A cultural clash erupted this weekend after journalist Katie Couric denounced the Kennedy Center as a “disgrace” under President Donald Trump’s new leadership, prompting a sharp rebuttal from the institution’s president. Couric, the former CBS Evening News anchor, reacted on Instagram to a Kennedy Center post showcasing attendees at an opera event. “This is so […]
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) warned President Donald Trump against sending the National Guard to Chicago. Speaking to reporters in Chicago on Monday, Pritzker railed against Trump’s proposal to use the National Guard the same way he’d used it in Washington, D.C., arguing that such a deployment wasn’t needed. “We have crime like other cities do, […]
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) hit back at President Donald Trump over the latter’s insults, arguing that both were out of shape. At a Monday press conference, Trump laid into Pritzker again when the topic of a possible deployment of the National Guard to Chicago came up. The president targeted his weight, saying he should “spend […]
EXCLUSIVE — Former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores, who announced her bid to unseat Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) earlier this year, is returning to her original district and mounting her third comeback campaign against Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX). Flores announced in April that she was running to challenge Cuellar in the 28th District after losing twice […]
Salvadoran National Kilmar Abrego Garcia‘s legal battle over his deportation and criminal charges reached a new phase this week after the illegal immigrant was taken into federal immigration custody Monday morning, moving him one step closer to being removed from the United States, even as his attorneys fight the removal. Abrego Garcia’s March deportation and […]
New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani found himself at the center of viral ridicule this weekend after struggling through an attempted bench press at Brooklyn’s annual Men’s Day open streets event, earning him the nickname “Mamscrawny” from rivals and critics alike. Mamdani, 33, the socialist nominee for mayor, attempted to lift a bar reportedly […]
A proposed Polish ban on certain Ukrainian nationalist symbols is causing a rift between Ukraine and Poland, one of Kyiv’s closest relationships in its war against Russia. On Monday, Polish President Karol Nawrocki proposed a law banning “Bandera symbols,” referring to the controversial Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera. He argued that the move would benefit Polish-Ukrainian […]
All Texas public school districts not involved with litigation will have to display copies of the Ten Commandments starting on Sept. 1, instructed state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday. Paxton’s announcement follows last week’s district court ruling that the state could not direct public schools to hang copies of the foundational Jewish and Christian […]
California Republicans on Monday filed a second lawsuit to attempt to block Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan, asking the state Supreme Court to prohibit the state’s top election official, Secretary of State Shirley Weber (D), from putting the new map up for a vote. The emergency petition filed before the California Supreme Court argues that Democrats’ push […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) expanded the special session of Texas’s legislature, adding a possible ban on same-day voter registration to the agenda. Texas currently doesn’t have same-day voter registration, with state law requiring registration 30 days in advance, making such a ban preemptive. The expanded agenda also concerns contracts with law enforcement. On Monday, Abbott […]
