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.
Some of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders and advocates celebrated the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Friday by calling for more to be done to end present-day segregation. Many Black leaders have expressed concerns over limitations on Black history and diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and the Supreme Court’s decision...
The federal government is warning U.S. citizens traveling internationally during LGBTQ Pride month in June to be vigilant, citing concerns that events could be targeted by extremist groups. The State Department in a travel advisory issued Friday said U.S. citizens attending Pride month celebrations abroad should “exercise increased caution” over concerns of possible terror attacks, demonstrations...
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) Friday, dealing a blow to the union that hopes to make progress in the south following a successful election in Tennessee last month. Workers at the Vance, Ala., plant voted 2,642 to 2,045 against joining the union, according to the National Labor Relations...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, says it’s “worth investigating” whether lawmakers were drinking during Thursday’s explosive hearing, after rumors circulated that noncommittee members were intoxicated. “I didn’t see the drinking by the gentlelady from New Mexico, Melanie Stansbury raised it, she said there are members drinking...
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby weighed in on footage of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping embracing Friday in Beijing. "That's nice for them," Kirby told reporters when asked for a reaction to the hug between the two leaders. Kirby said it’s “no surprise” that Xi and Putin “continue...
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said he and fellow Republicans went to former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York City due to a gag order the former president is under. “And they’ve got this gag order against him,” Good said on Fox Business's “Varney & Co.” Friday. “That’s why we went up there, so...
Kelly Stafford, who is married to Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, posted online criticizing Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after his divisive commencement speech went viral. Stafford, who posted her comments to her podcast’s Instagram story, took issue with Butker’s address from last Saturday at Benedictine College, a Catholic liberal arts college in...
Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser, will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend amid rising international tensions around the Israel-Hamas war, the administration confirmed Friday. Sullivan will meet in Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday to talk about the war in Gaza and efforts to achieve peace in...
A Thursday night hearing’s descent into chaos earned rebuke from both sides of the aisle after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) attacked another member’s physical appearance, a barb Democrats said had racial undertones. House Oversight and Accountability Committee lawmakers railed against the episode as “disgusting,” “embarrassing,” and a “middle school fight.” Tempers may have been...
The man charged with assaulting former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband in 2022 was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. David DePape, 44, broke into Pelosi’s California home and violently attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer. DePape, who moved to the U.S. from Canada more than two decades ago, was found guilty...
John Eastman, a former lawyer for former President Trump, pleaded not guilty on Friday in Phoenix on charges related to an alleged conspiracy to overturn Arizona’s 2020 presidential election results. Eastman was among a group of Trump allies indicted in Arizona in late April for allegedly attempting to prevent the lawful transfer or power. They...
