KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment. The order to dismiss Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk was published on the presidential website. “We need to protect people. Protect personnel. Take […]
Former Gov. Larry Hogan is fashioning himself after one of the Senate’s most independent members in his battle to win over moderate voters in deep-blue Maryland. In a state that hasn’t elected a Republican senator since 1977, Hogan invoked Sen. Joe Manchin’s (I-WV) bipartisan reputation during his race to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD). […]
Two former Georgia election workers have filed a civil lawsuit against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and alleged he is trying to shield his assets following a $148 million defamation judgment against him. The lawsuit from Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss claims Giuliani falsely declared his Palm Beach, Florida, condominium as his new […]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced new initiatives this week to cut down on illegal prostitution in the city’s Mission District, including mailing “Dear John” warning letters to the owners of vehicles spotted soliciting in the area. Breed, who is up for reelection in November, has recently taken a tough-on-crime approach to problems plaguing the California coastal […]
Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) signed an executive order that bars state agencies from purchasing “lab-grown” or “fake meat.” Pillen, alongside the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, announced three initiatives on Thursday that he said would protect Nebraska’s agriculture industry from lab-grown meat. The executive order bans state agencies from obtaining lab-grown meat, requires state contractors to commit to not […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has long described the moment in 2004 that inspired him to run for public office. In Walz’s telling, the “folksy” high school teacher and two of his students attended a campaign rally for President George W. Bush as an educational experience. However, Walz says, all three of them were denied entry […]
More than a dozen Jewish House Democrats criticized the United Nations in a letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over the exclusion of Israeli and Jewish victims, including the casualties of the Oct. 7 attack, from a recent exhibit honoring victims of terrorism globally. The U.N. commemorated the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to Victims […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign is forcefully rebuking former President Donald Trump‘s newest call for the government or health insurance companies to fully fund in vitro fertilization treatments under a hypothetical second administration. Her campaign announced the launch of a 50-stop “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour beginning Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago […]
Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to intervene in his New York hush money case, seeking to overturn his felony conviction and indefinitely delay his sentencing. Trump attorney Emil Bove filed the request late Thursday, arguing that the prosecution violated his constitutional rights and contradicted a recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) confessed to making “an honest mistake” after it was revealed he misrepresented his military record years ago. Moore claimed the military “awarded me the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge” on an application to join a prestigious White House fellowship in 2006, according to a New York Times report […]
