SHAIDAI, Afghanistan — Bashful, with long locks of rust-colored hair dyed with henna, Benazir fidgets with a handful of gravel when the topic of her marriage comes up. She looks down at the ground and buries her head in her knees when she is asked whether she knows she has been promised to another family […]
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was acquitted of murder last week after shooting and killing two people in Kenosha, Wis., during civil unrest there last year, said he supports the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. “I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement,” Rittenhouse said during an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a portion of which […]
Former President Trump congratulated Kyle Rittenhouse after a jury found him not guilty of all charges at the conclusion of his homicide trial in Kenosha, Wis., Friday afternoon. A jury in Kenosha acquitted Rittenhouse of all five charges brought against him, including intentional homicide. Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and […]
Vice President Kamala Harris’ communications director resigned on Thursday amid horrific poll numbers for Harris and growing criticism of the VP. Ashley Etienne resigned on Thursday. The resignation will take effect next month. “Ashley is a valued member of the Vice President’s team, who has worked tirelessly to advance the goals of this administration,” a […]
The second day of deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial ended Wednesday with a defense request to toss out charges still looming over the high-profile Wisconsin trial. The case went to jury late Tuesday morning with Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder having not ruled on defense requests for a mistrial with prejudice — to have charges tossed out […]
The governor of North Dakota signed a bill Friday banning critical race theory (CRT) in schools, making North Dakota the latest Republican-controlled state to take legislative action against CRT in public education. “This bill addresses the concerns of parents while preserving the decision-making authority of local school boards to approve curriculum that is factual, objective and aligned with state content standards,” Gov. […]
An overwhelming majority of voters said cancel culture has gone too far, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Seventy-one percent of registered voters said they strongly or somewhat believe that cancel culture has gone too far. By contrast, 29 percent of respondents said they believe a little or not at all. The Hill-HarrisX poll used the […]
A Wisconsin judge on Monday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager facing murder charges for fatally shooting two protesters during unrest over police brutality last year in Kenosha, Wis. The charge of possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor was dropped Monday morning as jurors were waiting to hear closing arguments […]
Border Patrol officials say a supervisory agent from the agency’s Tucson sector has died in what is being described as a “line of duty” death. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said this week that Anibal “Tony” A. Perez died Nov. 5. The exact cause of death was withheld for privacy reasons.Ortiz said Perez joined […]
The number and percentage of U.S. workers voluntarily leaving their jobs reached an all-time high in September, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. Roughly 4.4 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in September and the “quits rate” rose to 3 percent, according to the latest edition of the Job Openings and Labor […]
Inflation isn’t going anywhere fast — but prices certainly are. The latest Consumer Price Index for October recorded a 6.2 percent increase, year over year, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s the largest increase in over 30 years and far outpaced economists’ expectations of a 5.9 percent spike. October’s […]
Joe Biden addressed paying illegal immigrants $450,000 in compensation after being separated at the border. Meanwhile, blaming the Trump administration for all of it. At the White House on Saturday, Biden said families who were separated at the border due to President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance policy” deserve compensation no matter the circumstances. However, just […]