Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) received a bill on his desk Thursday that would issue fines to the parents of children upon committing their second crime in Tennessee. Parents would be liable for a $1,000 fine besides any monetary damages issued by a court for a second offense and every offense afterward. The Parental Accountability bill […]
The United States, along with the United Kingdom and Canada, announced on Thursday additional sanctions targeting Iran’s drone proliferation network. The Treasury Department sanctioned more than a dozen entities, people, and vessels it said “played a central role in facilitating and financing the clandestine sale of Iranian” drones. This network works for Iran’s Ministry of […]
Head-to-head presidential preference polls are all the rage, but ever since Dwight D. Eisenhower’s reelection in 1956, the pros have looked to approval ratings as the key to an incumbent’s chances. And for President Joe Biden, the numbers look bad. While he is even or leading former President Donald Trump in some racehorse polls, Biden’s […]
The White House Thursday deflected House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) request to send National Guard assets to police pro-Gaza protests at Columbia University, saying it’s New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) call. Johnson visited Columbia on Wednesday, where he called on university President Minouche Shafik to resign and added that he planned on calling President […]
The House Judiciary Committee mapped out the early stages of the Manhattan district attorney’s hush money case against Donald Trump in a report on Thursday, accusing a retired attorney of forcing a prosecution against the former president for political purposes. The committee claimed that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat, brought a weak […]
Former President Donald Trump’s appeal request for E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million defamation suit verdict was denied. In January, Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million in a defamation lawsuit stemming from his denial of Carroll’s claim that he raped her in the mid-1990s. Trump almost immediately announced he would appeal the decision, an appeal that was […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign is seizing on Republican voters in Pennsylvania frustrated with former President Donald Trump in a new ad released on Thursday that targets former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley supporters. More than 157,000 registered Republican voters snubbed Trump and voted for Haley during the Keystone State’s primary on Tuesday, a worrying sign […]
Former President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden for his response to pro-Palestinian protests on various college campuses. Protests at Columbia University garnered national headlines after reports of rampant intimidation and harassment of Jewish students, along with concerns for their safety. Trump said Biden’s handling of the current protests make the infamous 2017 Unite the […]
After President Joe Biden’s campaign recently declared Florida “winnable,” it has opened its first field office in the state. The office is in Hillsborough County, the third-largest county in Florida, which contains most of Tampa. The county has voted Democrat in the past two elections, but Republicans are gaining ground in voter registrations there. That […]
Pope Francis called for peace in his first in-depth interview with an American media outlet. CBS News teased a clip of the hourlong interview that will air Sunday. Anchor Norah O’Donnell asked the head of the Catholic Church about the various conflicts happening across the world, from Israel combating Hamas to Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine. […]