Haley Tries to Quash Trump VP Talk
On Friday, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley dispelled rumors about potentially joining former President Donald Trump’s ticket, should he defeat her and win the Republican nomination for president. “It’s done,” Haley said on the eve of the South Carolina primary, emphasizing that her campaign isn’t motivated by vice-presidential ambitions, reported The Hill. “We’re gonna see what happens […]
Speaker Johnson to GOP: Don’t Expect Wins With Rushed ‘Minibus’
House Speaker Mike Johnson is cautioning Republicans not to expect significant policy victories in the urgent rush to pass a “minibus” package of spending bills to prevent a government shutdown by Friday. In a private call with GOP lawmakers, Johnson heeded to temper expectations, stating, according to The Hill, “I don’t think anybody on this […]
Trump to CPAC: ‘Success Will Be Our Revenge’
Former President Donald Trump Saturday, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) before heading to South Carolina for the primary election, promised people crowded in for his speech that his campaign will deliver “a reckoning like they haven’t even imagined before” to Democrats in November. “Nov. 5 will be our new liberation day, but […]
Trump Turns Attention to November in CPAC Speech
Former President Donald Trump, in his keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday, painted a dire picture of what would happen if President Joe Biden is elected to another four years in office. “We were right about everything,” Trump said in his speech, which aired live on Newsmax and simulcast on the Newsmax2 […]
Navalny’s Body Has Been Handed Over to His Mother
The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, a top aide to Navalny said Saturday on his social media account. Ivan Zhdanov, the director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, made the announcement on his Telegram account and thanked “everyone” who had called on Russian authorities to return Navalny’s body to […]
Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl, Dies
Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from New York City’s Central Park Zoo and became one of the city’s most beloved celebrities as he flew around Manhattan, has died, zoo officials announced Friday. A little over one year after he was freed from his cage at the zoo in a criminal act that has yet […]
Trump Says His Criminal Indictments Boosted His Appeal to Black Voters
Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system. Trump argues he is the victim of political persecution, even though there […]
Warren Buffett to Investors: Ignore Wall Street Pundits
Warren Buffett credited his longtime partner — the late Charlie Munger — with being the architect of the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate he’s received the credit for leading and warned shareholders in his annual letter Saturday not to listen to Wall Street pundits or financial advisers who urge them to trade often. Buffett said he always […]
Report: Sotomayor Had Rare Medical Requests During Travel
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the only current Supreme Court justice known to have required medical assistance during travels, has had attention brought to her health after records from the U.S. Marshals Service surfaced. The records, revealed by the liberal watchdog group Fix The Court, show that Sotomayor, who has Type 1 diabetes, was accompanied by a […]
Testimony: Biden Told Russians to ‘Be Good to My Boy’
Jason Galanis, a former business associate of Hunter Biden’s, testified from federal prison in Alabama Friday that in 2014, then-Vice President Joe Biden allegedly told Yuri Luzhkov, the former mayor of Moscow, and his Russian billionaire wife, Yelena Baturina, to “be good to my boy” during a conversation on speaker phone. Galanis, who was sentenced […]