AS FIRST DEBATE APPROACHES, IS GOP RACE ALREADY OVER? The first debate of the Republican presidential primaries is now just days away. There is still uncertainty about who will take part — there have been reports that former President Donald Trump, who leads second-place Gov. Ron DeSantis by 40 points, will skip the event. But Trump could always change his mind. The Fox News moderators, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, say they are preparing questions for any circumstance.
The World Health Organization added a new lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to its Variants Under Monitoring (VUM) category on Thursday, citing a large number of mutations that “warrants attention.”
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley is making an appearance Friday at The Gathering, a two-day conservative conference in Atlanta organized by the talk radio host and blogger Erick Erickson. The former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor, one of six candidates for the Republican presidential nomination speaking at the event, faces a steep challenge in...
In the wake of the deadliest U.S. fire in more than a century that has left hundreds of structures destroyed and at least $1 billion in damages, Maui faces a difficult recovery. In the weeks and months ahead, there is sure to be plenty of talk about how Washington can best support Hawaii’s recovery. Unfortunately, the federal government has not proven particularly nimble in its...
Former President Trump plans to skip next week's first Republican presidential primary debate and instead sit for an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to a new report. Trump has made the decision to skip the debate and is currently planning to sit for an interview with Carlson, The New York Times...
A tropical storm watch has been issued for Southern California for the first time ever as Hurricane Hilary turns north and threatens the southwest U.S. with heavy rain and high winds. The tropical storm watch is in effect from the U.S.-Mexico border to the southern edge of Los Angeles County, meaning all of San Diego...
The cigarette smoking rate among American adults is holding near a historic low reached last year, according to a Gallup survey released Friday. Gallup's Consumption Habits survey found that only 12 percent of Americans said they had smoked cigarettes in the past week. That figure marked a 1 percentage point increase from last year, but...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said he is prepared for next week’s first Republican primary debate regardless of whether former President Trump attends. “We’re prepared either way,” DeSantis told conservative radio talk show host Erick Erickson during an interview at a conference in Atlanta. Trump has strongly hinted that he plans to skip the first...