Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) signed a law on Saturday that will allow voters to receive water while waiting to vote in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary next week, in the hopes it can cool off those who wish to cast their ballots. Extreme heat is set to scorch New York City as residents […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-D) on Saturday blamed the Democratic Party’s poor 2024 election performance on unpopular positions and a general appearance of ineptitude throughout the latter half of former President Joe Biden’s four years in office. Khanna said in a podcast interview with Politico that Democrats lost the 2024 elections because they “became the party […]
Judge James Boasberg ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the acting archivist, to collect any Signal messages belonging to top Trump administration officials and refer them to the Justice Department. Boasberg said he could not do anything about the Signal messages that have already been deleted, but the execution of his order would preserve the […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said. Footage shared by local news outlet G1 showed billows of smoke coming from the balloon in flames as it hurtled toward the ground in the municipality of […]
President Donald Trump sent envoy Keith Kellogg to Belarus for talks with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko on Saturday, while Russia and Ukraine continue to fight. Despite Trump’s peace efforts, the conflict in Ukraine has not come to an end. Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which have been mediated at times by the U.S., have […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday afternoon that he brokered a treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda in their conflict over valuable minerals. Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio assisted in the deal, and the treaty will be signed by representatives from both nations in Washington, D.C., on […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Ellie, a British-Iranian living in the United Kingdom, tried to call her mother in Tehran, a robotic female voice answered instead. “Alo? Alo?” the voice said, then asked in English: “Who is calling?” A few seconds passed. “I can’t heard you,” the voice continued, its English imperfect. “Who you […]
NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, it might take a moment — or more — to remember why. Start with the very name. “There’s something percussive about it: Battle of Bunker Hill,” says prize-winning historian Nathaniel Philbrick, whose “Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Carol Kaye, a prolific and revered bassist who played on thousands of songs in the 1960s including hits by the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel and Barbra Streisand, told The Associated Press on Friday that she wants no part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I’ve declined the rrhof. Permanently,” the 90-year-old […]
ENDERLIN, North Dakota (AP) — Powerful winds swept across the upper Midwest, causing damage to an airport in Minnesota and three deaths in North Dakota. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner said at a press conference Saturday that two men and a woman were killed at two separate locations in the town of Enderlin, North Dakota, […]
