Blog

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is cleaning up comments she made about the U.S. Civil War after catching heat from both sides of the political aisle. Haley faced a backlash from the White House and fellow Republicans on the campaign trail after she declined to mention slavery as the reason for sparking the Civil War … Read more

Trump had asked the court to halt the case for 90 days while he decided whether to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on his rejected presidential immunity argument.

The legislation recently signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would allow state and local police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border into Texas.

Blanchard persuaded her boyfriend to kill her mother, who forced her to use a wheelchair and a feeding tube for years Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and other … Read more

Shiffrin beats Brignone by 0.38sec for first GS win of seasonAmerican is third in discipline rankings, 80 points off pace Mikaela Shiffrin held on to a big first-run lead to win a women’s World Cup giant slalom amid tough course conditions on Thursday for the American’s record-extending 92nd career victory. Shiffrin lost most of her … Read more

The Biden administration announced it will send $250 million to Ukraine to aid in its continued war against Russia that began in February 2022.  On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of State said the package would mark the final distribution of assistance to the Eastern European nation without lawmakers’ approval.  “A coalition of more than 50 … Read more

A coalition of liberal mayors renewed calls for the federal government to declare a federal emergency over the ongoing migrant crisis that has reached their cities and left them overwhelmed and out of capacity to shelter further arrivals. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston held a … Read more

In a year of historic storms, drought and the aftermath of wildfires, a Guardian reporter set out to see how three popular routes are faring The romance of the American road trip has lured travelers into their cars over the last century, offering a break from itineraries and access to wild landscapes across the west. … Read more

Every tech company from Monzo to my bank is crunching my data. All the results tell us is how dull it is to reduce human experience to numbers. How was my 2023? Pretty good, thanks. I spent 60 hours at my local cinema and 51 days listening to music from 170 genres (chiefly “art pop”). … Read more

The Rev William Barber says he was trying to use his own chair in the disabled section for a screening of The Color Purple Movie theatre chain AMC has apologized to a North Carolina civil rights leader after he was kicked out of a screening of The Color Purple for trying to use his own … Read more