North Korea's Kim Jong Un called for the acceleration of war preparations in response to what he described as “unprecedented” confrontation moves from the United States, state media reported Wednesday. The comments came during an annual multi-day meeting of North Korea’s ruling party, the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), during which North Korean officials wrap...
The Colorado Republican Party filed an appeal Wednesday to the state supreme court’s ruling barring former President Trump from the primary ballot, taking the unprecedented case to the Supreme Court. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last week that Trump was ineligible for the state’s ballot because of his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots,...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) announced Wednesday that she would run to represent her state’s 4th Congressional District, opting to avoid a rematch with Democratic opponent Adam Frisch, whom she narrowly defeated in the 2022 midterms. In switching districts, Boebert has a better chance at remaining in Congress, and Republicans a better shot at keeping both...
Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) hammered the Biden administration’s border policy on Wednesday, describing meetings with the Mexican government as “too little, too late,” as the focus on immigration grows sharper for the 2024 election cycle. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were in Mexico City on Wednesday to discuss cross-border...
A backdated study from JAMA Pediatrics revealed that hospital admission rates were significantly higher for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) compared with the omicron strain of COVID or the flu. The data, collected from testing of children at Swedish emergency departments from August 2021 to September 2022, was reported by Dr. Pontus Hedberg and researchers from...
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) stressed the importance of civility in response to former President Trump’s attack on her and her family over the Christmas holiday. “We got to treat each other with dignity and respect. Civility matters. Words have consequences,” Dingell said in an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room” on Wednesday when asked to...