Seven food aid workers were killed by an Israel airstrike Monday, resulting in international outrage and increased pressure on President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The heightened tensions in the ongoing war in Gaza will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday talk shows. The workers from the nonprofit organization World Central...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested at a climate protest in The Hague, Netherlands Saturday. Thunberg was one of the dozens of people who police detained when in the process of removing protestors who were obstructing part of a road in The Hague, The Associated Press reported. She was spotted flashing a sign for victory...
A more productive question for us all to ask would be: How are you different now?
Parts of North America will go dark on Monday because the total solar eclipse will pass overhead. The rare celestial phenomenon will occur Monday, the first time since 2017 and won’t happen again for the next few decades. States across the country are preparing for increased travelers hoping to catch a glimpse of the eclipse....
A fire that occurred at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) office in Burlington is being investigated as arson, according to authorities. The Burlington Police Department (BPD) said in a media release that first responders from both the BPD and the Burlington Fire Department (BFD) responded to “an arson incident” Friday morning at the building housing the...
It’s not just the states that are moving toward transformational reform. Cities and localities are part of this movement as well.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and more than 30 House Democrats sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging them to reconsider the recent authorization of weapons to Israel, just days after seven aid workers were killed. “In light of this incident, we strongly urge you to reconsider your recent...
Leon Panetta, former defense secretary for the Obama administration, said it’s “not surprising” that Israel admitted mistakes after an airstrike killed aid workers earlier this week, because in his experience, “the Israelis usually fire and then ask questions.” “You have to be able to verify to take time to make sure that information that you’re...
This year’s women’s National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I basketball tournament has become a viral sensation, with players like the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and the University of South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso becoming household names across the country. Iowa and South Carolina are set to go head-to-head Sunday afternoon for the championship. Here’s...
The warning signs for this outbreak have been here for a very long time, and we must start paying closer attention to them to prevent more in the future.
Ben Rhodes, former national security adviser for the Obama administration, said he thinks the war in Gaza is reaching a “tipping point,” after seven aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier this week. “I mean, it certainly feels like we’re approaching some kind of tipping point,” Rhodes told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Friday. “We’ve...
"Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.”
The NCAA Women’s basketball championship game is on Sunday. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes will take on the University of South Carolina Gamecocks in the final game of the 2024 women’s March Madness tournament. Iowa, and its star player Caitlin Clark, narrowly beat Connecticut in the Final Four Friday evening, ultimately beating the Huskies 71-69...
The SEC's routine gag orders profoundly violate the free speech rights of companies and individuals who settle with the agency.
The surging popularity of women's college basketball is growing, as the average ticket price for this weekend's NCAA championship has reached about $2,900, according to StubHub. Logistix also reported that tickets for women's college basketball sold earlier this week for the semifinals doubled compared to the men's semifinals ticket prices. As this year's women's NCAA...
The body of a hostage held in Gaza has been recovered, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday. “The body of hostage Elad Katzir was rescued by security forces overnight from Khan Yunis and returned to Israeli territory,” the IDF said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Katzir was taken on...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign has been “hijacked by MAGA” Friday. Kennedy referred to rioters in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as "activists" and suggested they were victims of an "outrageous miscarriage of justice," in a Thursday statement. “His campaign has been...
The Biden campaign on Saturday announced a staggering haul of $90 million in the month of March, buoyed by a major New York City fundraiser and another strong month of grassroots donations. The campaign closed out the first quarter of 2024 having raised $187 million total, and it enters the second quarter of the year...
The killing of seven international aid workers providing food assistance to starving Gazans has put President Biden in a bind over his policy on Israel, even as the president seethed over what he called a lack of discretion to protect civilians. Biden this week issued his sharpest tone yet toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning...
A three-judge panel in Tennessee heard arguments Thursday in a case seeking to have the state’s near-total abortion ban declared unconstitutional. The nine plaintiffs include seven women who say their health and fertility were threatened by their doctors refusing to perform medically necessary abortions due to fear of prosecution, as well as two Tennessee OB-GYNs who say...
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he thinks Iran will retaliate for a recent airstrike by Israel on an Iranian Embassy compound in Syria, but on a limited scale. “They are going to act,” Esper said on CNN’s “The Source” with anchor Kaitlan Collins. “They’re gonna feel the need to uphold their dignity, to...
More than 400 lawmakers, civil rights leaders, musicians and actors have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to support a list of Congressional bills on racial equity and reparative justice. The letter, led by UCLA professor of sociology and African American studies Marcus Anthony Hunter, who coined the phrase Black Lives Matter, calls for...
The body of a missing construction worker who was on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore when it collapsed last week has been found, according to authorities. The Unified Command, a group that includes the U.S. Coast Guard and Maryland state agencies, said in a press release that the body of Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval,...
An appeals court granted the Department of Justice (DOJ) authority to reopen an antitrust probe into the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges reversed a lower court decision to “set aside” a 2021 investigative subpoena from the Antitrust Division of...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) clinched the first spot on the ballot for her Colorado GOP primary after securing the highest percentage of delegate support on Friday at the district assembly. Boebert, who is running for the full two-year term in former Republican Rep. Ken Buck’s eastern Colorado district, received 41 percent support from the...
