With one big exception, Republican candidates for the 2024 White House race are gathering on Wednesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the first party-sanctioned primary debate. But former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the race, will not be there. His absence means the remaining candidates will have a harder time attracting the attention of Republican […]
Category: Domestic
Biden’s press team reeling after Maui gaffes
Joe Biden’s communications team is under pressure after the president made a number of apparent gaffes during his visit to Maui, including struggling to pronounce the names of local politicians and suggesting he empathized with islanders because he almost lost his ’67 Corvette in a minor house fire. The president visited Maui on Monday with […]
USA’s most pest-infested cities ranked
Washington, D.C., has been ranked as the third-most pest-infested city in America based on the population of both cockroaches and rats. The nation’s capital has an average of 348.6 rat and 228.5 cockroach sightings per year, according to U.S. census data from 2021. This makes the combined sighting rate 83.7 per 100,000 residents, according to […]
Trump to be arrested with $200,000 cash bond
Donald Trump has said he plans to turn himself in on Thursday to a court in the state of Georgia to face charges of election interference. A judge in Atlanta who is overseeing the former president’s case has set bail at $200,000. The agreement says Mr Trump can remain free pending trial so long as […]
Biden ignores Supreme Court; bails out students
President Biden’s administration is officially rolling out its SAVE plan on Tuesday, its latest attempt to grant student debt relief after Biden’s more wide-reaching plan failed before the Supreme Court. Biden announced the plan alongside Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and other members of his administration on Tuesday. Under the SAVE plan, borrowers making roughly $15 […]
Mexican cartel kidnapped youths & forced them to kill each other
Mexican investigators said Thursday they have found four burned and decapitated bodies that might be related to the horrifying case of five kidnapped youths, one of whom was filmed apparently being forced to kill the others. Prosecutors in the western state of Jalisco said the bodies were badly burned and had not yet been identified. […]
California Hurriquake; 2 disasters in 1 day
Southern California has faced the worst of the flooding as the tropical storm rose up from Baja California in Mexico. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said the level of rain was unusual for the middle of summer, and his area was not prepared for it. “We are not used to this level of precipitation, generally,” […]
Russia’s lunar lander has crashed into the moon
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country’s Roscosmos space agency said Sunday. The pilotless spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the moon, an area where scientists believe there could be important reserves of frozen water and precious […]
Migrants say America is not what they imagined
For one 29-year-old Venezuelan woman, who left her two children and partner behind in her home country to embark on a six-month journey to New York City, America represented hope. There, she thought, she would find safety and the opportunity to make a living. But four months after arriving in the U.S., she says it’s […]
Corporate DEI facing cutbacks; legal attacks
Just three years after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off a torrent of hiring of chief diversity officers and other such roles, companies are coming under attack from conservative legal activists who argue that their DEI policies and programs constitute racial discrimination. The challenges come as companies, faced with an uncertain economy, […]
What happens if Trump wins in 2024 before a conviction?
There is the potential for an unprecedented legal and constitutional battle next year involving Donald Trump, his trial in Georgia, and the results of the 2024 election, a legal expert has told Newsweek. Trump was indicted under Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ expansive 2020 election-interference investigation on August 14, along with 18 other defendants. […]
96 year old First Lady celebrates birthday
Rosalynn Carter will celebrate her 96th birthday at home Friday with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, and other family members, while the surrounding community of Plains, Georgia, honors the former first lady’s years of public health advocacy. The latest milestone comes as Rosalynn Carter navigates dementia and the former president, now 98, continues to […]