The White House thanked special climate envoy John Kerry for “getting things done” as he steps down from the post to serve on President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign. Kerry, who was the 2004 Democratic nominee for president, has served as the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate since 2021. He has reportedly announced he’ll […]
The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will “very closely” monitor an uptick in attempted swattings of government officials after someone called in a false report of a fire at the White House on Monday. The White House had previously not commented on the incident, which led to a number of Washington, D.C., EMS and […]
Former President Donald Trump’s landslide victory in Monday’s Iowa caucuses came despite record-low temperatures and the lowest voter turnout since 2000. Trump won with 51% of the vote on Monday night, besting Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) 21% and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s 19%. His lead was so significant that media outlets began calling […]
President Joe Biden is placing the fate of his reelection campaign in the hands of New Hampshire Democrats, a voting bloc he “pissed off” after the national party worked tirelessly to remove the state’s first-in-the-nation primary status. Though South Carolina is the first Democratic National Committee-sanctioned primary, New Hampshire will continue to hold its Democratic […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign created a new political party in six states so far, which will make it easier for him to get on state ballots, the campaign announced Tuesday. Supporters of the long-shot independent filed the necessary paperwork to create a new political party dubbed “We the People” in California, Delaware, Hawaii, […]
U.S. forces in the Middle East carried out new strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen early Tuesday morning. Central Command officials said U.S. troops struck and destroyed four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles prepared to launch from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. “These missiles were prepared to launch from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and presented an imminent […]
A federal appeals court declined on Tuesday to reconsider its decision to allow the government to execute a search warrant for information related to former President Donald Trump‘s Twitter account, prompting a stiff rebuke from at least four Republican-appointed judges. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump’s request on […]
Pope Francis responded to critics of his declaration allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples, repeating his decision in an interview with Italian talk show host Fabio Fazio. Francis joined Fazio on Sunday’s installment of the Che Tempo Che Fa television show to discuss the “resistance” to his controversial Dec. 18 decision in “Fiducia Supplicans.” […]
Chicago Public Schools announced a $20 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday that will allow the system to purchase a fleet of nearly 50 electric school buses over the next three years. The announcement comes after the school system told parents that general education students would not receive busing for the rest […]
The GOP’s tendency to nominate retread losers who go on to lose their next elections can have both major and minor consequences, but even the minor cases add up to form major problems. Take Wisconsin, for example. In 2020, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, a Republican, lost his reelection campaign by 10.5 percentage points. […]
