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.
Upon hearing that both the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post would refrain from endorsing a presidential candidate this year, one thought popped up in my mind: What took them so long?
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville cautioned that comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's jokes about Puerto Rico at former President Trump's rally in Madison Square Garden is going to cost the GOP nominee votes in key battleground states. "Trump is a giant loser," Carville said Monday night in an interview on MSNBC's "The Beat." "The sooner people acknowledge...
GOP commentator Ryan Girdusky has been banned from CNN after he made offensive comments Monday toward Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan, seemingly referencing his ethnicity. "I hope your beeper doesn't go off," Girdusky told Hasan, an apparent reference the pager bomb detonations earlier this year that resulted in several deaths and thousands of injuries in Lebanon....
Steve Bannon was released from prison Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Bannon’s exit from a Connecticut prison comes exactly one week from Election Day, where his former boss, former President Trump, is neck-and-neck with his Democratic opponent,...
Two billionaire newspaper owners, Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bezos, have announced their papers will not be endorsing any presidential candidates in the 2024 election, citing their organizations' original policy of no presidential endorsements, but their decisions have been criticized as cowardly and a conflict of interest due to their major ties to the federal government.
In today’s issue: One week to go. Seven days before Election Day, Vice President Harris and former President Trump are making their closing arguments to voters, and their last-week appearances serve to highlight the stark differences between their campaigns. Harris today will deliver a speech at the Ellipse — the very site where Trump spoke...
Generation-defining challenges — including housing affordability, how to adapt to climate change and the bottoming out of commercial real estate in the wake of the pandemic — paint an uncertain future for many American cities. “American cities are facing significant challenges, including currently housing affordability, the post pandemic recovery, economic development, climate resilience and infrastructure...
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced $3 billion in funding through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions associated with U.S. ports. EPA Administrator Michael Regan made the announcement on a call with reporters ahead of a planned visit Tuesday by President Biden to the Port of Baltimore, where the...
Escalating wars in the Middle East are not likely to calm before the November election, making the next U.S. president a key figure in efforts to broker peace and reset relations in the region. Former President Trump and Vice President Harris agree on some basic goals of U.S. policy in the region – defending Israel...
Laser imaging of the rainforests of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have turned up thousands of ancient Maya structures — and an entire previously unknown city, a new study has found. By flying aircraft over jungle in the Mexican state of Campeche and pummeling the trees with laser pulses, scientists have shown that beneath the forest lie the...
Israel passed a law on Monday banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), according to multiple reports. Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, voted 92-10 to bar the UNRWA from operating on Israeli soil on Monday, notes the Associated Press. “It was approved by the plenary: UNRWA activities...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said the “little secret” that former President Trump teased at his Madison Square Garden rally is a get-out-the-vote effort, not a “diabolical” plan to toss out Electoral College results if Trump loses the presidential election. “It’s nothing scandalous, but we’re having a ball with this. The...
