Uber is expanding into the hotel booking industry, it announced on Wednesday. At its annual new product event, the rideshare company unveiled a partnership with Expedia that allows Uber customers to book hotels directly in its app. Uber users in the U.S. will ultimately have access to more than 700,000 properties offered on Expedia through...

One number is at the center of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest indictment of former FBI Director James Comey: 86. Last May, Comey posted on Instagram a photo of seashells arranged to form the numbers 86-47 and wrote, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” The grand jury indictment in the Eastern District of...

Multiple Republican lawmakers poked fun at Democratic lawmakers for applauding King Charles III on Tuesday, given their prior support for “No Kings” protests against President Trump. Senator Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) asked on the social platform X, “Why did I just watch every Democrat in Congress stand and clap for an actual King?” The Florida Republican...

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Tuesday said he hopes that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will depart the central bank at the conclusion of his term next month.  Powell’s term as chair is set to end on May 15, but he has previously said he would continue as a board member until the resolution of...

U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Christian Turner said in February that America’s only “special relationship” is with Israel, not his country, according to the Financial Times. “I think there is probably one country that has a special relationship with the United States — and that is probably Israel,” Turner told a group of U.K. students...

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico on Monday ordered government employees to avoid the border city of Reynosa amid reports of “violent criminal activity.” In a security alert, the embassy noted that its consulate in Matamoros, Mexico, has “received reports of violent criminal activity including roadblocks” in Reynosa. U.S. government employees have been “ordered to avoid...

Erika Kirk on Monday lamented the shooting in the vicinity of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner over the weekend as another instance of “political violence” in the U.S. “Saturday was yet another traumatic example of the evil in our country and the continued rise in political violence. I’m taking time to spend with my...

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Monday asked the Trump administration and Secret Service for “answers” regarding security protocols in the wake of Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington. Crow, the ranking member on a bipartisan House task force that investigated the two assassination attempts against President Trump in 2024,...

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) on Monday addressed reports of his absence from Congress, saying he is dealing with a “personal medical issue” and expects to return to Capitol Hill in the near future. “I want to thank my constituents and colleagues for their patience as I address a personal medical issue,” Kean wrote in...

Charlie Crist is running for office, again. The former Florida governor filed Monday to run for mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla. Crist posted a video of himself to the social platform X in which he holds paperwork and remarks, “Well it’s official. I’m now a candidate for mayor of St. Pete. God bless you all.”...

Weijia Jiang, the president of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA), said Monday that the Washington Hilton donated roughly 2,600 meals that went unserved after the association’s annual dinner was cut short Saturday by a gunman. Jiang wrote on the social platform X that hotel staff “freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf...

Mike Wirth, the CEO of Chevron, predicted Sunday that the aviation industry will continue to suffer from jet fuel shortages arising from Iranian restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. “Inventories of jet fuel in certain parts of the world were at seasonally, relatively low levels before the conflict began. The Middle East refiners...