Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Friday that the reported death of Yevgeny Prigozhin proves that there is no “rule of law” in Russia. Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, is believed to have died in a plane wreck in Russia this week. U.S. officials, including President Biden, have speculated that...
The need for additional transmission capacity to ensure that we can both connect more clean energy and ensure existing renewable generation isn’t curtailed due to transmission congestion is obvious.
The White House told New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that it cannot send more assistance to the state to help with the influx of migrants, placing the blame on a lack of Congressional action. Hochul announced Thursday that she wrote a letter to President Biden requesting executive action to help the state. She estimated that...
Alina Habba, legal spokesperson for Donald Trump, said the former president's mugshot was unnecessary in an interview on Newsmax Friday. “They didn't need the mugshot. It was, I guess to her, probably a trophy, but thank you, because now the trophy actually became ours,” Habba said, referring to the district of Fulton County, Ga. and...
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) said Friday that housing assistance for people displaced by the state’s deadly wildfire will be extended month to month. Victims of the fire, which killed over a hundred people with nearly 400 still missing, have been able to stay in subsidized hotels and Airbnbs. That program will be extended via...
The historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom will celebrate its 60th anniversary on Saturday, August 26. Activists will replicate the march in order to commemorate the anniversary. Organizations such as the NAACP, the Drum Major Institute run by Martin Luther King III and his wife, Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and...
Wagner Group’s fate is hanging in the balance after its top field commander and chief Yevgeny Prigozhin were both presumably killed in a fiery plane crash. The private military company — a once wide-reaching empire that has helped prop up authoritarian regimes in several African countries and played a significant role in Russia’s invasions of...
Former President Trump and his allies are readily fundraising off of the former president’s historic booking photo, taking advantage of the unprecedented image to bank capital for their causes. Trump surrendered to Fulton County jail on Thursday for charges involving racketeering and his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. He —...
One of the defendants in the Georgia election fraud racketeering case was denied bail on Friday and will now remain at the Fulton County Jail pending further proceedings. Harrison Floyd, the leader of Black Voices for Trump and the only Black defendant in the case, was deemed a flight risk by a state judge after...