Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, who may or may not legally be the country’s president, and Russian President Vladimir Putin came to terms on Thursday to strengthen their alliance. Considered two of the world’s most authoritarian rulers, Putin and Maduro forged a pact to solidify intelligence-gathering and counter-espionage efforts. Additionally, Venezuela and Russia came to an energy […]
The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982; By Chris Nashawaty, Flatiron; 289 pp., $29.99 As we approach the dying days of a movie summer dominated by Deadpool & Wolverine, the premise of a new book by veteran film journalist Chris Nashawaty may sound like a bit of a tough sell. […]
The seventh season of the reality show Love Is Blind promised to deliver a Washington, D.C., experience. In a sense, it did. In typical fashion for the sprawling D.C. metro area, cast members claiming to fall under the shadow of the Capitol hail from cities as distant as Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. Among participants, […]
R.E.M. grew out of the vibrant music scene of Athens, Georgia, in 1980. Lead singer Michael Stipe, a recent transplant from the St. Louis suburbs, was taking art classes at the University of Georgia and singing in a kitschy cover band when he met record store clerk and guitarist Peter Buck. Sharing an interest in […]
Three women were shot in Miami on Wednesday after an argument about the 2024 election devolved into violence. A person went back to their car following an argument related to the election and retrieved a gun while under the influence of alcohol, police said. The individual then shot the women, who are in their late […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is not pleased with the Green Party’s influence on the Pennsylvania Senate race. He made his feelings publicly known as he awaits more results in the race, even though the Associated Press has already called it for Republican Dave McCormick over Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). “Pennsylvania is going to count every […]
Billionaire heir Daniel Lurie defeated Mayor London Breed and a crowded field of rivals to win the San Francisco mayoral race, earning his first term leading California’s fourth-largest city. Lurie, a Democrat and political novice, told the Washington Examiner that Breed and his opponents “underestimated not only us, but they underestimated the people of San Francisco and […]
House Democrats have scheduled their leadership elections even as they await election results from across the country that will determine which party attains control of the House. As of Thursday evening, Decision Desk HQ gave Republicans an 85.1% chance of keeping the House. Several seats are still too close to call. House Democratic Caucus Chairman […]
Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) has once again beat a Democrat in California’s 40th Congressional District, which voted for Biden in 2020, topping Joe Kerr, a retired fire captain. Kim beat Kerr with 56.4% of the vote to Kerr’s 43.6%. The Associated Press called the race at 9:09 p.m. with 74% of the vote counted so far. The […]
Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) is publicly encouraging President-elect Donald Trump to stay neutral in next week’s race for majority leader. In repeated TV interviews, Thune has asked that Trump not endorse any of the three candidates running to replace GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Thune is perceived as the marginal front-runner in that […]
