Secretary of State Antony Blinken lamented the revelation that President Joe Biden had threatened to withhold some arms shipments to Israel amid a wider debate about whether such conditions help Hamas. “Leaks are an unfortunate part of the business that we’re all engaged in,” Blinken said during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Tuesday. “It’s […]
President Joe Biden’s approval rating has reached its lowest level in two years, tying his record. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday found that just 36% of people approve of Biden’s job as president, tying his record low-performance rating in July 2022. The new rating is a decrease of 2 percentage points from one month prior. […]
Rudy Giuliani has pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges for his alleged role in recruiting electors to declare that former President Donald Trump won Arizona during the 2020 election. He was one of 11 people charged by the state to plead not guilty. The charges of conspiracy, fraud, and forgery Giuliani face come in addition […]
Voters in five states are heading to the ballot box to cast their ballots in congressional and judicial races. Voters in Kentucky and Oregon will also be voting for their presidential nominees in the Democratic and Republican primaries. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both secured the required number of delegates to become […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) released an open letter to university presidents on Tuesday expressing his “profound concern” with the wave of antisemitism at college campuses. University administrators have come under growing GOP scrutiny for their handling of pro-Palestinian protests that have at times devolved into vandalism and acts of harassment against Jewish students. […]
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with a skull tumor and will undergo surgery to have it removed. Murphy, a doctor himself, said he has the “utmost faith in my physicians and surgeons” to remove the tumor, which is called a pituitary macroadenoma. Though it is thought to be […]
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is demanding the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York to recuse himself from the case over allegations his daughter is using the indictment for financial gain. In an ethics complaint submitted to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Tuesday, Stefanik […]
Pixar Animation Studios announced Tuesday that it is laying off about 14% of its workforce, which equates to 175 employees. The layoffs by the studio, owned by the Walt Disney Company, mark the biggest shakeup in its employment since it was created. These layoffs are also part of a wider move by Disney CEO Bob […]
Civic-minded Chinese American grandmothers and grandfathers have emerged as a potential deciding factor on who becomes San Francisco’s next mayor. The community is being heavily courted by incumbent Democratic Mayor London Breed and her three closest challengers in November’s election, which political analysts predict will be the toughest in decades and could move the progressive city […]
Former President Donald Trump shared he is looking at restricting contraceptives during a Pittsburgh television interview. The interview aired on Tuesday showed KDKA political analyst Jon Delano asking the former president if he supports any restrictions on a person’s right to contraceptives. “We’re looking at that and I’m going to have a policy on that very […]
