The very first songs I ever bought on the Apple iTunes store for my second-generation iPod Nano were Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” and “American Soldier.” The two songs have always held a special place in my heart for most of my life. When I made that purchase with an iTunes […]
“Hey, we’re allowed to be angry.” That was Toby Keith’s point in his 2002 “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue.” Keith, who died Feb. 5, lost his father in 2001, a few months before 9/11. The elder Keith had lost his eye at war and taught his children to love America. His father’s sacrifice […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will speak with reporters on Wednesday following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It's the top U.S. diplomat's fifth Middle East visit since the Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7 triggered a war. Blinken has reiterated the longstanding U.S. support for a two-state solution between Israel and...
Russia has launched a series of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine as the European Union’s top diplomat visits Kyiv on Wednesday. Russia’s attacks Wednesday morning struck at least three Ukrainian cities, including the capital city of Kyiv, The Associated Press reported. Josep Borrell, the E.U.’s top diplomat, said he began his morning in an air raid...
A group led by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller is arguing the National Football League’s (NFL) “Rooney Rule,” which requires teams to interview at least one minority during the hiring process, is racist. America First Legal, a conservative legal group headed Miller, filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Tuesday...
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) took a swing at former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in a social media post late Tuesday, saying he would make a "terrific" next chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) due to a lack of any specific policy positions. “I fully endorse Kevin McCarthy for RNC Chair,” Gaetz posted to...
A new survey found that a majority of Republicans say it is fine for former President Trump to be a dictator for the day if he wins the presidential election. The survey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and YouGov found that 74 percent of Republican voters said it would be a good idea if...
A small group of Brown University students are on day six of a hunger strike in an effort to pressure their school to divest their endowment from pro-Israel corporations. The strike was organized by Brown’s Palestine Solidarity Caucus and Jews for Ceasefire Now ahead of the University Corporation’s meetings Thursday and Friday to vote...