US braces for snow and heavy rain as major storm predicted for weekend

New England could see snow while heavy rainfall along the Gulf coast and snowfall and rain in the Rockies are predicted Cities across the US are bracing for intense weather leading into the weekend, as a major storm coming in from the east brings heavy snow to northern states and intense rainfall along the Gulf … Read more

DeSantis ahead of Iowa caucuses: ‘I don’t put a lot of stock’ in polls

There are now just 10 days before the 2024 Iowa Caucuses, where the first votes for a potential president will be cast. Iowa has long enjoyed the role of being first among kingmakers. Its place in the primary contest calendar ensures its interests, namely agricultural, are communicated to presidential contenders. Iowa can be a proving … Read more

David Soul – a life in pictures

A look back at the career of the actor and musician, famous for Starsky & Hutch, who has died at the age of 80 • Starsky & Hutch actor David Soul dies aged 80 Continue reading…

GOP Sen. Tuberville predicts there ‘will be no immigration bill’ as Congress set to reconvenes

As Congress reconvenes Monday aiming to finalize a border security deal, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., suggested that despite the ongoing negotiations, lawmakers will not come to an agreement on an immigration measure. “I keep saying that there will be NO immigration bill,” Tuberville wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter on Thursday night. “There are … Read more

Prince Andrew, Clinton, Hawking: what do the Epstein documents say about key people?

Michael Jackson and David Copperfield also among well-known people mentioned in released court records A torrent of court records relating to the sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were released this week after the US district court for the southern district of New York ordered the unsealing of defendant and plaintiff files. It began … Read more

Former AOC aide’s progressive PAC pushing for Biden to drop out of 2024 election

A political action committee (PAC) led by a former aide to democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is calling on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race. The leftist No Excuses PAC, led by Ocasio-Cortez’s former communications director Corbin Trent, published a new landing page and digital ad on their website, calling on … Read more

Georgia House Speaker urges lawmakers to consider expanding health coverage in the state

Medicaid expansion was long politically impossible in Georgia. Now it’s just unlikely. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns says he wants lawmakers to consider more health coverage in the state as their session begins Monday. But he’s careful not to label it Medicaid expansion, and certainly not “Obamacare.” DEMOCRATS HAUNTED BY PAST SUPPORT FOR SIGNATURE BIDEN … Read more

US ‘won’t survive’ four more years of Trump ‘chaos’, Nikki Haley says

‘We have a country to save – and that means no more drama,’ top Republican rival for 2024 nomination tells Iowa audience The re-election of Donald Trump would bring “four more years of chaos” the US “won’t survive”, the former president’s closest challenger for the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley, told an Iowa audience, turning her … Read more

Asian elephant put down at Los Angeles zoo after struggling to stand

Zoo says ‘heartbreaking’ decision to euthanize 53-year-old Shaunzi was made after she was unable to stand up A 53-year-old Asian elephant has been euthanized at the Los Angeles zoo after she was unable to stand up, the zoo announced on Thursday. Shaunzi, one of two female elephants at the zoo, was discovered unable to stand … Read more