28 Planet Fitnesses in 11 different states have been targeted with bomb threats. It follows backlash over the gym banning a woman who went after a trans woman
Plus, JPMorgan screams the quiet part about health care, Larry Hogan feels the heat from The Lever, and SCOTUS gets even more corporate.
Cruz rose to fame as a right-wing fighter, but he hopes to highlight his unsung accomplishments as he faces Rep. Colin Allred. BY Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Heading into the heat of his reelection race against Dallas Congressman Colin Allred, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is testing the waters with a rebrand. Cruz, who has made a name for himself as an uncompromising conservative stalwart, is casting himself as a bipartisan lawmaker with a penchant for reaching across the aisle. “I actually have...
The chairman of the federal commission looking into an ethics complaint about U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's controversial podcast syndication deal once worked for the Texas Republican, raising concerns about his ability to be impartial in the case. Sean J. Cooksey, a Trump appointee who chairs the Federal Election Commission, served as Cruz's deputy chief counsel in 2018, according to his LinkedIn profile. From 2019 until joining the FEC in 2020, Cooksey served as general counsel for U.S....
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is facing yet another complaint to the Federal Elections Commission that claims he has “brazenly” violated federal campaign finance laws through his podcast deal with one of the nation’s largest media conglomerates. Cruz struck a deal in 2022 with San Antonio-based radio giant iHeartMedia to pay for the production, marketing, and […]
UPDATE (April 17, 2024, 4:35 p.m. ET): Democrats in the Senate voted that both impeachment articles did not rise to the standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors," making them unconstitutional and putting an end to the trial. Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. On Saturday, the antidemocratic regime in Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at our democratic ally, Israel, while Russia simultaneously sent the same Iranian-designed drones into Ukraine. On Monday, Donald Trump...
It’s no secret that Sen. Ted Cruz has a special affection for his podcast. His 2024 rival, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell last year, “He’s honestly busier being a podcaster — which he does three times a week — than actually being a senator.” But the problem with the Texas Republican’s media project isn’t just the amount of time he spends behind a microphone. As The Texas Tribune reported, Cruz is also now facing a campaign finance complaint “over money sent from...
Political pros say Kari Lake is a generational political talent -- but faces a series of self-inflicted challenges as she looks to broaden her appeal and soften her image in the race for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat.
A man was arrested for using female locker rooms at a North Carolina Planet Fitness gym and claiming that he's transgender. Christopher Allan Miller, 38, got completely naked and asked a woman to shower with him and rub lotion on him, according to customers. He was arrested for a felony charge of indecent exposure and booked into the Gaston County Jail
An engineer at Boeing said Wednesday that the aircraft company, in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners breaking apart. “They are putting out defective airplanes,” the engineer, Sam Salehpour, told members of a Senate subcommittee. Salehpour was testifying about Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, hundreds of […]
Dallas Congressman Colin Allred raised more than $9.5 million in this year’s first quarter, outraising U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in the race for his seat.
The lawsuit also provides more details about the peanut incident inside the locker room.