Wealth tax criticized by billionaires and Gavin Newsom would levy a one-time 5% tax on residents worth over $1bn A popular proposal in California to impose a wealth tax on billionaires has gained enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November, state officials announced on Wednesday. The news is set to intensify an already … Read more
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., rebuked a school board in Richmond, Michigan, after some of its members tried to remove a conservative colleague for missing meetings while on military deployment to the Middle East. Ray Stier, who received an American flag and a copy of the Congressional Record from McClain on Thursday as … Read more
At Thursday’s ceremony marking the beginning of the Obama Presidential Center’s opening weekend, the master of ceremonies began with a left-wing “land acknowledgment ritual,” for which the entire event was promptly mocked. Valerie Jarrett, the former senior advisor to Obama when he was president and the current CEO of the Obama Foundation, kicked things off. … Read more
Musical stars and retired politicians from less polarised era seeming antidote to cage fights on White House lawn The Barack Obama presidential center opened in Chicago on Thursday after more than a decade in the making amid a musical fanfare and paeans to democratic principles that evoked a previous age, all while delivering an implied … Read more
Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N
⚽️ Kick-off time: 7pm local/9pm EDT/2am BST/11am AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Jonathan⚽️ Jonathan Wilson: From frustration to party time: Mexico ready for lift-off One round of matches, 24 games, mountains of data. Enjoy the choicest nuggets here, including: Mexico moved the ball upfield slower than any other team. They … Read more
Former President Barack Obama said during the dedication of his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday that America’s Founders fell “terribly short” of the Declaration of Independence’s promise, while casting the nation’s story as one of generations coming together to make the union “more perfect.” “The success of this experiment was never a given,” Obama … Read more
In today’s edition, Jonathan Allen explores what comes next for President Donald Trump on Iran after signing an agreement to end the war.
The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
City councillor who ran on expanding childcare, education and housing slated for office after opponent concedes Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George is slated to be the next mayor of Washington DC after her opponent conceded on Thursday. Lewis George, a city council member, ran on a platform of expanding childcare, education and housing, and revoking … Read more
