President Joe Biden is set to not appear on Ohio’s presidential ballot in November, the state’s secretary of state confirmed. In a letter to Ohio Democratic Chairwoman Liz Walters on Tuesday, Secretary of State Frank LaRose said, “Today, the Speaker of the Ohio House told members of the media there would not be a legislative […]
Nikki Haley announced she “will be voting for” former President Donald Trump against President Joe Biden in their fall rematch. The former U.N. ambassador’s comments end the longest Republican holdout while warning her former boss and rival not to take her supporters for granted. ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE “Biden has been a catastrophe,” Haley […]
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy, was transferred out of a Brooklyn detention center on Wednesday and is likely on his way to a federal correctional facility in California. The move to the West Coast goes against Bankman-Fried’s wishes of staying in […]
House Democrats are frustrated with Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) decision not to invite Kenyan President William Ruto to address a joint session of Congress, with some calling it a “slap in the face” to what the historic state visit symbolizes. Ruto will be the first African leader to receive a state visit this week since […]
A Utah high school football player, his friend, and a convicted drug trafficker are an unlikely trio swept up in a failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo, stuck in the country thanks to a former car dealer. Christian Malanga, whose website touted his success setting up a car dealership in Utah, is believed […]
A mysterious and newly formed advocacy group linked to Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias funneled more than $2 million to the main super PAC supporting President Joe Biden‘s reelection in 2024, according to campaign finance disclosures. The records were released on Monday and reveal that a nonprofit organization called Bright Future Fund gave the funds in […]
The White House faced heavy criticism on Wednesday after President Joe Biden announced a new round of student loan debt forgiveness worth nearly $8 billion. This latest tranche of debt forgiveness, affecting more than 160,000 borrowers, brings the total number of borrowers who have seen their debt forgiven by the president to 4.75 million. Republicans […]
One person died, six were critically injured, and dozens more were hurt on Tuesday after a Singapore Airlines flight carrying 221 passengers and 18 crewmembers experienced “severe” turbulence midair. The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was on its way from London but had to be diverted to Bangkok, Thailand, after enduring an extended period of turbulence. As […]
A judge on Wednesday granted Hunter Biden’s request to delay his tax trial in California, moving it from its scheduled date of June 20 to Sept. 5. Upon issuing the decision, Judge Mark Scarsi, a Donald Trump appointee, made Biden attorney Abbe Lowell vow to file no further delay requests, according to a CNN report […]
House Republican leaders have unveiled an aggressive schedule to pass their annual spending bills over the summer, hoping to get the budget finalized before the November election and avoid a repeat of the intraparty fallout that resulted in last year’s appropriations process. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced his proposed schedule to GOP lawmakers […]
