Ukraine on Wednesday hit Moscow in what Russia described as one of its largest drone attacks in the war, though Russia claimed all of the explosive unmanned vehicles were shot down. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that overnight into Wednesday its forces destroyed a total of 45 drones launched into Russia. Eleven of those...
CNN’s Jake Tapper knocked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, for suggesting on the campaign trail that his family used in vitro fertilization (IVF) instead of another fertility treatment. Tapper played a clip of Walz criticizing Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), his GOP counterpart, on MSNBC, where he said, “Thank God for IVF,...
An initiative to protect the right to an abortion in Montana will be on the ballot in November, after the secretary of state officially approved and certified the measure late Tuesday. Montana will be the eighth state to put an abortion question in front of voters this fall. Abortion protections have won every time they’ve...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced Wednesday that the state would cancel $100 million in medical debt for nearly 50,000 residents. “Medical debt can follow someone for decades. We are wiping the slate clean for thousands and making a real impact on their lives,” Murphy posted on X. New Jersey is working with the...
Pro-Palestinian protesters twice interrupted a live interview with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on CBS’s "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday, demanding the U.S. halt sending military aid to Israel. As Pelosi was talking about President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race, a woman was shouting from the audience. Colbert...
Facing global protests over Israel’s war in Gaza, possible charges in the International Criminal Court and calls for new elections in Israel — there’s a real risk that Netanyahu will draw Tehran into a fight to preserve his political future.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential nominee, made a pitch to supporters of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after Kennedy's running mate suggested the two campaigns may join forces. “I’ve never talked to RFK about this, but my pitch to him and to a lot of his voters would be, the Democratic Party...
Former President Trump revealed his son Barron, who turned 18 in March, will attend a university in New York, describing the school as "very good" without naming it in a new interview. When asked by the New York Post if the younger Trump has decided where he is going to go to school, the former...
A group of 50 Republican lawmakers who served in the military wrote to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday, chastising the Democratic vice presidential nominee for “misrepresentations” of his military service. The letter, which was shared by former President Trump's campaign, marks the latest attempt by Republicans to attack Walz over his service since he...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is departing the Middle East on Wednesday after trying to shore up support for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal that now appears to be out of reach. Blinken traveled to Israel, Egypt and Qatar this week to push a deal over the finish line and pressure Hamas to...
Democrats have a moral and strategic imperative to promote Walz’s embodiment of empathetic and principled masculinity as a stark contrast to the bullying chauvinism of the Trump-Vance candidacy. Yet, this is only half the battle.
Numerous protesters were arrested after clashing with police near the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Tuesday, according to media reports. Most of the arrests occurred toward the end of the night after protesters had tense confrontations with police officers throughout the demonstration, The Associated Press reported. The news wire also noted that law enforcement officers...
Donald Trump needs to find a way to reach people who do not like him, or else 2024 will be a repeat of 2020, as he is leading on the issues that matter most to voters.
