Former President Donald Trump‘s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention drew 25 million viewers, more than he did in 2020, but far less than in 2016. Viewership of Trump’s speech peaked around 11 p.m. during which Trump was recalling the story of his assassination attempt for the first time from the point of view […]
(The Center Square) – Ballots for Washington’s Aug. 6 primary election will soon be showing up in registered voters’ mailboxes. The ballot includes candidates for governor and several other state level elected offices, such as attorney general and lands commissioner, as well as Washington’s U.S. House districts and a U.S. Senate seat. In Washington, the top two […]
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden battling through COVID-19 and ignoring media “experts” and jumpy Democrats in difficult reelection races who are calling on him to quit his reelection campaign because they fear he will drag the party down. Team Biden has said firmly that he will not withdraw, arguing why […]
Transport providers, businesses and governments on Saturday are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage. The biggest continuing effect has been on air travel. Carriers canceled thousands of flights on Friday and now have many of their planes and crews in the wrong place, while airports are […]
(The Center Square) – Ten days without pay and a demotion, including salary adjustment, is the punishment for a small-town police officer in North Carolina following a sensitive post to social media after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Brandon Richardson, formerly a detective sergeant with the Tarboro Police Department, is being reclassified […]
(The Center Square) – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defended President Joe Biden at this week’s NAACP Convention in Las Vegas amidst growing calls across the party for him to drop out of the race. The contrast is notable. The governor is a top name floated in the Democratic Party as a replacement for the president, even […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 72-year-old man picking huckleberries in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a surprise encounter and injured him badly enough that he had to be hospitalized, authorities said Friday. The man was alone on national forest land when the adult female charged him Thursday. He suffered […]
(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown told her fellow officials they could pull the city out of its deficit; all it would take is extensive personnel and funding cuts, which could diminish public safety. Brown has alluded to this option several times already: first when proposing her Community Safety Levy and then when announcing a two-book outlook for […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Comptroller says she is confident that the condition of Illinois’ pension system is headed in the right direction. The state’s unfunded pension liabilities have been a sore thumb for decades. The Commission of Government Forecasting and Accountability reported that Illinois’ pension system experienced growth in debt last year of […]
As a growing chorus of lawmakers continues to call on President Joe Biden to step aside as the party’s nominee, several prominent Democratic lawmakers and operatives are discussing and publicly endorsing the idea of an open nominating process at the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) became the second Democratic senator to call on […]
