The United Kingdom’s newly appointed foreign secretary for the Labour Party called former President Trump a “neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath” in a 2018 opinion piece for Time magazine. David Lammy, a Labour lawmaker from Tottenham, was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign,
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) suggested nine questions ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos should ask President Biden in their highly anticipated Friday prime-time interview, in a post on the social platform X. “Ever bang a porn star? Every bribe one?” the list started. “Been
The uptick in the June unemployment rate along with significant downward revisions in the job additions for April and May are the latest signs that the economy may be slowing down under high Federal Reserve interest rates. The Friday numbers from the Labor Department showed the
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that absentee drop boxes can be used ahead of the November election, reversing a previous 2022 ruling and delivering a win for Democrats. In a 4-3 decision, the liberal-majority court ruled that dropping off an absentee ballot did
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a brain surgeon, said President Biden’s debate performance was “concerning” from a medical standpoint and called on the president to undergo cognitive and neurological testing in an op-ed published Friday. Gupta said he was not alone in his concern over
Fallout from Biden’s disastrous debate performance continues to outpace his campaign’s insistence he’ll remain in the race, with what CNN describes as “many top Democratic circles” already moving to assess who Kamala Harris’s vice president should be. Two dozen top
MSNBC host Joy Reid said she would “vote for” President Biden even if he was “in a coma” in a Thursday post on TikTok. “By the way, if it’s Biden in a coma, Imma vote for Biden in a coma,” Reid said in the video, underscoring her desire to keep former President Trump from a...
On Sunday, Belarus issued a statement that it would use nuclear weapons if its “sovereignty and independence” were threatened. But would such use violate international law?
After 14 years of government led by the Conservative Party, the U.K.’s center-left Labour Party won a landslide victory early Friday, ushering in a new era of government as the party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, moved into 10 Downing St. But none of that was remarkable to Donald
Former President Trump claimed President Biden is leaving the 2024 race, making way for Vice President Harris, whom he called “pathetic,” in a video the former president posted on his Truth Social account. The video, which was first obtained by The Daily Beast, shows Trump on a
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday he “won’t take sides” on the subject of the truth of the 9/11 attacks but would push for transparency if elected president. Kennedy wrote in a post on the social platform X that the government “routinely”
President Joe Biden met with a group of Democratic governors on Wednesday in an attempt to reassure them that his candidacy is still viable, after a disastrous debate performance last week and mounting reports that he’s become less lucid over the course of his presidency. Some
The National Education Association Staff Organizations (NEASO) announced Friday it is going on strike, prompting President Biden to cancel a planned speech before the NEA's convention. The NEASO said they were on a Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against the NEA headquarters
Following last week’s Poor People’s Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly Morale March on Washington D.C., attention has further turned to ALICE. No, it’s not a she, rather it’s an acronym coined by United Way, which stands for: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. This term
The Supreme Court's conservative majority has given President Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution, leaving the lower courts and American people flabbergasted as to when the president has immunity from criminal prosecution.
President Biden will participate in a high-stakes interview Friday with ABC News's George Stephanopoulos that the television network is calling a “primetime special" and airing at 8 p.m. The potential make-or-break interview comes eight days after Biden's disastrous debate
Mark Robinson, the extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence in a bizarre and extended rant he delivered on June 30 in a small-town church. “Some folks need killing!” Robinson, the state’s lieutenant governor, shouted during a
Following a historic landslide win for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom's general election, Sir Keir Starmer officially became Britain’s new prime minister Friday, ending 14 years of Conservative government. “Now our country has voted decisively for change, for national
Paul Whelan, the former U.S. Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018, is calling on President Biden to act in his case “as he would do if his own son were being held hostage." “I would hope that the president truly makes my case truly a top priority and leverages the
National Rally has to some extent sloughed off its reputation as a pariah; French conservative politicians such as François Fillon played an outsized role in shifting the electorate.
A.J. Delgado, a former staffer on Trump’s 2016 campaign, shared bombshell texts alleging that the campaign “settled multiple” gender discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits. The texts, reportedly between Delgado and former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis, came to light in new
Former President Trump slammed ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos as the “the meanest and most vicious Interviewer out there” ahead of President Biden’s sit-down interview with him later Friday. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called the ABC anchor “George
Story at a glance (NewsNation) — Buying a house in the U.S. today is less affordable than at any other time in the last 17 years, according to the real estate data company ATTOM. The typical costs of a home, including mortgage payments, property insurance and taxes, consumed
I buried my head in my hands Thursday when I read that Joe Biden privately told a group of Democratic governors that he needed to get more sleep and do fewer events after 8 p.m., as if that was supposed to be reassuring. Do Biden and his circle really think that voters will
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), one of several high-profile Democratic politicians seen as a possible replacement for President Biden should he leave the presidential race, slammed former President Trump on Thursday, saying he “wants to take us back to a pre-1960s world.”
Frustrated with President Biden and his campaign after last week’s disastrous debate performance, major Democratic donors say they will withhold their campaign contributions unless Biden leaves the race. The New York Times reports that major donors including Disney heiress
The U.S. economy added 206,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.1 percent, according to Labor Department data released Friday. The latest jobs numbers are are largely in line with expectations that the economy would add 190,000 jobs and maintain a
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in a post on X Thursday that former President Trump “threatens to unravel our Republic.” “Take a few minutes today to read David McCullough’s speech: ‘The Glorious Cause of America.' For 248 years, our freedom has survived. Now, its defense
Democrats are considering replacing Biden for reelection. The Electoral College gives Democrats vastly more freedom to choose an energetic alternative candidate at the time that works best for them.
Follow John McCain’s example. Do three 90-minute town halls a week every week for three weeks. At the end of the process, America will know — and you will know — whether you are up to the challenge.
Former President Trump challenged President Biden late Thursday to another “no holds barred” debate. “I have the answer to the Crooked Joe Biden Incompetence Puzzle — Let’s do another Debate, but this time, no holds barred - An all on discussion, with just the two of us on
Despite a broad popular mandate for "countering threats from tyrants and terrorists, defending freedom and democracy, and supporting our allies," recent polls reveal a growing generational divide on foreign policy issues.
Biden's debate performance and Trump's indictment for violating the Espionage Act, as well as the Trump Organization's new foreign projects and the Supreme Court's immunity decision, all pose significant national security risks for the United States.
Still reeling from a disastrous presidential debate performance, President Biden will be spending the coming week trying to prove to voters — and fellow Democrats — that he’s the right person for the presidential ticket in November. Biden and his allies have spent the past week
Last week, the Supreme Court tossed out so-called Chevron deference , a long-standing precedent that held that when federal statutes are ambiguous, the courts should defer to executive agencies’ interpretations of how to apply them. The decision, in Loper Bright Enterprises v.
Alcove 1 at the City College of New York is surely the most famous lunch table in American intellectual history. No Ivy League dining hall can compete. In the 1930s, a remarkable coterie of students gathered there. (The neighboring alcove, Alcove 2, was a meeting place for
Ethics and legal experts warn that the Supreme Court has struck a serious blow to prosecutors’ ability to crack down on the abuse of power and public corruption. And that’s ringing alarm bells when Donald Trump, who was convicted in May by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts
A Supreme Court decision giving presidents wide protection from facing charges after leaving office has sparked fears voiced by President Biden and Democratic critics that former President Trump will be further emboldened should he be elected to a second term. Trump and allies
President Biden is increasingly leaning on his family while navigating calls from fellow Democrats to end his 2024 candidacy. Jill Biden and Hunter Biden serve as some of the president’s closest inner circle of confidants, with a public focus shifting on them since his dismal