New York’s Black Lives Matter chapter head called for “black vigilantes” in response to the acquittal of Daniel Penny, saying “there is no love for black people” after the ruling. Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a jury Monday for placing a black man, Jordan Neely, in a chokehold on a […]
The Syrian rebel forces that successfully toppled the regime of former President Bashar Assad have installed a transitional prime minister. Mohammed al Bashir, the leader of the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al Sham’s political wing, will begin fielding a Cabinet to head the incoming government. Bashir has served as the head of the oppositional Syrian […]
Time has released 10 nominees for its annual Person of the Year award, including the 2024 presidential candidates and podcast host Joe Rogan. This is not the first time President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have made the list. Trump won in 2016 after his election victory, and Harris shared the title with […]
Incoming Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler suggested that the Syrian rebels prove they’re truly in charge by turning in the American hostages without incident. Boehler made one of his first television appearances since President-elect Donald Trump appointed him on the heels of Syrian rebels taking over Damascus. The Assad family had been head of […]
TikTok filed an emergency motion for an injunction with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to halt its looming ban. TikTok and ByteDance, its China-based parent company, will be banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19, 2025, unless ByteDance divests. If successful, the motion would stop the ban from taking […]
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued that “no one should be surprised” that all of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees will be confirmed by the Senate, which will be controlled by the Republican Party come Jan. 3, 2025. Ahead of Trump’s inauguration, some of the president-elect’s nominees, including defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, have faced pushback […]
The Supreme Court declined to hear three high-profile cases on Monday addressing issues of racial diversity in school admissions, gun rights, and parental consent in transgender policies. Despite the denials, statements from several Republican-appointed justices, including Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, suggested a willingness to revisit these contentious topics in the future. Race-conscious admissions […]
An “undiagnosed” flu-like disease has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent weeks. There have been at least 376 cases reported since Oct. 24 of patients experiencing fevers, headaches, and runny noses, in addition to difficulty breathing and anemia, according to Jean Kaseya, the director general of the Africa […]
The House is set to consider the National Defense Authorization Act this week in an attempt to push through one of Congress’s highest priority bills before it expires later this month and lawmakers leave town until Jan. 3. Bipartisan congressional leadership released legislative text of the NDAA over the weekend, outlining more than 1,800 pages […]
Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a jury on Monday for placing a man in a chokehold on a subway train in Manhattan. The decision by the seven women and five men comes after Penny’s manslaughter charge was dismissed Friday due to the jury being unable to reach a unanimous decision. […]
