Alabama is looking to use the nitrogen hypoxia execution method for the second time after the new method was used last month on death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith. Smith, who was convicted of stabbing a woman to death in 1988 in a murder-for-hire scheme, was strapped to a gurney and exposed to nitrogen gas […]
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Days ahead of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, high-profile Republican allies of former President Donald Trump at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference railed against providing additional military funding to Ukraine, illustrating a growing foreign policy divide among members of the GOP. The conference, which is doubling as […]
Alexander Smirnov, an ex-informant who was arrested last week on charges of lying to the FBI, was arrested again on Thursday for the same charges. Smirnov, according to a court filing, was in a meeting with his attorneys in Las Vegas at the time of the second arrest. The arrest warrant issued on Thursday listed […]
The late Toby Keith’s music is still making waves, as several of his songs have made their way back to the charts following his death. Keith, who died on Feb. 5 following a yearslong battle with stomach cancer, was the country musician who wrote “Don’t Let The Old Man In,” which became last week’s bestselling […]
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) called the Biden administration’s push to accelerate electric vehicle production “counterproductive,” citing resistance from the public. Kemp was joined by five other governors on Thursday at the Politico Governors Summit to discuss the role state governments play in a grid-locked Washington. He claimed that the Biden administration’s legislation surrounding EVs has […]
This Conservative Political Action Conference held a panel on Thursday to debate whether former first lady Michelle Obama will replace President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee in November. The three-day marathon of events known as the largest annual gathering of conservative activists began on Thursday with introductory panels on several hot-button issues, including one […]
Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) led a group of bipartisan politicians on Thursday in calling for stronger action on illegal immigration at the United States’s southern border. Polis, alongside Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) and former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, expressed frustration at the lack of federal and congressional teamwork when it comes to the border crisis. […]
The Georgia attorney hired to help prosecute former President Donald Trump over an alleged effort to subvert the 2020 election is seeking to block his former law partner from speaking to the judge who is weighing if Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the case. Willis’s hired special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, […]
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Dr. Ben Carson said Thursday he believes Donald Trump to be the most persecuted political figure while refusing to rule out his potential status as the former president’s 2024 running mate. Asked whether comparisons of Trump to recently deceased top Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny or former South African President Nelson […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is holding a town hall the same day she announced she will be running for reelection to her New York City district in November. The event, being held in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City, is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. EST. The event is set to […]
