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 […]
Israel asked the U.S. to take steps to deter Iran from attacking Israel in response to the Israeli airstrike in Beirut that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and a top Iranian general, two Israeli and U.S. officials have said. The Israel-Hezbollah conflict was already spiraling into an all-out war that could pull in Iran, and […]
When Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in August, the choice was seen as a move to balance out her presidential ticket and help broaden her appeal to working-class voters. Democrats bet his bonafides as a former high school teacher, veteran, and gun owner with folksy charm would […]
Donald Trump is leading Kamala Harris in five of the seven key swing states which will prove vital in determining who wins the election, according to a poll. A survey of likely voters in battleground states from AtlasIntel found that Trump is ahead in Michigan (50.6 percent to 47.2) and Pennsylvania (51 percent to 48.1). […]
Hassan Nasrallah, the revered and reviled longtime leader of Hezbollah, was killed Friday in an Israeli airstrike, the Israeli Defense Forces said. Nasrallah, “the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and one of its founders, was eliminated by the IDF,” the Israeli military said in a statement Saturday. “Following precise intelligence,” the statement said, fighter […]
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed today that under the immigration policies of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, there are over 13,000 convicted illegal immigrant murderers roaming the United States free, along with another 15,000 illegal immigrants convicted of sexual assault. If anything these numbers underestimate the size of the violently criminal […]
Vice President Kamala Harris just made her first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office, and, well, let’s just say it did not go smoothly. After years of staying mostly hands-off on the border issue, Harris finally made a brief stop in Douglas, Arizona, where she gave a speech that put the blame squarely […]
