The chances of Democrats winning the New Jersey Senate race to replace indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) have improved now that a messy primary battle will be avoided following first lady Tammy Murphy’s decision to drop out. Murphy’s announcement came one day ahead of the filing deadline, leaving Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) as the all-but-certain […]
Former President Donald Trump is promoting the “God Bless the USA” Bible as Holy Week is celebrated throughout the world. The special edition Bible, which retails for $59.99, is inspired by signer Lee Greenwood’s 1984 hit “God Bless the USA” — which is blasted at Trump’s campaign stops — according to its website. It is […]
One of the most distressing things about the Donald Trump movement is seeing putative “conservatives” make excuses for the 2021 Capitol rioters. The same people who usually defend police and castigate rowdy protesters suddenly jettison their law-and-order pretensions and join former President Donald Trump in describing rioters as “hostages” and “patriots.” Progressive journalist Bill Lueders […]
U.S. and Israeli defense leaders met at the Pentagon on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. decision not to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution prompted outrage from Israeli government leaders. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog were among the Israeli delegates who met with U.S. leaders […]
Officers with Customs and Border Protection arrested two people in the last week, with one wanted for sex crimes against children and the other having a prior arrest regarding a homicide, authorities said. The apprehension of the former occurred Sunday at the Anzalduas International Bridge when a CBP officer had 40-year-old Jose Ramon Hinojosa Garza […]
President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle mandate has raised skepticism and backlash from the automotive industry and consumers; still, a handful of states are looking to join California in banning gas-powered vehicles. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that by 2032, 70% of new cars and trucks sold cannot have tailpipe emissions. California was the […]
Philadelphia Department of Prisons Chief Blanche Carney announced she is stepping down from the troubled department next month. Carney sent a letter to her staff that her last day will be April 5, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. She is the first woman to serve as chief of the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. Since 2016, Carney […]
The Republican political activist who accused Conservative Political Action Conference Chairman Matt Schlapp of sexual assault has dropped his case, clearing the influential conservative. Carlton Huffman, 40, had charged without proof that Schlapp groped him during a 2022 election trip while the accuser was working for Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign in Georgia. He sought to […]
Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) will be placed on the county line in a majority of New Jersey counties ahead of the state’s primary despite him filing a lawsuit to do away with the line. In the wake of New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy dropping out of the race to replace Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), […]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the online retail giant contended. The court, in a unanimous decision, said the appeal was “improvidently granted,” meaning the Supreme Court should not have reviewed the case. That […]
