Seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen were killed Monday in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, according to the nongovernmental organization. The workers were leaving a warehouse in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, and driving in a "deconflicted zone" in two armored cars when the strike hit, the World Central Kitchen (WCK) said. The...
Congress is in recess, but lawmakers are still focused on the work that awaits them once they return to Washington next week. The key issue? Further aid for Ukraine. It’s a no-brainer for President Biden and congressional Democrats, who have been calling for more assistance to aid the country’s defense against Russia’s incursion. In the...
Speculation is heating up about former President Trump’s choice of running mate. But the bigger question is, does it matter? The former president is so uncommonly polarizing there will be few voters who can be shifted one way or another by a vice-presidential candidate. Trump being Trump, his eclipse of whoever is on the lower...
Over 8,000 anti-Muslim complaints were recorded across the nation last year, marking the highest total in the 30 years the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has tracked the complaints. In its report, published Tuesday, CAIR said it received 8,061 complaints of anti-Muslim incidents, surpassing the previous record in 2021, when 6,720 incidents were reported. This...
The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, abruptly resigned on Monday, citing health concerns. Cody Smith’s exit comes after he won the 2023 election in a race that hinged on the Robb Elementary School shooting. "I want to thank members of the Uvalde community for their thoughts and prayers during my ongoing recovery from unexpected medical issues...
Due to rising mortgage rates and falling rents, it's cheaper to rent than buy a starter home in every one of the country's 50 largest metropolitan areas, according to new data from Realtor.com published Monday. February marked the seventh consecutive decline in rental prices for apartments and small homes, with rents falling by about 0.4 percent compared...
Former Trump administration aide Hope Hicks is expected to testify for the prosecution in the former president’s New York hush money trial, NBC News reported Monday. Hicks, once one of Trump’s closest aides, was interviewed by prosecutors for the case last year. Trump faces charges that he falsified business records in attempts to cover up...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said Monday that President Biden may be a "greater threat to democracy" than former President Trump, citing his own legal battle against the Biden administration over social media censorship. Kennedy said in a CNN interview with Erin Burnett on Monday that he could "make an argument" that Biden is worse,...
A New York judge expanded former President Trump's gag order on Monday to limit his recent barrage of attacks against the judge's daughter. Justice Juan Merchan's five-page ruling excoriated Trump over his series of Truth Social posts attacking the judge's daughter since the former president was placed under a gag order last week. "This pattern of attacking family...
A federal judge in California ruled against Hunter Biden’s attempt to toss out his tax charges on Monday, letting the criminal case against the president’s son move forward. The younger Biden faces three felony charges and six misdemeanor charges in connection to tax evasion, filing a false return and failing to pay taxes between 2016...
Former President Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case Monday evening, staving off the possible seizure of his assets while appealing a state judge’s ruling against him over deceitful business practices. The bond, from the Knight Specialty Insurance Company, automatically bars New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) from...
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s abortion law Monday, setting up a change to the law in the coming months that will likely be a focus for the November election. The court upheld the state’s current 15-week ban on abortion in the Monday ruling, allowing it to continue to be enforced. The conservative majority...
President Biden’s reelection campaign announced Monday that it will aim to flip Florida, targeting the home of former President Trump. Campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a memo that investing in Florida is part of the Biden campaign’s pathway to 270 electoral votes. Trump won the Sunshine State in 2020 with more than 51...
