Transport providers, businesses and governments on Saturday are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage. The biggest continuing effect has been on air travel. Carriers canceled thousands of flights on Friday and now have many of their planes and crews in the wrong place, while airports are […]
(The Center Square) – Ten days without pay and a demotion, including salary adjustment, is the punishment for a small-town police officer in North Carolina following a sensitive post to social media after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Brandon Richardson, formerly a detective sergeant with the Tarboro Police Department, is being reclassified […]
(The Center Square) – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defended President Joe Biden at this week’s NAACP Convention in Las Vegas amidst growing calls across the party for him to drop out of the race. The contrast is notable. The governor is a top name floated in the Democratic Party as a replacement for the president, even […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 72-year-old man picking huckleberries in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a surprise encounter and injured him badly enough that he had to be hospitalized, authorities said Friday. The man was alone on national forest land when the adult female charged him Thursday. He suffered […]
(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown told her fellow officials they could pull the city out of its deficit; all it would take is extensive personnel and funding cuts, which could diminish public safety. Brown has alluded to this option several times already: first when proposing her Community Safety Levy and then when announcing a two-book outlook for […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Comptroller says she is confident that the condition of Illinois’ pension system is headed in the right direction. The state’s unfunded pension liabilities have been a sore thumb for decades. The Commission of Government Forecasting and Accountability reported that Illinois’ pension system experienced growth in debt last year of […]
As a growing chorus of lawmakers continues to call on President Joe Biden to step aside as the party’s nominee, several prominent Democratic lawmakers and operatives are discussing and publicly endorsing the idea of an open nominating process at the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) became the second Democratic senator to call on […]
Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), are heading to Michigan for their first rally together as the 2024 Republican ticket. Trump supporters will gather at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. It comes as the state will be hotly contested between Biden and Trump’s campaigns, with Trump winning […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as both the top surrogate for President Joe Biden‘s 2024 reelection campaign and the leading pick to replace him should the president choose to step aside from the top of the party ticket. While Biden continues to quarantine in Delaware while recovering from COVID-19, Harris continues to hit the […]
Washington Examiner Congressional Reporter Samantha-Jo Roth joins Political and Investigative Reporter Sarah Bedford to discuss pushback among Democratic delegates to potentially move up the virtual roll call for solidifying President Joe Biden‘s nomination. Why are more major Democrats coming out and voicing for Biden to step down? What do lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to […]
