Like a shark hunter who has lost track of the shark, or an adventurer unable to locate the Ark of the Covenant, Steven Spielberg has been drifting for the better part of the decade. In recent years, Spielberg has seemed far removed from the glories of Jaws (1975) or Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), to say nothing of […]
President Donald Trump announced on Friday he is backing both Republican candidates vying for their party’s gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina, marking a setback for Lt. Gov. Pam Evette — a GOP candidate he’d already endorsed in that race. The president said he couldn’t pick between the two “highly respected” candidates, Evette and Attorney General […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is splitting with the state GOP over in vitro fertilization after it became a line of attack in his battleground Senate race. Paxton stated a more centrist position on IVF as polls show a tight race ahead of the November general election, saying he supported the procedure. The development sets […]
New York democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier this week declined to say if her House campaign supports sending murderers to jail. In an interview, the self-proclaimed “prison abolitionist” refused four times to directly confirm whether she endorses locking up people convicted of murder. Avila Chevalier is running to represent the 13th Congressional District and was […]
Israel and Hezbollah renewed their ceasefire on Friday, but Jerusalem will continue to hold a security presence in Lebanon aimed at targeting the country’s terrorist group, according to officials. Israel’s ambassador, Yechiel Leiter, confirmed the agreement, saying the country halted all offensive operations against Hezbollah. The United States and Qatar brokered the latest deal through […]
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old democratic socialist running for Congress, is pushing an ice cream giveaway for early voters in New York’s 13th Congressional District, raising eyebrows as a legally dubious campaign effort. Election experts warn that the giveaway, which promises a free ice cream from a local business, violates federal election law. Sean Cooksey, […]
President Donald Trump restated his claim that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “begged” to take a picture with him at the G7 Summit in France this week. Trump’s once-friendly relationship with Meloni has been strained since Italy refused to back the U.S. plan to impose a military blockade on the Strait of Hormuz during the […]
A federal appeals court sided with California parents on Friday, finding that a state policy barring school employees from informing parents of their children’s gender transition is unlawful. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the city of Huntington Beach and a group of parents a bid to […]
President Donald Trump on Friday launched the debut of the new Air Force One, revealing it will lead a historic flyover of Washington, D.C., on July 4. Trump unveiled the jet, which Qatar gifted, during a press conference at Joint Base Andrews. After taking a tour of the brand-new jet, he came down the stairs […]
The Justice Department refused Friday to provide a sworn declaration from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirming that President Donald Trump’s proposed anti-weaponization fund has been abandoned, arguing that a federal judge’s demand for such assurances raises separation-of-powers concerns. In a filing submitted Friday to U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, the DOJ said sworn statements […]
