Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza Strip after ‘biggest rocket salvo since 2006’
Read More Israeli jets hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, in retaliation for rocket attacks it blamed on the Islamist group Hamas, as tensions following police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this week threatened to spiral out of control. Two explosions were heard in Gaza late on Thursday. It was […]
‘The king has been dethroned’: Stormy Daniels speaks on Trump indictment
Read More In her first major interview since Donald Trump’s indictment, Stormy Daniels has said that while she wants the former president to be “held accountable” she doesn’t believe he should go to prison. “I don’t think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration. I feel like the other things that he has […]
Essex mental health inquiry pointless without legal powers, say families
Read More Bereaved relatives have said an independent inquiry into the death of almost 2,000 mental health patients across NHS trusts in Essex is not “fit for purpose” in the absence of legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence. The call for a statutory inquiry by 83 families comes after the chair of the […]
Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia has ‘highly likely’ reached Bakhmut centre, says UK; Pentagon investigating files leak – report
Read More Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges, has been awarded the US National Press Club‘s highest press freedom honour as the Washington Post runs an advertisement calling for his release. Gershkovich, 31, was arrested on Thursday in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city. He is the first US correspondent […]
Denver to spend up to $20 million on migrants in just six months, officials say
Denver officials say that the city expects to spend up to $20 million on housing and caring for migrants within a six-month period, with costs estimated to be up to $1,000 per migrant per week. In a briefing at a city council budget meeting on Monday, officials outlined the ongoing costs of the city-wide crisis […]
Atlanta DA investigating Trump in Georgia fires back after former president’s criticism: ‘Ridiculous’
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis dismissed former President Donald Trump’s claim she is “racist.” Trump criticized Willis on Wednesday in a Truth Social post, which came after he was arraigned in New York City and pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. “The Racist District Attorney in […]
Jon Stewart: Trump Arraignment Coverage ‘Epic … Media Fail’
Late-night host Jon Stewart tore into the coverage of former President Donald Trump’s arraignment Thursday, calling it an “epic f****** media fail.”
Democrat lawmaker suggests she avoided expulsion from Tennessee legislature because she is White
A Democrat lawmaker in Tennessee who survived a vote to expel her from the state legislature on Thursday attributed her survival to the color of her skin. The motion to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson, who is White, fell just one vote short after the motion to expel her Democrat colleague Rep. Justin Jones, who is […]
Kansas Legislature OKs opt-outs for LGBTQ materials in schools
Kansas lawmakers approved a bill Thursday aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials, as a Democratic lawmaker whose vote was crucial to banning transgender female athletes from girls’ and women’s sports faced calls to resign. The Republican-controlled Kansas House voted 76-46 to approve a “parental rights” measure […]
Nebraska Gov. Pillen appoints replacement for outgoing conservative lawmaker
Republican Gov. Jim Pillen named a former prosecutor Thursday as the newest member of the Nebraska Legislature, which has been largely hamstrung by progressive lawmakers who are filibustering every bill before the body this session. Carolyn Bosn, of Lincoln, will replace Lincoln Sen. Suzanne Geist, who announced a day earlier that she is stepping down, […]