The Washington Wizards have removed Wes Unseld Jr. as head coach and placed him in an advisory position in the Wizards front office, the NBA team announced on Thursday. Brian Keefe, a member of Unseld’s staff, will become the interim head coach for the remainder of the 2023-24 season, where the Wizards hold a 7-36 […]
Former President Donald Trump has yet to win over college-educated voters or independents, at least according to a new survey. The AP Votecast survey asked 1,989 Republican primary voters from Iowa and New Hampshire amid their respective caucus and primary contests, along with 915 Democratic primary voters. The poll found roughly six out of ten […]
President Joe Biden will give a speech in the border city of Superior, Wisconsin, on Thursday, touting the successes of his “Investing in America” agenda and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The president is expected to unveil a nearly $5 billion investment into 37 major infrastructure projects across 12 states. The projects include major bridge construction […]
The North Carolina State Lottery Commission announced legal mobile sports betting will begin in less than two months, ahead of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The commission announced on Wednesday that gamblers in the state will be allowed to place mobile sports bets beginning on March 11 at 12 p.m. Eastern time. Bettors will be […]
All 28 Republican state attorneys general criticized their Democratic counterparts for asking President Joe Biden to shut down a major ammunition factory in Missouri, saying the proposal “contains a litany of errors.” In a letter to the White House sent Wednesday, every GOP attorney general in the United States asked Biden and White House Office […]
Low-income Kentucky residents will start to see benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in one week. Food stamps will be issued to eligible residents in Kentucky between Feb. 1 and Feb. 19. Payments are sent out to recipients on odd days based on the last digits of their case numbers. Kentucky residents must meet certain income and […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has promised more evidence in President Joe Biden’s impeachment inquiry for months, and some Republicans are growing restless about the lack of proof showing misconduct by the president. Despite formalizing the impeachment inquiry last month into whether Biden improperly benefited from his son Hunter’s foreign business dealings in […]
Israeli Minister of Economy Nir Barkat said Iran is a “legitimate target” for Israeli missile strikes as it continues its three-month war with Hamas. Barkat boasted of Israel’s military capabilities for an all-out war against Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah, arguing that Israel has not been aggressive enough in its response to the Oct. 7 […]
The Department of Education launched an investigation into Northwestern University over allegations of antisemitism. The school was notified Tuesday of the investigation, which is looking into possible violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, a law that protects people from discrimination based on race and national origin. According to the school newspaper, the […]
The Florida Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the state’s congressional map, which was championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in 2022. Activists argue the map violates the state constitution by not including a former black-majority district, which spanned much of the northern part of the state, in violation of the Fair Districts Amendment. […]
