Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday that there is not enough money available for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to meet the needs of the communities affected by Hurricane Helene, which has killed more than 220 people. The funding shortfall has come under scrutiny at a time when at least $640 million in […]
President Biden called for striking port workers to get an increase in wages, hours after tens of thousands of longshoremen at ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico walked off the job. The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) failed to reach an agreement by the midnight deadline, […]
With Gov. Tim Walz‘s (D-MN) wobbly performance during his one and only debate and former President Donald Trump regaining ground in Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris could come to regret not choosing Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) to be her running mate. The Harris campaign is adamant Walz won his debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), […]
S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has unsealed 165 pages of evidence filed against former President Donald Trump in his election fraud case. It is the first time the public gets an in-depth look at Special Counsel Jack Smith’s federal case against the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Trump is accused of conspiracy to defraud the United […]
More than 160 people are now known to have been killed by Hurricane Helene, one of the deadliest storms to hit the US in recent times.Hundreds of others remain missing after Helene battered south-eastern states, causing floods, wrecking communities, and cutting power.Search-and-rescue efforts continue, and aid deliveries have been made by airdrops and mules. The […]
Many Americans say Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) outperformed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, according to polling from CBS News, which hosted the forum. According to the CBS poll, 42 percent of debate watchers say Vance, a Yale-trained lawyer, won the debate. Walz trails closely behind with 41 percent of […]
A protracted dockworker strike could inflict political damage on Vice President Kamala Harris as the November elections quickly approach. On Tuesday, tens of thousands of members of the International Longshoremen’s Association at ports from Maine to Texas began striking after their six-year contract expired. Workers at the 36 East and Gulf coast ports involved are […]
On Tuesday, we will see the one and only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) will engage Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). It likely will be the last direct interaction between the campaigns, as an additional presidential debate seems highly unlikely. Over the course of history, vice presidential interactions don’t […]
Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation’s ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labor contract broke down over wages.The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of […]
srael has launched a ground invasion in southern Lebanon, in what it has described as “limited, localised and targeted” raids against Hezbollah.Lebanese civilians are being warned not to use vehicles to travel south across the Litani river, located 20 miles north of the Israel-Lebanon border, and residents in around 25 villages have been told to […]
Lawmakers in both parties are bracing themselves for a messy aftermath to Election Day as polls show the race between former President Trump and Vice President Harris is so close in several battleground states that it could take days to determine the winner. Democratic senators say they fear Trump and his allies will seize on […]
As the number of storm-related deaths climbed past 100 across the Southeast, authorities were rushing to airdrop supplies, restore power and clear roads after massive rains from Hurricane Helene left people stranded and without shelter. Helene left at least 116 people dead, CBS News confirmed, and caused widespread destruction. Thirty fatalities were reported in Buncombe […]