Kimberly Mata-Rubio, the mother of one of the victims in school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, lost her bid for mayor on Tuesday. Mata-Rubio, whose daughter was among the 19 children killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School, has been a staunch advocate for stricter gun laws following the attack and launched her campaign...
Former President Trump expressed his displeasure with his daughter, Ivanka, taking the stand Wednesday in the New York civil fraud trial. “Tomorrow my wonderful and beautiful daughter, Ivanka, is going to the Lower Manhattan Courthouse, at the direction of Letitia Peekaboo James, the Corrupt and Racist New York State Attorney General, who has allowed Murder...
As the Israel-Hamas conflict moves into another week, politicians and national security experts of all stripes are trotting out a tired equation regarding American national security interests: that [fill in blank event: terrorism, civil uprising, minority oppression, cross-border incursion] in [fill in blank region: Middle East, Eastern Europe, East Asia, South America] is indicative of...
Tuesday’s off-year elections produced victories for Democrats, encouraging leaders in both parties to size up the political landscape in 2024. In Kentucky, the Democratic governor won reelection. Voters in Ohio decisively backed abortion rights by putting protections in the state constitution. And in Virginia, Democrats maintained control of the state Senate, thwarting the ambition of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to consolidate...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will require political advertisers to disclose the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other digital methods, it announced Wednesday morning. The update, which will go into effect in the new year ahead of the 2024 election, comes amid a rise in generative AI technology that can create...
In Philadelphia, Democrat Cherelle Parker made history by becoming both the 100th mayor of the city and the first woman to hold the position. She succeeds Democrat Jim Kenney.