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Joe Biden is the October surprise

Here’s Joey! It is fitting that still-President Joe Biden is making his presence felt in the waning days of the presidential election. Democrats should have expected that, like Jack Nicholson’s character in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining, Biden would take an ax to the flimsy haunted hotel door that is the Harris campaign. […]

Colorado’s election breach exposes partisan secretary of state

The Colorado secretary of state who pushed to keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s ballot now faces heat for an election security breach in her own office. Sensitive BIOS passwords for election tabulation computers in 63 of Colorado’s 64 counties were inadvertently leaked on the secretary of state’s website — buried in a hidden Excel spreadsheet tab […]

Many Americans have no plans to celebrate Halloween in 2024: Poll

Roughly one-third of adults don't plan to do anything to celebrate Halloween on Thursday, the latest Economist/YouGov poll found. The survey found that 31 percent of adults don't expect to do anything to celebrate Halloween. Nineteen percent of adults under 45 years old and 40 percent of older Americans don't have plans for Halloween, the...

FEMA grants NC’s request for aid extension into January

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) granted a request from the state of North Carolina that will extend its deadline to apply for federal hurricane relief into January. FEMA announced that local governments, houses of worship and nonprofit organizations in 39 of North Carolina’s counties have until Jan. 7, 2025, to submit requests for assistance...

Misplaced priorities at the Department of Veterans Affairs are hurting veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs is failing to serve the urgent needs of U.S. veterans due to chronic understaffing, long waits for health care, a six-figure backlog of benefit claims, and an over-reliance on medication instead of more innovative treatments.

Conservatives in furor over Julia Roberts ad

A new Harris-Walz campaign ad voiced by actor Julia Roberts encourages women to vote for Vice President Harris in the presidential election, even if their husbands are backing former President Trump. The Roberts ad also alludes to abortion rights, which is seen as a pivotal issue in a race that has seen Trump with big...

Restricting sugar in children helps prevent diabetes later in life: Study

Children whose parents keep them off sugar during their first two years of life have lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure for the rest of their lives, a new study has found. That protection remains even if the children begin eating more sugar after age 2, according to findings published on Thursday in Science....

Ethiopia’s drone massacres demand that US and world pay attention 

The Ethiopian government's drone strikes on civilians in the Amhara region, likely funded in part by the IMF and World Bank, have resulted in the deaths of over 200 civilians and have caused economic harm, leading to Chinese investors leaving the country.

House Education GOP says schools failed to protect Jewish students after nearly yearlong antisemitism investigation

Republicans on the House Education Committee on Thursday released their report regarding antisemitism on college campuses after a nearly yearlong investigation that played a part in at least two university presidents resigning from their roles. The probe collected more than 400,000 documents from 11 schools across the country in the wake of Hamas's Oct....

Trump, Harris separated by 1 point in Georgia, North Carolina: Polls

Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are separated by only 1 point in the battleground states of Georgia and North Carolina, according to polling released Thursday.  The surveys from CNN, which were conducted by SSRS, found that Trump leads Harris by 1 point — with 48 percent support to her 47 percent — among...

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