Poll: 18% of Americans View Mitch McConnell Positively as Age Comes Under Scrutiny Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is deeply unpopular with Americans of all political affiliations, as just 18 percent of the country finds him “favorable,” according to a YouGov/Economist poll, while colleagues on Capitol Hill are reportedly “alarmed” over
Poll: 18% of Americans View Mitch McConnell Positively as Age Comes Under Scrutiny
September 30, 2023 by
‘Serious Concerns:’ Elon Musk’s Neuralink Faces Scrutiny About Animal Testing and Human Safety
September 22, 2023 by
PATRICK PLEUL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, Neuralink, is facing fresh controversy as it secures approval for human clinical trials, with emerging reports unveiling disturbing details about animal deaths during experiments and allegations of misleading investors about the safety and developmental history of the device. Popular Science reports that Neuralink has recently received
CNN’s Chris Licht says he wasn’t prepared for ‘absolute level of scrutiny’ becoming CEO: A ‘smack in the face’
June 24, 2023 by
CNN boss Chris Licht did not expect the “absolute level of scrutiny” that would be pointed in his direction when he took the gig as the network’s chairman and CEO. “When you take a job like this you know you are giving of yourself and this is all you’re going to do in the foreseeable […]
US on ‘heightened alert,’ increasing scrutiny of airspace after downing ‘unidentified object’ over Lake Huron
March 10, 2023 by
The Defense Department (DOD) on Sunday attributed the increase in the detection – and shoot-downs – of unidentified flying objects to increased scrutiny of U.S. airspace and enhancing its radar systems. Melissa Dalton, assistant defense secretary of Homeland Defense, and Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of U.S. North Command, held a press conference Sunday evening, hours […]
Pelosi’s status as GOP campaign-ad villain faces new scrutiny after violent home invasion
October 31, 2022 by
“Biden and Pelosi are breaking our country,” the narrator reads in a House GOP ad promoting their candidate, Ryan Zinke, in Montana’s newly created 2nd District. Another ad from the House GOP campaign arm blasted Democratic candidate Eric Sorensen in Illinois for being “in Pelosi’s pocket” and “in lockstep with her costly liberal agenda.” However,…
IRS finally reveals list of tea party groups targeted for extra scrutiny
June 6, 2016 by
More than three years after it admitted to targeting tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, the IRS has finally released a near-complete list of the organizations it snagged in a political dragnet. The tax agency filed the list last month as part of a court case after a series of federal judges, fed up with […]
Where’s the Scrutiny of Hillary Clinton on Abortion?
April 3, 2016 by
GOP presidential candidate Donald J. Trump is taking a beating from the press over his flip-flops on abortion. But the leading Democrat candidate for president, Hillary Clinton, has escaped serious scrutiny over her extreme position that would seem to prohibit any restrictions on the procedure. Trump regularly compares his flip-flops to how Ronald Reagan changed […]