Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday unveiled a foreign policy platform that would significantly reduce the United States' international involvement, declaring “we will be Uncle Sucker no more.” Ramaswamy said in a post in the conservative outlet The American Conservative that the U.S. “squandered” its opportunity immediately following the end of the Cold War...
Florida warned Sunday of potentially widespread fuel contamination at Tampa-area gas stations as Tropical Storm Idalia approaches the state. Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said human error may have caused the potential contamination of fuel at nearly 30 gas stations in the Tampa area. Fuel from the stations — supplied by Citgo —...
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday warned Florida residents to heed officials’ warnings immediately to begin preparing for what he described as a “nasty” major hurricane that is expected to hit Florida early Wednesday. At a press conference Monday morning, DeSantis provided an update on Tropical Storm Idalia’s trajectory and on the state’s preparation efforts,...
Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon (D) has issued a scathing rebuke of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s response to a white supremacist’s deadly rampage in Jacksonville this weekend. Nixon, who represents the Jacksonville district where the shooting happened, told MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian on Sunday that DeSantis has been leading "an all-out attack on the Black community with his anti-woke policies" and because of...
Vice President Harris said Monday that the United States is experiencing an "epidemic of hate" in response to the deadly shooting in Jacksonville, Fla., over the weekend. “[L]et us continue to speak truth about the moment we are in: America is experiencing an epidemic of hate. Too many communities have been torn apart by hatred...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is set to hold a press briefing Monday afternoon joined by Office of Public Engagement Director Stephen Benjamin, who coordinates White House relations with civic leaders around the country. President Biden in a Washington Post op-ed this weekend made the case that his economic policies continue the fight for...
An anti-Trump Republican group is targeting the former president over his indictment in Georgia, where he was charged with 13 counts related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. The Republican Accountability Project announced Sunday that it will be launching a six-figure ad campaign focusing on the Fulton County election case,...
The federal judge presiding over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against former President Trump alleging interference in the 2020 presidential election set the trial date for March 4, 2024--right in the middle of the GOP presidential primary calendar.