Taco Bell locations in Oakland, California, are closing their dining indoors, opting to only serve customers via their drive-thrus due to crime. Out of the five locations based in this city, which is dealing with rising crime, all but one of them have shuttered their indoor dining. These locations are also not accepting cash from […]
NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura are on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s short list to run alongside him on his independent presidential ticket. Both candidates began their careers as celebrities, with Rodgers serving as quarterback for the New York Jets and Ventura having started as a professional wrestler and actor before […]
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) to serve as U.S. representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Maloney’s nomination, which would give him an ambassador title, passed by a 63-31 margin. President Joe Biden nominated Maloney, who lost his swing-district seat to Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) in 2022 […]
President Joe Biden is projected to surpass the 1,968 delegates needed to become the Democratic nominee Tuesday night as voters in Georgia, Washington, and Mississippi cast their primary ballots. While Biden won’t be awarded the nomination until the Democratic convention in Chicago in August, he surpassed the party’s delegate threshold after an early win in Georgia and projection to […]
House Republicans are blasting the Biden administration for working to “federalize” elections by allowing federal work-study funds to support President Joe Biden‘s 2024 campaign, calling on the Education Department to rescind its decision. House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), elections subcommittee Chairwoman Laurel Lee (R-FL), […]
House Democrats believe special counsel Robert Hur’s testimony brought House Republicans’ agenda to a “dead end” on Tuesday despite Hur’s report calling President Joe Biden an “elderly man with a poor memory.” Hur testified for hours before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on his investigation into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. Republicans sought to […]
Los Angeles hopes to woo the world in 2028 when millions of people pour into the second-largest U.S. metro region to attend the Olympic Games, but it faces an uphill battle to reach its goal of becoming a zero-emissions transportation city by then. In 2018, the city launched a 10-year plan to make the region’s […]
President Joe Biden hosted Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House on Tuesday as NATO continues its efforts to assist Ukraine’s defense against a Russian invasion. Some European allies have reportedly expressed concerns to U.S. officials regarding Republican lawmakers’ refusal to meet Biden’s calls for a new round of […]
The University of Texas at Austin announced Monday it would reinstate its standardized testing requirement for admissions after test-optional students’ academic achievement suffered. UT Austin became the latest school to reinstate the SAT or ACT testing requirements suspended in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic due to “limited testing availability.” All students applying for the 2025 […]
The Department of Defense revealed that it was alerted of a possible “maritime mass migration” from Haiti amid deteriorating conditions in the country. During a House hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) asked about the possibility of a massive influx of Haitian immigrants into Florida, given the country’s extreme turmoil. While stressing their efforts to control […]
