Voters in Florida will decide on the fate of two high-profile ballot measures on abortion and recreational marijuana, but both appear to be in jeopardy of meeting the 60% threshold required to pass. Amendment 3 would legalize adults 21 and older to “possess, purchase, or use marijuana products” for recreation, while Amendment 4 claims it […]
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice that argued the state was removing people from its voter registration list too close to Election Day, according to a court motion filed Wednesday. Lawyers for Alabama’s attorney general argued that the state’s decision to switch […]
Millions in GOP advertising funds supporting Republican Sam Brown’s Nevada Senate battle will reportedly be reshuffled as hybrid ads ahead of Election Day. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the upper chamber’s GOP campaign arm, is canceling its independent expenditure buys for Brown as it shifts its gaze toward hybrid ads, according to a […]
The CIA is releasing instructions in Korean, Farsi, and Mandarin for informants in authoritarian regimes looking to communicate with the CIA in a safe way. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA wrote in a statement […]
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed that listening devices were found in his personal bathroom after letting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu use it in 2017. In his upcoming book, Unleashed, Johnson relayed an anecdote implying Netanyahu might have planted a bug in his personal bathroom, the Telegraph reported. According to the former prime […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg expressed hope that a deal can be reached to resolve the newly enacted strike involving East and Gulf coast ports, specifically calling on “extremely profitable” ocean carriers to end it. The strike, which started Tuesday, began after the International Longshoremen’s Association was unable to reach a new deal with the United […]
President Joe Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness plan is set to go back into action after a federal judge ruled a temporary restraining order should expire. U.S. District Judge Randal Hall in Georgia made the ruling, according to CNBC, in relation to a suit brought by seven red states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North […]
The diplomat slated to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Libya has withdrawn her name from the process as the Senate has been slow-walking the nomination process. Jennifer Gavito was nominated by President Joe Biden in January, but Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have stalled discussing the appointments of Gavito and 25 other […]
Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) praised North Carolina residents for helping each other in the wake of Hurricane Helene, a weather phenomenon of which he has “never seen anything like this.” North Carolina is one of several south-eastern states that have been affected by the hurricane, which has so far killed at least 192 people. While […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s security clearance could be downgraded after he was indicted last month on corruption charges. Federal scrutiny and possible adjustments to the mayor’s security clearance are in the realm of possibility due to his alleged criminal acts and involvement with a foreign government, according to Politico. “There’s a definite possibility […]
