Presidential candidate Cornel West’s campaign manager said he has departed the team, a high-level shakeup for the Democrat-turned-independent’s insurgent bid. Peter Daou, a progressive strategist and ally of West, announced on X, the website formerly known as Twitter, that he is experiencing “extreme stress” after working on two separate White House campaigns during the 2024...
The United States was among a group of 14 countries in the United Nations General Assembly to vote against the resolution calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. The U.S. and thirteen other countries voted against the truce, while 45 countries voted to abstain Friday. One hundred and twenty countries voted...
More than 60 House Republicans are putting pressure on newly-minted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to pass the Farm Bill. The omnibus appropriations bill expired at the end of September amid broader disarray in the chamber — casting the future of a wide swath of American food and nutrition programs into doubt. Now a coalition of...
Maine State Police are slated to deliver an update at a news conference Friday afternoon regarding the search for suspected mass shooter Robert Card. Late Thursday, authorities executed search warrants on possible hiding locations. Hundreds of law enforcement officers are on the lookout for Card across central Maine after 18 people were killed and 13 more...
President Reagan once said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” In December 2020, Congress passed the Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act (HISA) through an omnibus bill. HISA was passed with the intention of bringing uniformity to the horse racing industry by...
The Biden administration took a step Friday to advance the development of more wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico. The Interior Department finalized four new “wind energy areas” where it can auction off the right to set up wind power. Together, electricity produced at the four areas could be enough to power as many...
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis warned of a “ladder of escalation” between the U.S. and Iran on Friday. “I would still assess the chances of an Iran-U.S. direct conflict as quite low,” Stavridis said in an interview on MSNBC. “Neither side wants it. The Iranians have significant internal turmoil in their own country,...