Ron Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, says his father would have been “embarrassed and ashamed” of the current Republican president. In an interview with The Daily Beast published Friday, Reagan said the 40th commander in chief would have thought President Trump was “a traitorous president who is betraying his country.” “The Republican […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the clear front-runner in New Hampshire’s primary, according to a new Emerson College poll released Friday that shows him widening his lead over former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D). Sanders registered 23 percent support among Democratic primary voters in the state, a slight drop from the 26 percent […]
PASADENA, Calif. — Hillary Rodham Clinton has advice for Democratic voters faced with an unsettled field of presidential contenders: pick a winner. “This is an election that will have such profound impact, so take your vote seriously,” Clinton said. “And for Democratic voters, try to vote for the person you think is most likely to […]
A Mexican national on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally entering the United States eight times, according to immigration authorities. Jesus Vargas-Melendez, 40, admitted that he had illegally entered the U.S. eight times and had been deported seven times, a press release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Read more at […]
The past decade was the warmest on record, government science agencies announced Wednesday. That conclusion, based on newly released data, also found that 2019 was the second-hottest year in recorded history. The yearly analysis is a closely watched indicator of the Earth’s changing climate, particularly as projections for future years anticipate the trend to continue. […]
A 17-year-old MS-13 gang member will serve 50 years in prison for his involvement in the murder of a 14-year-old girl in Maryland last April. Josue Fuentes-Ponce pleaded guilty on Oct. 30 to charges of first-degree murder, participating in the crime as part of a criminal gang, and conspiracy to commit murder, according to NBC […]
House Democrats plan to call on a key immigration agency to release all transgender people who are currently being detained, arguing that the U.S. has failed to follow guidelines to protect individuals who face more perilous conditions in detention than other migrants. “We write to demand the release of all transgender people currently detained by […]
A majority of respondents in a new poll say they disapprove of the way President Trump is handling Iran amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran. Fifty-six percent said they disapprove of Trump’s actions toward Iran, compared to 43 percent who approve, according to the poll from ABC News and Ipsos released early Sunday. Almost […]
Powerful storms in parts of the South were being blamed for at least 11 deaths, according to reports Saturday. Alabama officials reported that three people were killed in a tornado in Pickens County. Earlier Saturday, firefighters in Bossier Parish, La., sifted through a trailer demolished by strong winds and found the bodies of an elderly […]
The U.S. economy added 145,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate stayed steady, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The December jobs report met economists’ expectations of a gain between 145,000 to 155,000 jobs as hiring slowed slightly from November. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5 percent, the lowest level […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has taken the lead in Iowa, according to a Des Moines Register/CNN poll released on Friday that shows the Vermont senator jumping past his top rivals after a third-place finish in the same survey in November. The poll, widely considered the most authoritative in Iowa, shows Sanders with the support of […]
At least 30 people were killed by an improvised explosive device in Nigeria Monday, Reuters reported. The bomb allegedly detonated on a bridge at about 5 p.m. local time in the market town Gamboru in the northeastern state of Borno. Witnesses said more than 35 injured people were taken to the local hospital. “It is […]
