Community Education Councilwoman Maud Maron predicted her race against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will come down to policy over party. Maron will face off against Bragg next November for the district attorney position. Bragg is fresh from a huge win against President-elect Donald Trump, in which the former president was convicted on 34 felony […]
The 2024 election cycle has ended, with Republicans holding control of all three branches of government. The Washington Examiner interviewed over two dozen new members as they prepare to take office in January. Part 5 of Capitol’s new crop will introduce Bernie Moreno, Ohio’s newly elected senator, who will take on a unique role in 2025. Republican Bernie Moreno […]
A group of about 20 women gathered in Klode Park, off the shore of Lake Michigan in Whitefish, Wisconsin, to engage in a “primal scream” to show their “pain and frustration” over Vice President Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential election loss to President-elect Donald Trump. “What a gorgeous morning to gather at Klode Park in Whitefish […]
Since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, support for Israel in Congress has been mostly fierce and consistent. But not all lawmakers are so sympathetic to the Jewish state, even after the Hamas attacks that day claimed about 1,200 lives, with hundreds more taken hostage. And while the lion’s share of attention is paid to Israel-hostile […]
The United States is failing to meet one of its main obligations, namely, the health and welfare of its citizens. In doing so, it cannot describe itself as a successful nation. This is the brutal conclusion of a recent Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System report on healthcare across rich […]
It’s a long-standing tradition for outgoing presidents to issue pardons just before inviting their successors over to the White House for tea. For better or worse, President-elect Donald Trump has little regard for tradition, making it likely he won’t wait until early 2029 to forgive his supporters’ legal transgressions. Most experts believe Trump will come […]
One of the more likable qualities of the clunkily titled Cher: The Memoir, Part One is that its author appears to have taken great delight in writing it. Cher guides the reader through the first half of her inimitable life and career with chutzpah. She begins with her impoverished and often miserable childhood in California, […]
The Syrian Civil War reignited after four years of docility when a rebel coalition launched a surprise offensive against Syrian government positions outside of Aleppo. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), recognized as a terrorist group by the United States, and allied militias launched the first major offensive after four years of relative quiet, routing Syrian government […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas decreased slightly on Thanksgiving, dropping to $3.065 from Wednesday’s price of $3.073, according to AAA. Thursday’s cost was essentially the same as a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.063. However, prices were less expensive than a month ago, when regular gas […]
Let it not be said that Conclave, the new film about the selection of a new pope from director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) and screenwriter Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), is dishonest. I found it fascinating, unsentimental, and exceptionally keen in its understanding of human nature. Nevertheless, there is, at […]
