Last month Mayor Mamdani conveyed his condolences, and that of the city, to the family of Clarence Woodward, an inmate who passed away on Rikers Island while awaiting trial...
Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall - to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for one another.
After the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, many U.S. service members and veterans continue to struggle with the meaning of their service. Several veterans told the Washington Examiner that the anniversary of the country’s fall to the Taliban in August is a particularly difficult period. Veterans Crisis Line data provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to corroborate their statements. Calls, texts, and chats to the hotline increased from 52,581 in August 2020 to 71,353 in August 2023.
The Issue: President Biden picketing with striking United Auto Workers members in Michigan. President Biden’s decision to join the United Auto Workers picket line...
Beijing is outraged over a press freedom event held at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this week. The event called attention to the annihilation of free speech rights subsequent to a national security law being introduced in Hong Kong. As reported by Reuters, Beijing first pressured foreign diplomats to avoid the United Kingdom-organized event. Now that the event has concluded, China is expressing fury over what it entailed.
In case you thought that GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s embrace of TikTok was no big deal, we now have even more information about how the Chinese-owned app exploits user data far beyond that of any other social media site.
David Brooks is sorry. On Friday, the New York Times columnist admitted he “screwed up” when he posted on social media a photo of his meal — a burger, fries, and a whiskey — at a New Jersey airport, along with these two sentences.
The Senate dress code was kiboshed after John Fetterman whined and bullied Chuck Schumer into letting him wear sweats. The Senate fought back, including...
These days, Democrats and Republicans seem to hate each other so much that when not attempting to incarcerate each others' principal political leaders, they can't come to a simple agreement to fund the government that employs them. What unites Washington is almost always more fascinating than what divides it, and thus, it is perhaps the most significant accomplishment of his entire career that Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) singlehandedly cajoled the Senate into passing a unanimous formal dress code written by the two villains of their own parties, Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV).
In a rather gimmicky final question in the second Republican presidential primary debate, moderator Dana Perino asked candidates to name one other person on the stage who “should be voted off the island.” They mostly declined to answer, but there is an important point at the heart of the question.
The public is flying more than ever, and the large, rapid increase is creating some problems. Airport infrastructure isn’t up to snuff in many cities (some Miami passengers will be walking a mile to their gate thanks to a downed airport train), staffing problems plague airlines and airports, and also, crowded planes and new fliers are leading to clashes over norms and etiquette.
