ticks upward: Gallup
Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy has increased slightly, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday, though the number remains negative. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index, which has a theoretical range of -100 to +100, found that Americans’ confidence in the economy improved in November and early December, moving up from -45 in October to…
Kinzinger won’t say if Trump included in Jan. 6 criminal referrals
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday would not reveal whether former President Trump will be included in the list of criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ) put forward by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” host Martha Raddatz asked if Trump would…
Pelosi: Trump running in 2024 would be ‘bad news for the country’
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that former President Trump running for the White House in 2024 would be “bad news for the country,” adding that he has “not been a force for good.” When asked by host George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” whether Trump possibly running for president again would be “good…
Federal authorities investigating small explosions at ‘little free library’ in Virginia
Local and federal authorities are investigating a pair of small explosions early Wednesday morning at a “Litte Free Library” and a nearby amphitheater. Virginia State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives joined local Arlington officials in investigating the Nov. 9 explosions, according to a press release of…
Here’s when polls open on Election Day
Voters across the country will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the upcoming midterm elections following a dramatic few months and record early turnout. Here is when the polls open in each state and Washington, D.C. All times are local time. Alabama 7 a.m. Alaska 7 a.m. Arizona 6 a.m. Arkansas 7:30…
New poll suggests Republicans take House control after midterms
The latest CBS News/YouGov polling suggests that voters would prefer Republicans to take control of the House after the November midterms. The BattleGround Tracker, which estimates how many seats each party is predicted to win in the House of Representatives, showed that Republicans had stabilized their lead at 224 seats, while Democrats hold 211. However,…
Kirby: Biden ‘Armageddon’ remark reflected ‘the very high stakes that are in play’
White House national security spokesman John Kirby in an interview on Sunday said that President Biden’s remarks regarding the “prospect of Armageddon” reflect “the very high stakes that are in play” in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats. “The president was reflecting the very high stakes that are in play right now, Martha,”…
FEMA chief on deaths from Hurricane Ian: Storm was ‘fairly unpredictable’
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell noted that Hurricane Ian was “fairly unpredictable” as it approached landfall in Florida when asked on Sunday about the death toll from the storm. Criswell, who appeared on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, told host Jon Karl that while officials knew the storm was going to have “devastating…
Biden, Trump essentially tied in head-to-head rematch: survey
President Biden and former President Trump are just about tied in a head-to-head rematch, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll released Sunday. Biden holds a 2-point lead over Trump in the hypothetical rematch, with 48 percent of all respondents saying they prefer the current president, while 46 percent favor his predecessor. The results…