AS ELECTION NEARS, A FINAL TORRENT OF BS. Vice President Kamala Harris got some terrible news going into the last weekend of the presidential campaign when the Labor Department reported that the economy added just 12,000 jobs in October. Even with hurricanes and a Boeing strike, economists had expected a job gain of 100,000 or 110,000 […]

After the political firestorm from President Joe Biden calling Trump supporters “garbage,” the White House and its allies in the media are scrambling. But no matter how they try to contextualize or downplay his words, it’s difficult to obscure the uncomfortable truth: This was no slip of the tongue. Biden’s comment reflects a broader and […]

A Jewish family was kicked out of Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California, on Saturday. Their crime? Husband Jonathan Hirsch wore a hat emblazoned with the Star of David. In an infuriating video shared on X by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Bay Area, a man who purports to be the Jerusalem Coffee House’s owner asks Hirsch […]

In 1928, the Democratic Party became the first major party to nominate a Catholic as its presidential candidate when it chose New York Gov. Al Smith. The nomination touched off a wave of anti-Catholic hysteria, which became the defining problem of the election. Prominent leaders across the mostly Protestant nation warned that if Smith were […]

For many voters, “protecting democracy” is a key issue in the 2024 elections, and, of course, rhetoric and accusations are flying regarding who the actual threat to democracy is. In light of at times misleading rhetoric, it is important to examine actual facts. There is one public official nationally who has been criticized by no fewer […]

The White House on Friday blamed the stall in job growth in October on the hurricanes and labor strikes in recent weeks. The U.S. added 12,000 jobs and the jobless rate stayed flat at 4.1 percent in October, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. That stall upends a string of strong economic...

Intelligence agencies on Friday condemned Russian interference in the U.S. election, identifying the U.S. adversary as being behind a recent video amplifying false claims of Haitians attempting to vote in Georgia. “The [intelligence community] assesses that Russian influence actors manufactured a recent video that falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the vice presidential hopeful, is making his final pitch to voters in critical swing state Michigan on Friday, with Election Day less than a week away. Walz is making several stops in the Great Lakes State Friday, offering closing remarks as early voting is set to conclude in the state....

Journalist Jonathan Lemire is leaving Politico, the outlet confirmed Friday. Lemire had been serving as Politico's White House bureau chief and has risen to prominence in the Washington press corps as a regular on cable news shows. He was hired by MSNBC in 2021 to replace Kasie Hunt as host of the network's morning news...

A trifecta of Puerto Rican superstars combined forces in a new opinion piece for the New York Times to condemn the “willful ignorance” of former President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Award-winning Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, singer-songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda and actress and singer Rita Moreno wrote about the importance of...