Republican National Committee Co-chairwoman Lara Trump said she is scared of how former President Donald Trump’s recent conviction will affect his life, specifically for the “extreme lengths” that could be taken with his sentencing. The former president, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for the 2024 election, was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business […]
Violet Affleck, daughter of actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, appeared at a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday to advocate mask mandates in hospitals. The teenager, introducing herself, told the board, “Hi, Violet Affleck, Los Angeles resident, first-time voter, I’m 18.” Affleck went on to cite her experience of contracting a […]
Democratic efforts to quash a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in inherent contempt of Congress failed on Wednesday, teeing the motion up for a final vote later this week. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed her resolution as privileged on Wednesday, prompting House Democrats to attempt to table the measure and effectively kill it […]
Vice President Kamala Harris made a swing state appearance in an effort to rally her party around President Joe Biden as calls grow for her to take his place as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. On paper, Harris’s visit to Las Vegas on Tuesday was an effort by the Biden campaign to ramp up outreach […]
The House passed a GOP election integrity bill on Wednesday that will bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections, a win for House Republicans as they step up messaging ahead of the 2024 elections. All Republicans voted to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, with all but five Democrats voting against the measure. The bill […]
China’s support for Russia has made it “a decisive enabler” of the conflict with Ukraine, according to the joint communique released by NATO on Wednesday. Beijing has aided Moscow’s efforts to evade sanctions and to restore its defense industrial base to make up for the use of resources over the course of more than two […]
A 26-year-old man believed to be responsible for killing the wife and two daughters of a BBC commentator with a crossbow in a town northwest of London is now in custody. Authorities issued a statement before 6:30 p.m. local time that they apprehended Kyle Clifford in Enfield where he lives, a little less than 24 […]
The Republican Governors Association announced it is launching an initial seven-figure ad campaign attacking Democratic North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein on illegal immigration. The ad, titled “Weak,” features Stein, who is running to be the state’s next governor, stating in a media interview, “There are no sanctuary cities in North Carolina.” It then features […]
Cheerleaders for Vice President Kamala Harris ascending to the presidency, in focus as the president faces pressure to quit his reelection campaign, have turned to a familiar theme in tackling her critics — racism. In a column for the pro-women, pro-LGBT news site the 19th, an editor said that Harris was initially omitted from media […]
Seven people in Maryland and Virginia have died as a result of heat-related illness, according to state health officials. Maryland announced its first heat-related death of 2024 at the beginning of June. The victim was a 59-year-old man in Prince George’s County. Since then, the state has recorded five more heat-related deaths. Three of them […]
