Battleground beginnings With the 2024 presidential contest hinging on a few thousand votes in roughly seven states, every ballot, and who is casting them, is facing intense scrutiny. Besides a handful of national rules governing the voting process, each state is allowed a certain amount of leeway to conduct elections the way it sees fit. […]
A key legislative race in Massachusetts is garnering national attention as both parties look to wrest control of a swing seat in the state Senate where Democratic incumbent Susan Moran is retiring. The race, which is Republicans’ first chance to flip the seat in four years, has attracted the attention of former Obama adviser David […]
National Hockey League All-Star Johnny Gaudreau was killed last Thursday when a suspected drunk driver struck him and his brother while they were riding bicycles on a road in New Jersey. Originally from Salem County, New Jersey, Gaudreau, 31, was visiting his hometown with his brother Matthew, 29, for his sister’s wedding, which was scheduled […]
A Venezuelan judge ordered the arrest on Monday of opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, who disputed last month’s elections against the incumbent, Nicolas Maduro, who claimed victory. Tarek William Saab, the attorney general of Venezuela, said a court issued an arrest warrant for Gonzalez, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes. The arrest warrant is […]
The East Asian country of Mongolia welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, defying an International Criminal Court warrant out for Putin’s arrest despite being an ICC member. As a member of the ICC, Mongolia was obligated to detain Putin, but it declined to do so. The ICC originally issued an arrest warrant for Putin […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the Democratic vice presidential candidate, checked in on a campaign staffer hospitalized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a crash in which his motorcade was involved. Press vans carrying journalists and staffers were in a car crash on Interstate 794 on Monday while on the way to a Labor Day celebration where Walz […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was confronted in a heated exchange with a steelworker while attempting to court workers. During a photo op at Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on Friday, Trudeau was rebuked by a steelworker who pressed him on his policies while the prime minister was handing out donuts. “The 25% […]
Actor and Democratic fundraiser George Clooney made his first comments following President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential election while at the Venice International Film Festival Sunday night for his new comedy Wolfs with co-star Brad Pitt. A reporter asked Clooney about the impact of his New York Times op-ed on July 10 titled […]
Pollster Frank Luntz said former President Donald Trump may have an edge in the Sept. 10 debate on ABC News if he uses silence at key moments but also asks his Democratic presidential rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, about questions that “she can’t answer.” “The debate is everything,” Luntz said on CNN News Central. “If […]
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (R-MN), used Labor Day to court U.S. workers in the Midwest as they seek to preserve Democrats’ long-standing alliance with unions. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, touted her support for labor organizations to a crowd of supporters in Detroit while flanked by top union […]
