Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape was critical of President Joe Biden’s comments last week that linked his country to cannibalism, Reuters reported. He urged Biden to clarify the comments in a statement released on Sunday. “President Biden’s remarks may have been a slip of the tongue; however, my country does not deserve to be labeled […]
Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have set up an encampment on campus to protest Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and the university’s relationship with the Israel Defense Forces. The group putting up tents on the school’s Kresge Lawn is calling the effort the Scientists Against Genocide Encampment, according to Francesca Riccio-Ackerman, a research […]
A Chicago Police Department officer was fatally shot early Sunday morning while on his way home from work. Luis Huesca, 30, suffered multiple gunshot wounds around 2:53 a.m. before he was discovered on the ground near 56th Street and South Kedzie Avenue with his car missing. Huesca was wearing his uniform under a jacket at […]
Rep. Cori Bush (R-MO) reportedly spent $86,000 on legal fees during the year’s first quarter amid a Justice Department investigation into payments her campaign made for her husband’s security services. Bush’s campaign finance records, obtained by Axios, reveal her team paid nearly $100,000 to law firms between January and March. That reportedly leaves her campaign […]
An intruder broke into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s home early Sunday morning, though it is unclear what the suspect’s motive was. Bass was inside her Getty House residence at the time of the crime, and it appears her family was too, as the mayor’s office said neither she nor her family were injured in […]
The White House issued a strong rebuke of the antisemitic threats that have been shouted at pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the country, most notably Columbia University. Large groups have gathered at Columbia, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Some protesters have gone further by calling for the death of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Former first lady Melania Trump continued her online retail venture with a gold-vermeiled necklace going for $245. Trump appears to be targeting the Mother’s Day holiday on May 12, as it is described on her website as “a customizable necklace designed by Melania Trump to honor all mothers.” The three-leaf clover shape allows for the […]
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) mocked the criminal trial against Donald Trump, suggesting that United States’s voters aren’t paying it much attention. Noem appeared on State of the Union with Dana Bash on Sunday after a weeklong jury selection process for Trump’s trial in New York. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of allegedly falsifying business […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced on Sunday that lawmakers in California are working on emergency legislation to help abortion providers in neighboring Arizona as a restrictive abortion law is set to be reimplemented in the Grand Canyon State. Newsom said on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki that he, along with the California Legislative Women’s Caucus […]
David Pecker, a key figure in the hush money case against Donald Trump, is reportedly slated to be the first witness to testify against the former president at his New York criminal trial. Pecker is the former CEO of the company that published The National Enquirer and is expected to deliver the first testimony against […]
