House Democrats pick up three new Republican supporters as they force a third successful vote on a war powers resolution to end the months-long Iran conflict.
Tony Hinchcliffe was a relative unknown to the world of politics before he told a series of off-color jokes about Puerto Rico and Latinos at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally last weekend. An insult comic best known for brutal roasts and searing personal attacks, Hinchcliffe’s joke referring to Puerto Rico as a floating island of...
Roughly one-third of adults don't plan to do anything to celebrate Halloween on Thursday, the latest Economist/YouGov poll found. The survey found that 31 percent of adults don't expect to do anything to celebrate Halloween. Nineteen percent of adults under 45 years old and 40 percent of older Americans don't have plans for Halloween, the...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is failing to serve the urgent needs of U.S. veterans due to chronic understaffing, long waits for health care, a six-figure backlog of benefit claims, and an over-reliance on medication instead of more innovative treatments.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) granted a request from the state of North Carolina that will extend its deadline to apply for federal hurricane relief into January. FEMA announced that local governments, houses of worship and nonprofit organizations in 39 of North Carolina’s counties have until Jan. 7, 2025, to submit requests for assistance...
A new Harris-Walz campaign ad voiced by actor Julia Roberts encourages women to vote for Vice President Harris in the presidential election, even if their husbands are backing former President Trump. The Roberts ad also alludes to abortion rights, which is seen as a pivotal issue in a race that has seen Trump with big...
Children whose parents keep them off sugar during their first two years of life have lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure for the rest of their lives, a new study has found. That protection remains even if the children begin eating more sugar after age 2, according to findings published on Thursday in Science....
The Ethiopian government's drone strikes on civilians in the Amhara region, likely funded in part by the IMF and World Bank, have resulted in the deaths of over 200 civilians and have caused economic harm, leading to Chinese investors leaving the country.
Republicans on the House Education Committee on Thursday released their report regarding antisemitism on college campuses after a nearly yearlong investigation that played a part in at least two university presidents resigning from their roles. The probe collected more than 400,000 documents from 11 schools across the country in the wake of Hamas's Oct....
Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are separated by only 1 point in the battleground states of Georgia and North Carolina, according to polling released Thursday. The surveys from CNN, which were conducted by SSRS, found that Trump leads Harris by 1 point — with 48 percent support to her 47 percent — among...
Ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the Trump campaign’s alternate electors strategy in 2020, has been suspended from practicing law in New York following his conviction for a "serious crime." A panel of judges on the Appellate Division — New York’s midlevel appeals court — ruled Thursday that Chesebro is barred from practicing law in the...
Florida Sens. Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R) are questioning why the Biden administration hasn’t done more to leverage domestic IV fluid manufacturing in the wake of shortages caused by Hurricane Helene. Hospitals were left scrambling after the storm flooded a Baxter manufacturing plant in Marion, N.C. The plant makes about 60 percent...
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) reassured the state’s voters that the upcoming election is secure and that voters' ballots will be counted. Raffensperger said that no matter which presidential candidate triumphs in the 2024 White House election, “every voter in our state should know that the results will be valid because the election...
Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants if elected, a move that has only been invoked three times in the past 225 years.
The Economist announced Thursday that the outlet is backing Vice President Harris over former President Trump in the upcoming election, now less than a week away. “While some newspapers refused to back a presidential candidate this year, today The Economist is endorsing Kamala Harris,” Economist editors wrote in the piece published early Thursday. “Tens of...
