DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Libertarian candidates seeking U.S. House seats in Iowa will not appear on the ballot this November following a judge’s ruling Saturday, upholding a state election panel’s decision. The ruling came in an appeal by the candidates after the State Objection Panel, composed of one Democratic and two Republican elected officials, […]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of homes and buildings were threatened Sunday by an out-of-control wildfire burning in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a dayslong heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits across the region. State firefighters said 8,733 structures were threatened, including single and multi-family homes […]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) openly doubted that former President Donald Trump would show up to the presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, scheduled for Tuesday. In an interview at TribFest, the former House speaker was asked what advice she would give the former president regarding the debate, then joking that the two are “close.” […]
(The Center Square) – Crime is up in Chicago despite city-wide efforts – and more than $180 million – to reduce violence through a series of programs. Republican state Rep. John Cabello said Chicago’s rising crime rate amounts to an indictment of the state’s present legal system and all its recent changes. New data shows […]
(The Center Square) – With a roundtable discussion slated for next week, several Spokane officials hosted a Thursday press conference to give more insight into the city council’s deferred homelessness ordinances. Council President Betsy Wilkerson said the upcoming meeting(s) are intended “to dispel some of the misinformation and miscommunication that is circulating in our community.” […]
(The Center Square) — Two New England states are going all-in on wind power by pursuing what is being described as the “largest” offshore procurement in the region. On Friday, Massachusetts and Rhode Island jointly announced that they plan to procure a total of 2,678 megawatts of offshore wind power spread across all three projects […]
(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued another county for allegedly violating state election law, this time, the Travis County Commissioners Court. The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Travis County and names the Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar, county judge and commissioners as defendants. On August […]
(The Center Square) – The honeymoon with voters in battleground North Carolina is fading, according to polling for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. As former President Donald Trump rolled into Charlotte on Friday to address the National Fraternal Order of Police, the most recent polling releases did not show him trailing even modestly. The last […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property. The publicly traded company said a non-prosecution settlement reached Friday represented a monetary figure […]
Musician Elton John laughed when he found out former President Donald Trump referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “Little Rocket Man,” a reference to John’s famous “Rocket Man” song. Trump gave Kim the nickname as early as 2017, a day after the North Korean government tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. He claimed […]
