Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the U.S. Supreme Court justice who broke gender barriers, told her granddaughter before she died that her wish was not to have her seat filled until a new president is elected. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” Ginsburg told Clara Spera […]
Arizona police are searching for a second suspect involved in an “ambush-style shooting” of an officer on Thursday morning, state troopers announced. A silver Infinity pulled up to an unmarked car on Roosevelt Street in Pheonix, in which an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detective sat. A passenger got out of the Infinity and […]
MTV, Comedy Central and VH1 announced they will be making a joint $250,000 donation to pay off fines, fees and restitution in an effort to increase voter access for young people in Florida. The announcement is a response to a Florida law that requires payment of fines, fees and restitution before voting in the Sunshine […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump accused schools of teaching students “hateful lies about this country” and said he would be taking steps to “restore patriotic education” as he continued his opposition to efforts designed at raising awareness about racial inequalities. Speaking at what the White House describes as a “conference on American history,” Trump said […]
The Trump administration intends to declare U.N. sanctions reimposed on Iran in the coming days, a month after it triggered a “snapback” mechanism in the Security Council resolution pertaining to the Iran nuclear deal — but the move is likely to be ignored by a number of countries, including U.S. allies. “We will return to […]
A former model accused President Trump in a new interview Thursday of sexually assaulting her at the 1997 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York City, where she says the president forcibly gripped her so that she could not escape while groping her inappropriately. Speaking with The Guardian, former model and “Any Given Sunday” actress […]
The damage from riots and looting across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd is estimated to be the costliest in insurance history – between $1 billion and $2 billion. Insurance Information Institute (or Triple-I) compiles information from a company called Property Claim Services (PCS), which has tracked insurance claims related to civil disorder […]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday that wearing a mask is more guaranteed to protect someone from the coronavirus than taking a vaccine. Redfield, speaking at a Senate hearing, emphasized the importance of wearing masks, noting that an eventual vaccine is not expected to work in 100 percent of […]
President Trump trails Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 6 percentage points in a new Hill-HarrisX national poll less than 50 days away from Election Day. Forty-five percent of registered voters in the Sept. 10-14 survey said they would choose Biden if the election were held today, a 2 percentage point decrease from the previous […]
President Trump will preside over the signing of two historic deals between Israel and two Gulf nations at the White House on Tuesday – a ceremony that will burnish Trump’s foreign policy credentials as he seeks reelection. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sign deals marking the normalization of relations with both the United Arab […]
The silver lining as the United States stands poised to record the 200,000th coronavirus fatality is that the rate at which people are dying of Covid-19 has slowed in the last two weeks, new NBC News figures revealed Monday. The 11,015 deaths recorded between Aug. 30 and Sept. 13 were 17 percent less than the […]
President Trump warned Iran late Monday amid reports that U.S. intelligence officials believe Tehran is considering a plan to assassinate a U.S. ambassador that his administration’s response would be “1,000 times greater in magnitude.” “According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the […]
