Run For Something, a progressive candidate recruitment organization, is pitching major donors on a $50 million, five-year effort to expand Democrats’ footprint in battleground and red states outside the...
President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan may already be verging on collapse, Hamas’s release of Israel’s remaining hostages being its sole success. What this limited, but welcome, humanitarian achievement should teach us strategically, however, is its underlying cause. Since Hamas’s initial 2023 barbaric attack, Israel, assisted by the United States, has fundamentally changed the Middle […]
President Donald Trump scored a victory for consumers on Friday by effectively blocking a United Nations carbon tax scheme for at least a year. The battle isn’t over yet, as the Trump administration still needs to convince 40 other nations to abandon what would be the world’s first global carbon tax. It comes from the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said President Trump’s ability to successfully broker a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas provides hope for an end to the war in Eastern Europe. “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well—including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote in...
Researchers are getting a better idea of what leads to clinical cases of Candida auris, a dangerous and drug-resistant fungus that has been rapidly multiplying.
Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles on Friday said the nation is “not worried” about removal from the NATO alliance, despite quips from President Trump about the country being the lowest defense spender. "We are not worried," Robles told reporters in Madrid according to The Associated Press. She added later, “I believe that President Trump must...
I’m a fourth-generation pork producer from McComb, Ohio. My family has been raising pigs since 1874. Today, Stateler Family Farms includes pigs, corn, soybeans and wheat. We’re proud of our family farm, where we prioritize animal care and environmental sustainability and have adapted to meet changing market and regulatory demands. In 2018, California passed Proposition...
These states have all affirmed that they want to observe daylight saving time year-round, yet their clocks will switch to standard time in November with the rest of us. Here's why.
Former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice on Friday commended President Trump for successfully facilitating the first stages of a ceasefire deal with Israel and Hamas in Gaza. “It's a really significant first step, and I really commend President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region, for making...
With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.
The Israeli military launched airstrikes on Lebanon overnight targeting Hezbollah and killing at least one person. The attack on the village of Msayleh also destroyed a highway that connects Lebanon to Beirut, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, according to The Associated Press. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were targeting a “Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure” in southern Lebanon,...
Republicans are on the defensive as Democrats have successfully made the shutdown fight about health care. Most Republicans said they don't want to see insurance premiums spike, but neither are they willing to openly support the extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits Democrats are asking for. While the GOP has remained...