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California’s San Mateo County sheriff faces special election challenger of power

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to hold a special election on March 4, 2025 amid a long-running feud with Sheriff Christina Corpuz. The special election, reportedly worth millions of taxpayer dollars, will allow voters to decide on proposed amendments to the county charter. If approved, the amendment would give the board […]

Establishment Parties Likely to Keep Power After Election

DUBLIN (AP) – Ireland's two long-dominant centre-right parties looked likely to form a new government after a divided national election, but with declining vote shares and Complex coalition negotiations are ahead. As vote counting continues on Sunday, it remains to be seen who will win the most seats in the Dáil, the 174-member Dáil, between […]

Advent’s hidden power: How Christ restores what sin destroys

As we enter the season of Advent, let us reflect on the work of Jesus in restoring the image of God in his followers through his incarnation. images of God and idol worship Psalm 115:2 asks, “Why should the nations say, “Where now is their God?” What's your reply? “But our God is in heaven, […]

BOB RUBIN: Celebrities Do Not Have The Political Star Power They Thought They Did

oprah winfrey's hypocrisy and Robert De Niro's suggestion that he might Leaving the United States is a reminder that, at the end of the day, celebrities are just people and don't understand the political landscape any better than anyone else. Their declarations of doom and gloom are noise in a country tired of being talked […]

Ireland votes in a close-run election where incumbents hope to cling on to power

Ireland is voting on Friday in parliamentary elections to decide the next government. The election will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disaffected voters after years of a pandemic, international instability and a squeeze on the cost of living. Voting began at 7am. Ireland's 3.8 million voters elect 174 […]

Trump to regain pardon power: Here's who could be looking for help

When President-elect Trump returns to the nation's highest office, he will regain vast powers, including the power to grant pardons. Trump's first four years as president pardoned 144 people — Even including some of his allies, the number was significantly smaller. Other than President Biden, whose term has not yet expired, the only president in […]