Angry protesters at the University of Memphis disrupted a speech by Kyle Rittenhouse on Wednesday night, as hundreds of demonstrators gathered to shout down a discussion about the Second Amendment. Rittenhouse is best known for killing two attackers and injuring another in 2020 in defense of his own life during Black Lives Matter riots in […]
Satellite imagery analyzed by the United Nations shows that roughly 35% of all buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged during the Israel–Hamas war, while more than 10% have been destroyed. The United Nations Satellite Center released an update on Wednesday regarding the destruction caused by nearly six months of war in the enclave. […]
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is asking 1 million of his supporters to save Trump Tower from being seized to secure a $454 million bond in his New York civil fraud case. If Trump cannot secure his total bond amount, state prosecutors can start seizing some of his assets. In a Wednesday message, the presumptive […]
The Tennessee Senate on Thursday approved a nearly $2 billion tax and refund for businesses, a proposal designed to prevent threats of a potential lawsuit even as critics warned the so-called solution was rushed without being properly vetted and shrouded in mystery. Starting last fall, Republican legislative leaders say a law firm representing a large […]
House Republican leaders are poised to waive a key voting rule that requires lawmakers to release legislative text at least 72 hours before a vote as Congress races to avoid a weekend government shutdown. The House is likely to vote on its final spending bill on Friday, just one day after lawmakers unveiled the “minibus” […]
A California police department says it will stop using Lego heads to block the identities of suspects featured in its photos after the toy company complained. The Murrieta Police Department had been editing photos to comply with a state law that forbids law enforcement from sharing photos of suspects for nonviolent crimes. However, Lt. Jeremy […]
Newsman Dan Rather is stepping up his criticism of former President Donald Trump, using his online newsletter to rip the GOP presidential candidate’s reliance on old friends who have had brushes with the law. Under the headline “The White House to the Big House,” with the subhead, “Felons present and pardoned in Trump-world,” the controversial […]
A Columbia University task force created to combat antisemitism on campus is having trouble defining antisemitism. Members of the group have refused to define what antisemitism is, with two competing groups pushing different definitions. The task force was created to address “the harmful impact of rising antisemitism on Columbia’s Jewish community and to ensure that […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are requesting extensive information from top-ranked universities, including on foreign funding, as part of their investigation into campus antisemitism. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) is scrutinizing the tax-exempt statuses of Harvard University, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — and the […]
Washington, D.C., Chief Financial Officer Glen Lee is holding up Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget by asserting that a reserve fund must be replenished as part of it. Bowser’s budget was supposed to come out Wednesday, but Lee held it up at the last minute. Though there is nothing in Washington, D.C., law that requires the […]
