Some years ago in New Orleans, I learned a word in an antiquarian bookshop, one of those places organized according to the idiosyncratic style that was no doubt an outward physical manifestation of the proprietor’s own mind and memory. On a small shelf just inside the door was the label “Crime, Murder, & Rascality.” The […]
Vice President JD Vance has built a reputation on social media for being outspoken, frequently using his X account to spar with political opponents, defend Trump administration policies, and weigh in on the latest controversies. But an analysis of his social media activity from January to September of this year shows a noticeable shift in […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is in perhaps the best position he could be in heading into the November elections, as polling shows the battleground map widening for Democrats in unexpected places. The polling, if correct, is setting Democrats up for a notable victory this November. Even still, Jeffries has struggled to escape chatter […]
The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The second round will go out on Oct. 21 to those born between […]
Activist Scott Presler has ramped up his efforts in Pennsylvania, one of the most consequential states for Republicans in the midterm elections, as he continues to push for election integrity, boost Republican turnout, and rescue the endangered GOP majority. Presler, a grassroots election-integrity activist, has boosted his profile in Republican political circles over the past […]
The Justice Department is investigating whether the major TV networks violated antitrust law last month when they briefly suspended their pool coverage of President Donald Trump after he blocked multiple news outlets from fully accessing White House grounds. ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News were told on Friday to provide “communications and materials” related […]
The Iran-backed Houthis’s latest attack against Saudi Arabia left an American citizen dead and over 300 people injured on Saturday. “The United States strongly condemns the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthis,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday night, “including today’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in […]
The World Health Organization said on Saturday it still cannot independently confirm what caused the recent death of a 28-year-old Russian woman who worked at a lab studying plague and other diseases. Darya Shipilova’s Oct. 2 death prompted the quarantine and medical observation of nearly 200 Russian citizens two days after she was hospitalized while […]
The White House has chosen Katie Bailey as the new head of White House Office of Legislative Affairs, less than a month away from the midterm elections and with control of Congress hanging in the balance. President Donald Trump is said to have offered Bailey the promotion to director of the Office of Legislative Affairs […]
One Philadelphia police officer is dead and another is in stable condition after a gunman ambushed the two law enforcement officers early on Saturday morning, local officials said. 40-year-old Shane Seiber succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning after he and his partner received a call around 1 a.m. about a man armed with a […]
