Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is kicking off a media blitz and campaign bus tour following his shaky performance in Tuesday’s vice presidential debate. The more aggressive public schedule is a departure from the previous strategy, in which the Democratic vice presidential candidate mostly avoided national media, a miscalculation that some strategists believe contributed to his “subpar” debate performance. […]
A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States on Japan exploded at a Japanese airport after nearly 80 years. One bomb out of the 179,967 tons of bombs dropped on Japan during World War II was buried underneath a Japanese runway for decades, having landed on the Miyazaki Airport when it was […]
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has appealed Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney’s ruling that struck down the state’s “heartbeat” abortion law. Carr, a Republican, is asking Georgia’s Supreme Court to reinstate the six-week abortion ban while the court reviews the state’s appeal. McBurney ruled Monday that the abortion ban Georgia put in place […]
Top Republican leaders who support school choice initiatives in South Carolina are calling for redress after the state Supreme Court struck down the state’s school voucher program last month. On Sept. 12, the state Supreme Court issued a 3-2 decision that left upward of 3,000 children from low- and moderate-income families with fewer education options. […]
EXCLUSIVE — Two House Republicans are demanding Oregon‘s secretary of state provide information on how the state is handling over 1,000 noncitizens who have been on voter rolls for three years, the latest step from GOP lawmakers to crack down on election integrity ahead of the 2024 election. House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) […]
Bank of America appears to have experienced a widespread outage, with customers reporting accounts with improper balances of $0. Outage spotter Downdetector reported a spike in outage reports from Bank of America at around 12:45 p.m., quickly skyrocketing to over 20,000 within a half-hour. An equally sharp decline in outages was detected shortly after that, […]
Harold Daggett, the 78-year-old chief of the International Longshoremen’s Association, isn’t pulling any punches. It’s not his style. “People are going to sit up and realize how important longshoremen jobs are,” Daggett said Tuesday. “They won’t be able to sell cars. They won’t be able to stock malls. They won’t be able to do anything in […]
Jewish places of worship will be getting a boost in law enforcement protection ahead of the start of the High Holiday season. Police departments across the United States are increasing their presence at Jewish places of worship out of an abundance of caution due to Iran’s attack on Israel on Tuesday, as well as antisemitism, […]
Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday provided additional details on former President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, offering a plan to disprove what he called Trump’s “false claims” about election fraud and fight against the Supreme Court’s immunity decision. The 165-page motion, unsealed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, […]
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Wednesday that Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Republican vice presidential candidate, made “good acting choices” in the first and only 2024 vice presidential debate Tuesday night. “Keep in mind that what you saw last night was a lot of good acting choices,” Goldberg said to her co-hosts as she pretended […]
