Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and asked her constituents to keep her in their prayers as she undergoes treatment.
Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump attacked Larry Hogan, the Republican nominee for the state's U.S. Senate seat, for telling Americans to respect the verdict of former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money case.
When the world’s wealthiest people meet in exotic locations to promote drastic government action to cut carbon emissions, they face the public relations challenge of justifying the private jets they flew to the conference where they then call on lesser mortals back home to save the planet by limiting their own travels. What they use […]
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) announced that she has pancreatic cancer on Sunday, predicting that treatment could see her “occasionally absent” from Congress. Jackson Lee, 74, who survived a primary challenge in March after losing a run to be Houston’s mayor late last year, said she is optimistic for a recovery. “My doctors have confirmed...
Former President Trump said Sunday that his weeks-long criminal hush money trial in New York City and conviction Thursday have been “very hard” on his wife, Melania, amid testimony recounting his alleged infidelity. Trump was convicted Thursday of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents, the first time a former president was ever convicted of...
A Massachusetts elementary school teacher was placed on paid administrative leave after two incidents the district described as “disproportionately traumatic for students of color,” including a “mock slave auction.” Gregory Martineau, superintendent of the Southborough school district, wrote to parents last week that the incidents occurred in a fifth-grade class in January and April. During...
Philadelphia’s University of the Arts will close its doors at the end of the week, the school announced, abruptly ending programs for its about 1,100 students and 700 faculty and staff amid financial trouble. Many students and faculty first got word of the closure via the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday, with an official explanation from...
Sally Buzzbee has stepped down as Executive Editor of The Washington Post, the newspaper announced Sunday night. Buzzbee, who has led the Post since 2021, will be immediately replaced by Matt Murray, the former Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal, until the 2024 election. After the election, Robert Winnett, Deputy Editor of The Telegraph...