A federal appeals court halted the planned execution of Christa Pike, 50, in Tennessee on Wednesday an hour before it was scheduled to take place. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit stayed the execution until further notice. The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the “heroes” who stormed the cockpit to prevent the hijacking of a Flydubai flight in his first address since the incident and revealed that Saudi authorities were interrogating the pilots. In his video address, Netanyahu cleared up the flurry of details that had emerged about the “extremely serious security […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Nicole Saphier, was approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions after convincing key Republican senators that she supports childhood vaccines, a stance that puts her at odds with other parts of the Trump political coalition. Saphier, a radiologist specializing in breast cancer and a […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton privately told donors and lobbyists in Washington, D.C., last week that the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention hurt “everybody’s numbers,” including his own. Paxton had a large presence at the convention as President Donald Trump stumped for the Senate candidate onstage. Paxton, however, has said that it may have done […]
Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher blasted Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico for exploiting the Bible to appeal to voters on healthcare issues. Doescher reacted to a clip Talarico posted on his X account Sunday. Talarico invoked Jesus to take on what he calls a corrupt system. “When Jesus healed the sick, he didn’t […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking his war chest to Florida to help boost socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon in her race challenging Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) for the Sunshine State seat in the U.S. upper chamber. Sanders is taking some of the $23 million his campaign has in the bank and investing in Nixon’s […]
The October 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients on Thursday, Oct. 1. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive […]
The United States announced the end of its military presence in Iraq after 23 years on Wednesday, ending one of the U.S.’s most controversial military adventures. The final U.S. troops and equipment departed Erbil Air Base in the country’s northeast autonomous Kurdish region, War Department Spokesman Sean Parnell announced. He said the “orderly departure” concludes […]
A plane traveling from Dubai bound for Tel Aviv diverted over Jordan to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after falling over 17,000 feet mid-air. The diversion occurred after a “violent incident” between two pilots on board the Flydubai flight, according to multiple outlets, including CNN. The details of the incident are still under investigation, but according to […]
Republican strategists and candidates are leaning on former President Joe Biden — and his campaign missteps — as they craft a closing economic message in the final stretch before the midterm elections. There are several positive economic indicators that President Donald Trump and Republicans could run on, but few are speaking on them on the […]
