This week’s Sunday news shows will likely focus on who will become former President Trump’s running mate. The competition for Trump’s vice presidential slot has been seemingly heating up recently, with some of the possible contenders stopping by the former president’s hush money trial in New York, including Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who will appear...
Rapper Nicki Minaj was detained in an Amsterdam airport Saturday on possession charges, just hours before she is set to perform at Co-op Live in Manchester. Minaj, 41, was arrested on suspicion of “possessing soft drugs” at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, multiple outlets reported. A recording of Minaj's live stream shared to X appeared to confirm...
Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger (R-Ga.) and Adrian Fontes (D-Ariz.) disagreed over noncitizen voting during a panel discussion on “Meet the Press” set to air Sunday. MSNBC’s Kristen Welker hosted Raffensperger, Fontes, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt (R) for a wide-ranging interview about threats they've received, misinformation,...
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, decried rising threats to election officials as “domestic terrorism,” and said that he and other offices are working with law enforcement nationwide to handle the issue. “And I think back to what we were talking about just a moment ago, one of the ways that I have...
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is acting like a “street lawyer” as he faces backlash after hanging two controversial flags at his homes. “It’s up to each individual justice to judge whether they’ve violated the code of ethics and to recuse themselves in cases where their impartiality may be in...
The defeat of a progressive prosecutor in an Oregon district attorney’s race this week is underscoring the delicate dance Democrats face on the issues of crime and public safety ahead of November. Prosecutor Mike Schmidt, who served in the Portland area, was ousted from his role after a primary challenge from one of his own...
Former President Trump was able to outraise President Biden in April, but the next few months will be critical in determining whether the presumptive GOP nominee can close the president’s fundraising advantage over him. A multi-million dollar fundraiser coupled with the elimination of any major candidate contesting him for the party nomination saw Trump make...
Because of the massive power concentrated in the hands of the president, Americans like Chris Heaton live in constant uncertainty about the future.
ASHDOD, Israel — Rescue operations were underway Saturday in Israel, as American and Israeli soldiers worked to release two beached U.S. army vessels that had washed ashore while working to build a floating pier outside the Gaza Strip. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement Saturday morning that “heavy sea states” caused four U.S....
Former President Trump took a swing at Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Saturday, after the independent presidential candidate criticized his response to the COVID-19 pandemic while in the White House. “Don’t waste any Republican or Conservative votes on Junior,’” Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social. “He’s one of the most Liberal Lunatics ever to run for...
The Biden administration said Saturday that U.S. officials are "deeply concerned" about the extensive military drills in the Taiwan Strait, putting pressure on China to "act with restraint." “The United States is deeply concerned over the People’s Liberation Army joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan,” a Saturday statement from State Department...
The disability community has never had the same opportunity to succeed afforded to the rest of Americans.
Democratic lawmakers made a new push for federal police reform Saturday on the fourth anniversary of George Floyd's death. Floyd, a Black man, died May 25, 2020, after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes. His final words, "I can't breathe," became a rallying cry for worldwide protests...
A New York City college suspended a security officer Friday after a published video showed him cursing and using threatening language at pro-Palestinian protestors during their graduation ceremony. College of Staten Island President Timothy Lynch responded to the incident in a statement, condemning the "offensive" language. “Yesterday, the College of Staten Island held a ceremony...
Netflix is making a major push into live events, signaling a shift in strategy on its content offerings and flashing a stark warning sign to legacy media brands who have for decades dominated the live television landscape. The streamer in recent months has struck blockbuster deals with major sports leagues like the NFL and hosted widely...
At the very least, President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta was pandering. At worst, it was insulting, condescending and massively divisive.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor reflected on her time on the Supreme Court Friday, admitting that some of the high court's decision have driven her to tears. “There are days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried,” Sotomayor said Friday at an event honoring her at...
A former Boston K-9 officer who used a chair as a weapon during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was sentenced to nearly a year in prison Friday, according to officials. Joseph Robert Fisher, 52, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and 24 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a new interview criticized her fellow Democrats for their response to the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, arguing they could have "done more." “We didn’t take it seriously, and we didn’t understand the threat,” Clinton said in an interview with The New York Times, published Saturday....
Alvin Bragg has created a new school of abstract law where there is no need for objective meaning.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reflected on her 2016 presidential campaign, saying in a recent interview that female voters deserted her in the last days of the campaign because she was "not perfect." “They left me because they just couldn’t take a risk on me, because as a woman, I’m supposed to be perfect,”...
Conservative attorney George Conway weighed in on former President Trump's recent false claims that the FBI was prepared to kill him when they searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 for classified documents, criticizing Trump for his "moral depravity." Conway, speaking to CNN's Kaitlan Collins about Trump’s controversial fundraising email, said the accusation against a government agency was...
President Biden is slated to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy Saturday in New York. The speech marks the second time Biden has participated in West Point's graduation ceremony. He gave the commencement address in 2016 as vice president. It is also the second one he has given remarks on campus since...
As we mark the momentous milestone of 20 years of marriage equality, let us celebrate and also remain focused on preserving progress for the sake of a more perfect union.
Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director under the Trump administration, slammed former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley over her support for former President Trump, saying, "there's no backbone in her decision." In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Scaramucci added that "she knows the danger." "She's smarter than what she's doing right now....
