Local election officials in key swing states are taking on new power heading into 2024, worrying some legal observers who expect attempts to slow down the certification process in favor of GOP candidates. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, which former President Trump baselessly claimed was rigged against him, local bodies, which typically...
Democrats are leery about the prospect of Vice President Harris putting out anything close to a fleshed-out agenda, believing they must make the 2024 election about the former president — not the current vice president. Instead, they’re hoping Harris will run a largely atmospheric campaign — one with limited policy substance — to make the...
A man has been charged with making threats against the current president, the vice president and a former president, United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz said Friday according to a press release. The 37-year-old, known as Kyl Alton Hall, posted multiple times via the social platform X in late June, according to the release from...
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a prisoner exchange brokered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Middle Eastern country “announced the success of its mediation efforts between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in completing a new prisoner exchange process that included 230 prisoners,” per a page...
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, said former President Trump would shoot down a federal abortion ban if he recaptures the White House in the fall. “I think he would,” Vance told NBC News’s Kristen Welker in a clip posted to the “Meet the Press” account on the social platform X...
Police have detained two people over a knife attack in Solingen, Germany, which left three people dead and eight others wounded and for which the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility. The attack took place during a festival celebrating the city's 650th anniversary. The group said the attacker, who was detained after the group...
A potential endorsement from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in the 2024 race remains an open question following this week’s Democratic convention. The Teamsters union said it has historically waited until after the party conventions to endorse, making this week a pivotal milestone in the highly anticipated endorsement timeline. But joining its fellow large unions...
Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary suggested that Vice President Harris could be a Hillary Clinton 2.0 situation. “If in fact, Harris loses — and it’s 50-50, she may win, she may lose — this whole party, the Democratic Party, is going to revisit what happened here,” O’Leary said Saturday on Fox News. “They did the...
Vice President Harris is riding the high coming off a successful and energetic Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week and her competitor, former President Trump, also got a boost when independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign and endorsed him. Both topics are likely going to be the focus of this week’s Sunday...
Africa has become a battleground between democracy and authoritarianism, with autocrats gaining the upper hand, and the U.S. must support human rights defenders in the region to ensure global security and stability.
Republican pollster Frank Luntz signaled that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s backing of former President Trump could help him win battleground states in 2024. Luntz said that while Kennedy’s poll numbers have dropped since Vice President Harris ascended to the top of the Democratic Party presidential ticket, his remaining supporters could provide enough...
While there is ample concern that a future President Harris would push for policies counter to America’s energy standing in the world, we don’t know for sure because she hasn’t told us.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested that President Biden would have dropped his reelection bid earlier if he debated independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. McCarthy argued that the Democrats kicked Kennedy out of their party and that Vice President Harris, who filled in for Biden after his decision to not seek another...
The raging wildfires that have become a mainstay in certain California communities are not only devastating family dwellings — they are also impeding Californians from procuring the insurance necessary to protect these homes in the future. Aiming to both quell soaring prices and bring back firms that have left the Golden State, regulators are proposing...
