The top aide to Nevada’s attorney general on Tuesday revealed she is launching a Democratic campaign to succeed outgoing Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV).  Teresa Benitez-Thompson, who served as the Assembly majority leader before becoming Attorney General Aaron Ford’s chief of staff, believes the 2nd Congressional District represents a possible pickup opportunity for Democrats.  “Knowing that […]

The Vatican will not be joining President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace tasked with overseeing the reconstruction process in post-war Gaza, an official in the central governing body of the Roman Catholic Church said on Tuesday. The Holy See instead favors the United Nations as its preferred manager of international “crisis situations.” The papal government […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said on Tuesday that Democrats would hold Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) accountable for controversial social media posts about Muslims if they win the majority, but he stopped short of pushing for an immediate censure of the Florida Republican. Jeffries called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to hold Fine […]

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ordered an investigation into a report compiled by a Labour-aligned think tank that attempted to implicate journalists in a non-existent Russian conspiracy. Left-wing think tank Labour Together allegedly paid $49,000 to APCO Worldwide, a U.S.-based public affairs firm, seeking to expose the “backgrounds and motivations” of reporters who wrote […]