Oops. A honcho with the LA teachers union (UTLA) is saying the quiet part out loud. As the California Post reported: Julie Van Winkle, UTLA AFT vice president and...
A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
The White House has spent days fiercely defending three taxpayer-funded advertisements that glorify President Donald Trump and are nearing at least $1.5 million in public spending, calling them public service announcements like those used in past administrations.
The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been ordered to remain behind bars, officials said. The Specialized Criminal Court in Slovakia ordered the suspect to be detained after prosecutors said they were worried he could flee the country or carry out other crimes if he was free. He could...
The latest attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea struck a Greek-owned and operated oil tanker with a ballistic missile early Saturday, according to U.S. officials. The Iranian-backed group hit the oil tanker Wind at around 1 a.m. local time, with one anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). Wind, a Panamanian-flagged ship, was most recently...
Unlike the rigid alliances of the Cold War, multi-alignment involves a strategic flexibility that empowers nations to navigate the complexities of a multipolar world.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) brought the question of Supreme Court ethics back to light after Justice Samuel Alito was criticized earlier this week for an upside-down American flag allegedly flying outside of his Virginia home in 2021. “None of them have clean hands, none of them have clean hands,” Nadler said during an appearance Saturday...
A sprawling water district that serves residents, ranchers and recreators on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains is preparing to invest a mammoth $98.5 million on a tiny hydropower plant in a bipartisan, multi-sectorial effort to help secure the Colorado River's future. In the coming weeks, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is expected to...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), the GOP nominee for retiring Democratic Sen. Cardin's seat in Maryland, argued Friday that his recent pivot on abortion, is not “a major transformation.” Hogan said he supports "restoring Roe as the law of the land" and called himself "pro-choice" in an interview published Thursday in The New York...
A judge ruled Friday that a gubernatorial candidate in Missouri with alleged ties to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) can stay on the Republican ticket. The Missouri GOP attempted to kick Darrell McClanahan out from participating in the August Republican primary, but Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker denied the request, The Associated Press...
Colleges that used police force to end their recent on-campus student protests are facing criticism for their handling of the situation, but so are the small handful that cut deals to end the demonstrations. The few universities that successfully negotiated to end the pro-Palestinian encampments — among them Northwestern, Brown, Rutgers and Johns Hopkins —...
Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate. “I'm gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner Friday. “I am, no I really am. I don't want him coming in like the State of the Union, he...
The recent shocking torrent of antisemitism has awakened Americans. More and more are speaking up. The First Amendment provides them — as well as faculty and students — with opportunities to educate the public about Israel, Jewish history and antisemitism.
The inmate who is charged with stabbing former Minneapolis police office Derek Cahuvin in an Arizona prison is allowed to represent himself in court, a judge ruled. John Turscak, the federal inmate who attacked Chauvin, stabbed him 22 times with a makeshift knife at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tucson last November. Chauvin killed...
A growing number of Democrats see Biden as becoming the political version of “Groundhog Day.” Every night they go to sleep dreaming of having a new nominee and every morning they wake up to the same old Biden.
