GOP presidential candidates share stories of family and faith. Offstage, their sharp edges reemerged
A trio of Republican presidential candidates shared stories of family and faith before hundreds of voters in northwest Iowa on Saturday, in congenial individual conversations with their hosts not long after the campaign's latest fractious debate. But off the stage at a small Christian college in Sioux Center, the rivals' sharp edges reemerged.
At least 6 dead after tornado rips through Tennessee towns
At least six people were killed Saturday after severe weather, including multiple tornadoes, struck central Tennessee. Three fatalities were in Clarksville, northwest of Nashville near the Kentucky border, where nearly two dozen more people were hospitalized, county officials said. “This is a sad day for our community,” Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden said. “We are...
John Whitmire defeats Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston mayor’s race
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, was projected to win the Houston mayoral race, beating out a fellow Democrat in a runoff to represent one of the most populous cities in the country. Whitmire was up against Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for the mayor’s seat after the race slipped into a runoff following the...
Tucker Carlson launches new subscription site
Tucker Carlson announced a new subscription site for his content on Saturday, providing a way for fans to pay for more from the former Fox News host. Carlson was ousted from Fox News in April over criticism of company management and has since hosted a periodical news and political commentary show for free on X,...
Biden begins Hollywood fundraising tour
President Biden began a 2024 Hollywood fundraising blitz with a visit to Los Angeles this weekend, calling out former President Trump in a speaking engagement while plying his case for a second term. After a summer of strikes and industry strife where they avoided the Hollywood limelight, Biden and the First Lady planned six fundraising...
At least 6 dead after tornado rips through Tennessee towns
At least six people were killed Saturday after severe weather, including multiple tornadoes, struck central Tennessee. Three fatalities were in Clarksville, northwest of Nashville near the Kentucky border, where nearly two dozen more people were hospitalized, county officials said. “This is a sad day for our community,” Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden said. “We are...
Tucker Carlson launches new subscription site
Tucker Carlson announced a new subscription site for his content on Saturday, providing a way for fans to pay for more from the former Fox News host. Carlson was ousted from Fox News in April over criticism of company management and has since hosted a periodical news and political commentary show for free on X,...
John Whitmire defeats Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston mayor’s race
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, was projected to win the Houston mayoral race, beating out a fellow Democrat in a runoff to represent one of the most populous cities in the country. Whitmire was up against Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for the mayor’s seat after the race slipped into a runoff following the...
Biden begins Hollywood fundraising tour
President Biden began a 2024 Hollywood fundraising blitz with a visit to Los Angeles this weekend, calling out former President Trump in a speaking engagement while plying his case for a second term. After a summer of strikes and industry strife where they avoided the Hollywood limelight, Biden and the First Lady planned six fundraising...
Cheney nixed from 2020 White House holiday party following anti-Trump statement
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) revealed that she was uninvited from President Trump’s 2020 White House holiday party after questioning his claims of widespread voter fraud in that year’s election. In her new book, “Oath and Honor,” Cheney recalls that the snub came after she released a statement calling on Trump to provide evidence for...
Biden admin uses emergency authority to approve tank shells sale to Israel
The Biden administration has authorized the sale of almost 14,000 tank shells to Israel, bypassing congressional rules, the Pentagon announced Saturday. The Department of Defense used an emergency declaration from the Arms Export Control Act to sell 13,981 tank cartridges, worth $106.5 million, immediately to Israel as the country continues its ongoing war against the militant...
Stefanik celebrates UPenn president’s resignation after targeting university heads
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) celebrated the resignation of University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) President Liz Magill on Saturday after demanding she be removed amid controversial statements on campus antisemitism. “One down. Two to go,” Stefanik said on X, formerly Twitter. “This is only the very beginning of addressing the pervasive rot of antisemitism that has destroyed...
Santos, Goldman trade barbs over expelled lawmaker’s Cameo earnings
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) feuded online Saturday over Santos’ successful Cameo business after he was expelled from Congress last week. After being expelled, Santos turned to the video messaging service Cameo, where anyone can pay $400 for a custom message from the former congressman. “Hey George Santos, friendly recommendation:...
UPenn board of trustees chair resigns following university president’s departure
The chair of the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees resigned on Saturday, just after university President Liz Magill did the same following controversial comments she made at a House hearing on antisemitism this week. Scott Bok, who announced Magill’s resignation Saturday, said minutes later that he would also step down, citing the congressional hearing...
New York AG suggests Trump experts helped push her fraud case forward
New York Attorney General Letitia James said that experts called for former President Trump's defense this week actually helped her legal case alleging Trump and his company falsified business records. “Donald Trump can continue to try to distract from reality. You can continue to call me names,” she said in a video message Friday. “But...
Trump campaign slams Casey DeSantis’s push for out-of-state help in Iowa
Former President Trump's campaign called out Casey DeSantis, the wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, over her push for out-of-state supporters to participate in next month’s Iowa caucuses. During an appearance alongside her husband on Fox News Friday, Casey DeSantis claimed that people don’t have to be residents of Iowa to participate in the upcoming...
Florida school district adding 4-day weekends to combat chronic absences
The Pasco County School District is introducing a new approach to the school calendar in the 2024-2025 school year to combat chronic absenteeism.
Maine lawmakers press harder for independent Army probe of Lewiston shooting
Maine’s congressional delegation on Friday renewed calls for the Army inspector general to conduct a private investigation into the events that led to the deadliest mass shooting in the state earlier this year. "We believe it is imperative that you, as the Inspector General of the Army, conduct an investigation separate from the ongoing administrative...
Pregnant Texas woman granted abortion calls legal fight ‘overwhelming’
The Texas woman at the center of a legal fight over whether she can receive emergency abortion care called the stresses of the controversy “overwhelming.” Kate Cox was granted an exemption to Texas’ strict abortion laws on Thursday because her fetus has a fatal chromosomal disorder. But, the state Supreme Court paused the order on...