U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors said on Thursday. The 75-year-old was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening “for a non-COVID-19 infection,” Clinton spokesman Angel Urena said on Twitter. “He is on the mend, […]
The White House is discussing options to address fuel and natural gas shortages that have driven prices higher, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday. “The president has asked his economic team, as they do on any range of issues impacting the public, to continue to discuss what the options are that we […]
Shortages in the global supply chain are creating steep challenges for President Biden at a time when he’s already grappling with low approval ratings and major hurdles to getting his economic agenda through Congress. The White House sought to demonstrate that administration officials are tackling the supply chain disruptions head on with Wednesday’s announcement that […]
A 16-year-old Wyoming student recounted on “Fox & Friends First” Tuesday her recent arrest at school over her refusal to wear a mask on school grounds. Grace Smith, a Laramie High School junior and her father, Andrew Smith, explained her suspension and trespassing arrest. Smith said she had been suspended multiple times for “continued willful […]
Americans’ inflation fears skyrocketed to another record high in September, driven by the rising price for an array of consumer goods, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey published Tuesday. The median expectation is that the inflation rate will be up 5.3% one year from now, the 11th consecutive monthly increase and […]
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich ripped a Texas school district for observing Columbus Day. Popovich used part of his pregame press conference on Friday to take a shot at the Alamo Heights Independent School District in Alamo Heights, Texas, for their decision to keep the Columbus Day holiday instead of changing it to Indigenous […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence has a Trump problem, strategists and officials in the former president’s orbit say. For Pence to successfully carve out a path to the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, he must simultaneously win over swaths of former President Trump’s base and create distance from the former president to chart a new […]
Fort Hood officials are asking the public for help in their search for Jennifer Sewell, a soldier on the Texas base who is missing. Sewell was last seen around 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7 leaving her on-post barracks, according to the Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services. Sewell is a private first class soldier […]
The Taliban said on Saturday they will not work with the U.S. to contain extremism in Afghanistan. Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press the group will independently deal with extremist groups such as the Islamic State. “We are able to tackle Daesh independently,” Shaheen said, using an Arabic acronym for the group. […]
If you hoped grocery stores this fall and winter would look like they did in the Before Times, with limitless options stretching out before you in the snack, drink, candy and frozen foods aisles, get ready for some disappointing news. Many of the country’s biggest food makers are telling grocers that they will have limited […]
A federal appeals court reinstated Texas’ controversial “fetal heart beat” abortion ban on Friday night, days after a lower court suspended the Republican-backed law. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay, effectively pausing U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s decision to grant a temporary restraining order against the abortion ban earlier this […]
Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son and nascent artist, appeared at his first art exhibition last week where he mingled with prospective buyers. Hunter’s art dealings – in which his paintings are priced at up to $500,000 – have alarmed ethics experts, particularly due to his lack of formal art experience. Hunter’s attendance at the event […]