The California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return the over 650,000 ballots he seized in February to county election officials on Thursday, delivering a blow to his goal of investigating alleged election fraud in a November 2025 election. The Republican sheriff and former 2026 gubernatorial candidate seized the over half a […]
By the time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived on the floor of the United Nations, his country had been on the receiving end of scores of condemnations from the podium for two days. As he prepared to speak at the 81st General Assembly on Thursday, a massive protest was underway outside the building in […]
Chris Klomp, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Deputy Health and Human Services secretary, was approved by the Senate Finance Committee despite concerns from Democrats about his role helping the administration reach deals with pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs. Klomp, who has been serving as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s top […]
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed is facing fresh scrutiny over his views on Iran after he stopped short of unequivocally condemning the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at a University of Michigan town hall Wednesday. The exchange comes as el Sayed faces renewed questions about his relationship with controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and […]
Jim Copenhaver, one of the two audience members wounded at President Donald Trump’s July 13, 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, died on Wednesday. Copenhaver, 76, was seriously wounded at the rally after being hit with two bullets, when one struck him in the triceps and the other shredded part of his colon before lodging itself […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday hurled blistering words at New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calling Hamas the mayor’s “buddies.” In a fiery speech at the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu railed against Mamdani for his scrutiny of Israel, noting that the socialist mayor attempted to have him arrested while attending the world leaders’ gathering […]
Actor Elliot Page, actress Susan Sarandon, and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning were among the demonstrators blocking a road outside the United Nations in New York on Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to address the General Assembly. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Midtown Manhattan to demonstrate against Netanyahu and Israel’s […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state prompted him to prepare for a possible American invasion, though he acknowledged it was an unlikely outcome. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, Carney offered a closer look at how he has navigated strained relations between […]
The Senate defeated the latest bipartisan effort Thursday to end the war in Iran with a war powers resolution, despite a growing number of Republicans in competitive elections breaking with President Donald Trump with calls to end the nearly seven-month-long conflict. Most of those vulnerable incumbents stuck by the president to oppose what marked the […]
Darializa Avila Chevalier was detained during a protest in New York City on Thursday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is addressing the U.N. General Assembly. Avila Chevalier, a socialist who is all but certain to be a member of Congress next year, was detained alongside New York City Councilman Chi Osse and comedian […]
