US politics

US politics

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is getting a refund of $1 million from a committee supporting Matt Mahan for governor of California. It's not clear whether Hastings asked for the refund five days after making the May 15 donation given that Mahan has an almost-zero shot of making it through the primary or if it was returned by the committee voluntarily. [California Post]

No one opened the door when Adam Hamawy rang the bell of a Trenton row house while campaigning for Congress in the city's historic Mill Hill district. Instead, a young man opened a third-floor window and poked his head out. "Have you voted yet? Or are you going to vote soon?" Hamawy shouted up into the May afternoon sunshine. The man replied with a no. "The election is on June 2. And I'm running so that we are funding healthcare, not bombs. We all want healthcare, right?" asked Hamawy, a surgeon by trade. The man agreed. "So will you vote for me?" Hamawy asked. The man said he would look at the pamphlet stuck in his front door.

The draft executive order, expected as early as Thursday, sets up a voluntary 90-day pre-release model-disclosure framework with the federal government, with critical-infrastructure providers including banks brought in early. Steve Bannon and Amy Kremer have been pressing for a harder, mandatory line. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on AI oversight as soon as Thursday, Reuters reported on Wednesday, under mounting pressure from parts of his political base who want tighter security review of frontier AI systems.

Do not ever doubt President Trump and his political power. F**k around, find out," White House communications director Steven Cheung wrote on X Tuesday after Trump-backed Ed Gallrein unseated Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a frequent critic of the president.

These foreign issues that we are facing are not my top priority. I understand that the president is tackling them hard. I praised him for his work in Venezuela, I praised him for the initial strikes in Iran, and it's really tough to defend all the aspects of this war with Iran currently, especially when we see the secretary of war doing campaign events in Kentucky, of all places, in the middle of a war. That's really difficult to grasp.

Well, that is my parliamentary inquiry, McGovern fired back. I just want to know what has happened with the Iran war powers resolution. The gentleman may consult with your leadership regarding scheduling, came the reply. McGovern lost it: Mr. Speaker, further parliamentary inquiry. Are we not voting on it because the American people are sick and tired of this illegal war that is costing tens of billions of dollars?! Gas prices are through the roof! People can't afford people can't afford their groceries! Is that why you're pulling it?! You guys don't have the or guts or the balls to vote on this! The House will be in order, the chair said, as Democrats cheered uproariously.

I am here today to answer your questions, to dispel rumors and conspiracies, and to tell you the truth, Sarah Kellen told lawmakers on the House of Representatives oversight and reform committee on Thursday morning, as part of its ongoing review of the federal investigation into Epstein.