As global soccer fans prepare for the quadrennial World Cup tournament, hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada and starting on Thursday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is riding high. Sadly, one major reason Infantino is riding high is that he has made this World Cup a triumph of FIFA greed. With staggered ticket sales […]
Officials in California have been warning the public for days that counting the state’s primary election votes, and thus determining which candidates have qualified for general election runoffs, is a process that could drag on for weeks. This isn’t terribly new or unusual in the Golden State; in 2024, for instance, one congressional race wasn’t […]
Susie Wiles, President Trump’s chief of staff, denied that she will soon leave the White House in response to the Daily Mail reporting on Friday that she is departing after the midterms. “After an accomplishment filled week by President Trump, I have the pleasure of reading a piece of Friday fiction, courtesy of the Daily...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that numerous medical school accrediting organizations and assessors have agreed to increase nutrition requirements for U.S. medical education. HHS said in a release that eight medical school organizations had agreed to "increase nutrition requirements at every level of U.S. medical education, competency-evaluation, training, and residency."...
Los Angeles's registered Democrats waited until "the last minute" to cast their ballots in the June 2 primary election as they sorted out their options for California governor. And that down-to-the-wire vote had consequences in how the mayoral race results were reported, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). On Sunday, DDHQ projected Los Angeles City Council member...
Fewer Americans are saying that democracy is central to U.S. identity ahead of the country’s 250th birthday, according to a new poll. In The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 66 percent of respondents said that “a democratically elected government” is either “extremely important” or “very important” when it comes to “the United...
Residents in the nation’s capital are leaning toward voting for City Councilmember Janeese Lewis-George, a Democratic socialist, to serve as its new mayor according to a recent polling. Lewis-George has served on the city council for six years and is leading former City Council Member at-Large Kenyan McDuffie (D) by double digits according to the...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said conversations are taking place over President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director as the GOP leader seeks to rally senators to extend a key spy powers law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, by the end of the week. “All I know...