Oaklanders call on Barbara Lee to be the...

Rep. Barbara Lee’s (D-CA) time in Congress might be coming to an end, but a group of Oakland’s top elected officials are hoping she will pivot and run for mayor.  The self-described group of “business, labor, community, government, and faith leaders who rarely agree on things” released an open letter to Lee on Thursday claiming “extraordinary […]

Assad collapse and Turkish aggression raise possibility of...

The fall of former President Bashar Assad‘s regime in Syria creates a new wrinkle in a long-standing U.S. security concern: the thousands of detained Islamic State fighters held in prisons controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces. Several current and former defense officials warned prior to the fall of Assad that the prisons, along with the […]

Trump appoints former college football player Bo Hines...

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Bo Hines, a former college football player who twice ran for a North Carolina House seat, will be the executive director of his newly created Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, or “crypto council.” Trump announced the selection in a statement posted on Truth Social. “Bo Hines […]

Trump finalizes Defense Department with slate of picks

President-elect Donald Trump has continued to solidify his administration with just under a month to go until Inauguration Day, announcing various picks for top positions in the Defense Department. While his pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, has been trying to court senators who will need to back his bid after allegations of sexual […]

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