Trump Considering Paul Manafort for ’24 Campaign Role
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to include Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, The Washington Post reported Monday, citing four people familiar with the talks. The job discussions have largely centered around the 2024 Republican convention in Milwaukee in July and could include Manafort […]
Arizona County’s Migrant Shelter Faces Funding Crisis
An Arizona migrant shelter that has housed thousands of asylum seekers plans to halt most operations in two weeks when funding from Washington runs out, a problem for towns along the border where officials fear a surge in homelessness and extra costs. Arizona’s Pima County, which borders Mexico, has said that at the end of […]
N.Y. Reparations Panel Members Make Bold Claims
Members of New York’s Reparations and Racial Justice Commission, Ron Daniels and Lurie Daniel Favors, have made headlines in the New York Post with their outspoken comments on a variety of contentious issues. Daniels, a seasoned activist with a history of political engagement, including a presidential run in 1992 with the Peace and Freedom Party, […]
Blinken: Authoritarian Regimes Use Tech to Hurt Democracy
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday technology should be employed to sustain democratic values in the face of efforts by authoritarian and repressive regimes to deploy technology to undermine democracy and human rights. Like-minded governments and their people were working together to promote free and fair elections, Blinken said, noting safeguarding democracy was […]
Study: Democrats More Positive on EVs Than Republicans
An American Muscle survey of 1,005 Americans shows that almost half of Americans have a positive view of the change in the proposal by the Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency on electric vehicles. In February, sources said the Biden administration would ease the proposed yearly requirements through 2030 to cut tailpipe emissions and increase EV sales. […]
Comer: ‘At the Point Now of Criminal Referrals’
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., criticized Hunter Biden for planning to skip this week’s public hearing and floated potential criminal referrals. “I think that we’re at the point in the investigation where we need to hear the discrepancies,” Comer told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” saying that there were “massive discrepancies” between what Biden’s business partners told Congress and […]
NKorea Fires at Least 1 Ballistic Missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Monday for the first time in two months, at a time when Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul to attend a conference hosted by President Yoon Suk Yeol on advancing democracy. South Korea’s military said the missile was fired to the east of […]
WSJ: Trump Advisers Float Fed Head Recommendations
On Thursday, economic advisers for former President Donald Trump held a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida to discuss the future of the Federal Reserve, according to The Wall Street Journal. Economists Steve Moore and Arthur Laffer presented Trump with a shortlist of candidates for the Federal Reserve leadership. The proposed candidates included Kevin Warsh, a […]
Fani Willis Case Began With Illegally Obtained Evidence, Book Says
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ racketeering case tied to the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump could be upended if allegations are true that the Georgia prosecutor’s evidence was illegally obtained. A recently released book on Willis’ probe claims that the phone call between then-President Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger […]
Boston Celebrates St. Patrick’s; Biden Holds Brunch With Irish Leader
While some American cities celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a day early this weekend, Boston, one of the most Irish cities in the country, held its parades and festivities on Sunday, or March 17. Crowds of green-clad revelers lined the streets for the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which typically draws about 1 million people. […]