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As John Lennon sings of those who want a revolution, “We’d all love to see the plan.” Well, we don’t have to wonder about Joe Biden’s plan to stop a revolution, or insurrection, depending on your point of view. His campaign has helpfully leaked it to the New York Times. Most of it won’t surprise … Read more
In liberal democracies, populists are setting two core principles at odds – and putting freedom and human rights in danger The will of the people expressed in free elections and the rule of law upheld by independent courts are two of the pillars of a liberal democracy, or so we were taught at school. Yet … Read more
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president, was the target of two swatting incidents in recent weeks at her home in South Carolina.
Supreme court rules lower court must hear case arguing decades-old law barring coverage for procedure should be overturned Pennsylvania’s supreme court ruled on Monday that a lower court must hear a case challenging a ban on the use of government-funded healthcare to pay for abortions, raising hopes among reproductive rights advocates for an expansion of … Read more
NBC Campaign Embed Alex Tabet spoke with hundreds of voters in Iowa and New Hampshire about why they support former President Donald Trump as the presidential primary race continues.
The House clerk publicly informed members of the request for records on Monday, but the identity of the lawmaker in question was not revealed.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby says the US is not looking for a war with Iran or seeking to escalate tensions in the Middle East. It’s as US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has vowed to take “all necessary actions” to defend US troops after Iran-backed militants killed three US soldiers and wounded dozens … Read more
The Kiowa tribe member’s debut House Made of Dawn is credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature N Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel House Made of Dawn is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, has died. He was 89. … Read more
Tehran-linked drug dealer, a Canadian Hells Angel member and another man charged with plotting Iranian defector’s killing The US has charged an Iranian drug trafficker with intelligence ties to Tehran, a Canadian Hells Angel and another Canadian man in an alleged plot to carry out assassinations in the US. According to statements by the justice … Read more
A former top Obama administration official’s past criticism of President Biden’s foreign policy failures has resurfaced in the wake of an attack on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan that tragically took the lives of three American soldiers over the weekend. That official, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, first expressed his displeasure with Biden’s foreign … Read more
