A news conference scheduled for Venezuelan political activist and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado in Oslo, Norway, was canceled on Tuesday. The anticipated afternoon event, planned on the eve of the official Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, was canceled after a delay of several hours, with no appearance by Machado, the Associated Press reported. […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested he may take action against the “treasonous” New York Times for publishing a negative report on his health. “The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am ‘slowing up,’ am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing […]
President Donald Trump dedicated part of his Tuesday night speech on affordability in northeastern Pennsylvania to mock Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her hijab in the wake of his administration’s investigation of fraud cases within Minnesota‘s Somali community. Omar, a Somali American, has been mentioned repeatedly in the president’s anti-Somali tirades in recent weeks, and […]
Democratic candidate Eileen Higgins will become the next mayor of Miami, Florida, after winning Tuesday’s runoff election. Higgins, whose victory broke the Democratic Party’s 28-year losing streak in seeking the Miami mayor’s office, will succeed Republican incumbent Francis Suarez. “With her runoff victory tonight, Eileen Higgins will be Miami’s next mayor—the first woman in the […]
MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania — Hundreds, if not thousands, of people braved the cold on Tuesday to attend President Donald Trump‘s economy-focused speech in northeast Pennsylvania, the informal kickoff of the president’s efforts to boost Republican candidates ahead of a contentious midterm election cycle. Trump’s remarks, delivered in a ballroom at a casino in Mount Pocono, came […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) caused a public “spectacle” at an airport in Charleston, South Carolina, where she hurled profanities and insults at airport employees in October, a police investigation concluded. The widely reported encounter started with Mace complaining about the color of the vehicle in which she arrived at Charleston International Airport. The on-duty police […]
(The Center Square) – Louisiana education officials plan to use nearly $6 million in federal grants to expand tutoring and AI tools in public schools, according to records provided to The Center Square. Around $1 million will pay for student accounts for three platforms that use AI in the classroom: Amira, Khanmigo, and Writable. The […]
(The Center Square) − Hiring freezes, limits on overtime pay, and a clampdown on government contracts have saved New Orleans tens of millions of dollars since the city began reining in its spending earlier this year, according to a new report. In a biweekly expenditure report sent Monday to the city council, Chief Administrator Officer Joseph […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), the new chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, is hoping to take a page out of Kentucky‘s playbook and flip red gubernatorial seats blue in 2026. In an interview with the National Journal, Beshear said he hopes to invest the DGA’s resources in unexpected states where there are “really good candidates” […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and his running mate Christian Mitchell will be unopposed in the upcoming Democratic primary. The ballot for Illinois’ March 17 primary is coming into focus with candidates being removed from the ballot for statewide offices after Tuesday’s Illinois State Board of Elections hearing. The elections board heard […]
