U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy met in Moscow on Monday with detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the State Department said. Tracy's visit with Gershovich, who has been detained in Russia since March at Lefortovo prison in Moscow was the first time embassy officials were granted consular access since April, a State Department...
The top spokesperson for a super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that former President Trump is the “runaway front-runner” in the 2024 GOP presidential primary. “Look right now in national polling, we are way behind,” Cortes said during a Twitter Spaces event Sunday night. “I'll be the first to admit that....
Former Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox filed Monday to run for Rep. David Trone’s (D-Md.) seat in the House. Cox, a former Maryland state delegate, filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for Maryland’s 6th congressional district. Trone announced in May that he would be running for Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.) seat after...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that almost 1 out of 4 people in the U.S. still hadn't been exposed to COVID-19 by the end of 2022 after nearly three years of the pandemic. In its final survey looking at the period between October and December 2022, the CDC estimated that...
Vietnam has banned the yet-to-be-released “Barbie” film from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that depicted China’s claimed territory in the South China Sea. State-run media outlet Tuoi Tre newspaper reported on Monday that the country’s film department had banned the movie because the map labeled as Chinese territory parts of the sea...
A unique home in Los Angeles County that captured the interest of California homebuyers — and started a wider conversation about the high cost of getting into the real estate market — has found a new owner.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report that morphine is not distributed equally around the world, leaving millions of people to suffer from pain. “Leaving people in pain when effective medicines are available for pain management, especially in the context of end-of-life care, should be a cause of serious concern for policy-makers,”...
Fourth of July cookouts will be more affordable this year compared to 2022, according to a new report.
It might be labeled a "living wage fee," which helps the restaurant better pay staff that don't traditionally receive tips. Some businesses have added a health care surcharge to help cover the cost of offering employees benefits. Some restaurants added service charges to cover COVID-related costs, such as PPE. More rarely you might encounter something like a carbon offset fee.
Several Arab countries and organizations are condemning a major Israeli raid launched Monday against an alleged terrorist base in the city of Jenin after at least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens injured. Arab nations that have traditionally sided with Palestine in its long conflict with Israel spoke out forcefully just hours after the operation....
To prepare for the next pandemic, the Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act should serve as the template, not the TRIPs waiver.
Forgot an item for your cookout, or need a snack on the go? Here's what will be open for Independence Day.
As website designer Lorie Smith battled Colorado’s public accommodation law, she claimed that one day after filing her lawsuit, a man requested she design a website for his upcoming same-sex marriage. But the man, identified in the request as “Stewart,” says he has been married to a woman for more than a decade and never...
Don’t be surprised if the outcome in 2023 closely resembles what occurred a dozen years ago.
Harvard is facing a civil rights complaint over the school’s legacy admissions after the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions practices. “Each year, Harvard College grants special preference in its admissions process to hundreds of mostly white students — not because of anything they have accomplished, but rather solely because of who their relatives are,”...
Finding new talent is always something both parties would be smart to prioritize. A good way of doing that might be to have a bunch of people get into the race whom you and party leaders have never heard of.
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) announced that she will nominate J. Cody Hiland as the next justice for the state Supreme Court, adding that his appointment would give the court a conservative majority for the first time ever. “I am pleased to announce that I have selected another former prosecutor and a U.S. Attorney...
New advances in technology have also allowed the crimes to evolve from stealing explicit media directly from victims to using their likeness to create entirely fake images, video or audio recordings.
Rachel Levine remained optimistic about the LGBTQ+ community’s future in the U.S. at an event about health inequity. During Thursday’s event, hosted by The Washington Post, associate editor Jonathan Capehart and the nation's assistant secretary for the health discussed the recent slew of bills in state legislatures that target the LGBTQ+ community. These bills aimed...
Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is set to mark her first solo appearance of the campaign cycle in Iowa on Thursday for the launch of the grassroots group "Mamas for DeSantis" on behalf of her husband Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). DeSantis will launch the group alongside Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R ) outside of Des...
Caitlyn Jenner blasted Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's campaign for “hitting a new low” after the campaign shared a video Friday attacking former President Trump’s previous comments about the LGBTQ community. “DeSantis has hit a new low,” she wrote on Twitter. “But he’s so desperate he’ll do anything to get ahead — that’s...
This is not a distant possibility; there are already a number of cases coming up through lower courts where we could see ramifications like this.
Nationwide home affordability declined again in the second quarter of the year as rising prices pushed up the wages necessary to afford a home, according to a new report. Major homeownership expenses last quarter now require about 33 percent of a family’s monthly income, the report from nationwide property data provider ATTOM showed. Homes were...
Former President Trump, who has now been indicted over his handling of classified records, said in 2016 that a president under an indictment would cause a constitutional crisis, statements first noted by a CNN KFILE review. Trump made the comments about then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally in Reno, Nev., Nov. 5, 2016, KFILE...
