Three months after a police officer shot and killed Roger Fortson, an airman in the U.S. Air Force, his family and prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump held a press conference in Florida demanding that the officer face charges. “For Black people in America, when they delay, delay, delay, that tells us they’re trying to...
Democratic veteran strategist James Carville weighed in on the current presidential matchup late Friday, saying the election — now less than three months away — ultimately comes down to the "classy" vs. the "trashy." MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle pointed to a recent vow from one of the party nominees that promised to cut “needless bureaucracy and...
The European Union's Digital Services Act threatens to censor speech deemed "disinformation" or "incitement", prompting a call for a "Digital Freedom Act" to protect free speech in the US.
CNN political commentator Van Jones praised Vice President Harris’s recently debuted economic agenda, saying he is glad that a Democrat is “boldly” discussing price gouging. “Thank goodness we’re finally hearing from a Democrat aggressively on price gouging,” Jones told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday evening. “Democrats have no problem dragging in technology CEOs, grilling them, you...
Republican lawmakers are celebrating after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision Friday, denied the Biden administration’s emergency request to partially reinstate its new Title IX rules, which, if implemented, would protect against sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. “Unlike Democrats, Republicans know what a woman is, and we know Title IX was written to...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City on the horizon offer unprecedented opportunities for U.S. diplomacy and for showcasing sports’ economic and social benefits.
Vice President Harris is closing the gap with former President Trump in several key battleground states as the election inches closer, according to a new survey. The poll, published Saturday, from The New York Times/Siena College found Harris is leading Trump in Arizona (50 percent to 45 percent) and North Carolina (49 percent to 47...
By installing an interim civilian government made up of only “advisers,” the coup leaders have helped foster a romanticized Western media narrative of a student-led “revolution” in the country.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) celebrated Vice President Harris's newly unveiled economic plan Friday, heralding the proposals as "strong" and "progressive." "Well, I think given the fact that she has been a candidate for only three weeks, I think she's doing really, really well in a whole lot of ways," Sanders told MSNBC's Chris Hayes. "I...
North Carolina is back in play. Vice President Harris’s momentum after replacing President Biden atop the Democratic ticket has shaken up the political map and put the Tar Heel State squarely back into battleground territory after it appeared to be slipping out of reach for Democrats just a few weeks ago. Harris has erased former...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) often talks about he and his wife Gwen Walz undergoing years of fertility treatments before becoming parents, allowing him to shine a personal spotlight on a major Republican vulnerability. "This gets personal for me and my family," Walz said of reproductive care during his first rally with Harris earlier this...
