Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested the “rhetoric” seen during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2020 was to blame for her past support of the “defund the police” movement. “During this time and especially during COVID, there was a huge opening of the Overton window,” she said on ABC’s This Week on Sunday. “We were shut […]
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said he would back a “bad deal” to conclude the Iran war, which he believes President Donald Trump “has lost.” The senator’s statement comes as Trump seeks an endgame to the war with Iran by trying to formulate an agreement that would fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, thereby bringing oil […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says she hasn’t “ruled out the possibility” of a 2028 presidential bid as a new poll shows the progressive lawmaker gaining ground among Democratic voters in New Hampshire. “I haven’t ruled out the possibility,” Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC News’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sunday, adding that she was “very humbled” […]
Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Michigan, fired back at President Donald Trump for posting a photo that juxtaposes the first couple with the progressive candidate and his spouse. The Truth Social post that Trump made late Saturday night showed Trump and first lady Melania Trump smiling while attending […]
Progressive Democrat Abdul el Sayed revealed he spoke with former President Barack Obama after his Senate primary victory against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in Michigan last week. The Democratic nominee described his conversation with the former president as “warm and inspiring” while the candidate turns his attention toward the general election. “I really enjoyed the […]
Two helicopter pilots who crashed while they were fighting a wildfire in Utah are dead, officials confirmed Saturday. The pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter went down Friday morning, according to the Sevier County sheriff. The helicopter was among those fighting a fire in the Fishlake National Forest. The crash ignited a new fire that […]
Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) secured his party’s nomination for reelection after successfully defending his House seat from a younger progressive challenger in Hawaii’s Democratic primary election on Saturday. Case, widely considered a centrist Democrat, ran against Hawaii state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole. With over 90% of the election results in by Sunday morning, the 73-year-old incumbent […]
TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons “absolute evil,” denounced growing support for nuclear deterrence, and called on the Japanese government to adhere to its three postwar non-nuclear principles. The anniversary coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government revising […]
The September 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 23 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
Stephen Miller thinks President Donald Trump’s second bid to curb birthright citizenship can survive where the first failed, he said Thursday from the Oval Office alongside the president at an executive order signing. Trump’s two new executive orders do not revive his previous broad effort to deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants and temporary […]
