France confirmed an Ebola case on Wednesday, marking the first recorded case in Europe since the outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. The infected individual is a French humanitarian doctor who had been working in the Congo. Authorities said he was transported to a specialized medical facility equipped to treat […]
Billionaires can buy television ads, consultants, and campaign infrastructure. What they can’t buy is votes. That’s the lesson Maryland congressional candidate David Trone learned Tuesday night after dumping millions of his own dollars into a losing race. Trone is part of a growing list of wealthy candidates who discovered that personal wealth is no guarantee of political […]
President Donald Trump’s administration appears unconcerned with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s gloating and insults about the peace plan signed this month, but is willing to make serious threats when Tehran negotiators consider breaking the agreement. Iranian leaders seem to have zero fear that trash-talking the Americans could blow up their memorandum of understanding with […]
New York socialist House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier co-founded a pro-Hamas group that led protesters at Columbia University and called for “death to America.” Chevalier, who won the Tuesday Democratic primary for New York’s 13th Congressional District, “helped launch” the radical group in 2016 as a Columbia graduate, according to her profile on the anti-Israel publication The […]
Postmaster General David Steiner ran into a fiscal hawk wall on Wednesday as he pleaded for the Senate to help the U.S. Postal Service out of its dire financial situation. The USPS head has been warning that the service would run out of funds by the end of 2026 since the start of the year, […]
The owner of a Northern California winery asked the Supreme Court to halt the collection of nearly $4 million in fines levied against it by Napa County, as she appeals the penalties the county imposed for hosting routine wine tastings. She says the fines, which she notes punish ordinary activity for which her business was […]
Senate Democrats sparred with Postmaster General David Steiner on Wednesday over the U.S. Postal Service‘s move to stop delivering mail-in ballots in states that don’t hand over their voter rolls to the federal government. Steiner, who has stayed out of the political spotlight since taking the lead role at USPS last year, was grilled by […]
A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center on Wednesday to submit a report explaining why a tarp that is blocking the building’s front sign remains up after workers removed President Donald Trump’s name this month. The report is due within seven days of the Kennedy Center’s next Board of Trustees meeting or by the end […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) blasted Republicans, saying they “bow down to the Great Trump,” after the president canceled the signing of a housing bill. “The Republicans have distinguished themselves as a group by their absolute inability to stand up to Donald Trump,” Warren said on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on Wednesday. “There has been […]
Speaker Mike Johnson said at a news conference Wednesday he expects the GOP to hold a trifecta in 2026, 2028, 2030, and beyond. His comments come in the wake of a slate of socialist congressional candidates winning in New York City on Tuesday. “It is a very sad, dark harbinger for the future of America,” […]
