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Spokane Mayor proposes new role to thwart increased narcotics trafficking

(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown proposed a new initiative on Tuesday aimed at expanding the city’s capacity to prosecute criminal offenders and organizations dealing and trafficking narcotics. The announcement follows a July report from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs that noted annual shifts in crime from 2022 to 2023. […]

‘F you, Taylor Swift’: Megyn Kelly slams musician’s endorsement of Harris

Journalist Megyn Kelly joked musician Taylor Swift could “kiss your sales to the Republican audience goodbye” after Swift’s recent endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, which she gave shortly after Tuesday night’s presidential debate. Swift’s endorsement marks the monthslong end of speculation over whether she would vocalize her support for the Democratic presidential candidate, writing […]

9/11 widow knocks Biden’s ‘flippant’ remark on plans to attend ceremony

A widow who lost her husband in the 9/11 terrorist attacks slammed President Joe Biden for his recent comments in which he said he would “do 9/11.” Biden made his comment the day before the 23-year anniversary of the historic attack on the United States, which was marked on Wednesday by two people reading the […]

Trump questions necessity of second debate with Harris: ‘Why would I do a rematch?’

Former President Donald Trump questioned the logic behind doing a second debate with Vice President Kamala Harris after he claimed “she was beaten badly” during their first encounter Tuesday.  The Harris campaign requested a second debate immediately after the pair’s debut encounter ended in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. Trump cast doubts on acceding to the […]

Debate reminded voters Harris owns a gun but not of her position on gun rights

During Tuesday’s presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris revealed a fact about herself that is perhaps surprising to some: She is a gun owner. That was nearly the only mention of guns at the debate, however, leaving some still confused about what her legislative stance on guns is. As a presidential candidate, Harris has disavowed […]

Fact-checking the Kamala Harris claims that ABC wouldn’t

Vice President Kamala Harris made a number of misleading or false claims during the debate on Tuesday, but the ABC News moderators declined to fact-check her statements in real time.  David Muir and Linsey Davis faced criticism for pressing former President Donald Trump on incorrect statements while permitting his opponent to make several of her […]

Rashida Tlaib targets Facebook ads to Qatari-funded outlet fans, data show

“Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) targets one audience more than any other for her campaign’s Facebook ads: fans of the Qatari-backed website Al Jazeera. Tlaib’s campaign has spent over $81,000 on ads in the last 90 days, largely to draw attention to her anti-Israel positions and fundraise for her fellow progressive Squad members in the […]

Israel strikes UN school-turned-shelter in Gaza

The Israeli Air Force struck a United Nations school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, with at least a dozen people allegedly killed. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said the “precise strike” targeted a Hamas command and control center operating inside the Al Jaouni School in Nuseirat. The center was allegedly used to plan and carry […]

What Trump and Harris said about most-searched concerns in US

The first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump offered the latest window into how the White House hopefuls will tackle a myriad of voters’ top concerns. Immigration consistently topped the Google Trends list as the most-searched topic Wednesday, followed by varying levels of interest in healthcare, abortion, crime, and wages. […]

ABC News debate host claimed crime is down using incomplete data

Former President Donald Trump’s claim during the presidential debate Tuesday that crime rates in the United States have risen was swiftly met with a fact-check by moderator David Muir, who pointed to data that is missing information. Trump lamented crimes committed by migrants living in the United States illegally during an exchange that followed a […]
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