Politics

Will Taylor Swift formally endorse Kamala Harris for POTUS? On Sunday, July 21, President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. The Democratic Party swiftly united, rallying behind the new candidate. Rumor has it that Taylor Swift will throw her considerable clout behind Vice President Harris’ campaign, possibly even … Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress in Washington on Wednesday. (Julia Nikhinson / Associated Press) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s war in Gaza and condemned American protesters in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday that was boycotted by many top Democratic lawmakers and drew thousands to … Read more

President Biden arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) President Biden will mark a momentous turning point in his long political career Wednesday evening with a speech from the Oval Office explaining why he dropped his bid for a second term and how he plans to spend … Read more

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, pictured in October, wants voters to expand the number of supervisors and establish a new elected countywide executive. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Unions representing thousands of Los Angeles County workers are pushing back on a plan to create an elected county chief executive, warning that such a … Read more

Coconuts, ‘brat summer’ and that laugh: The memeing of Kamala Harris It’s out with Dark Brandon and in with coconuts and “brat summer.” Scratching your head about what it all means? For those who still don’t know what a dank meme is, let the explaining by this 142-year-old newspaper begin. In short: Vice President Kamala … Read more

You know how Jon Voight calls out Angelina Jolie on social media? Well, now he’s doing it in interviews. He is consistent, if nothing else. For years, Jon Voight has loudly attacked other celebrities and more than half of the people of this country for their views. Ostensibly, it’s over political disagreements. And it’s not … Read more

President Biden arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., in 2023. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) In a typical presidential election year, voters might wonder how the candidates’ views stack up on issues such as abortion, tax cuts, gun rights and immigration policy. But this year, as a 78-year-old Republican Party … Read more

The Bush Administration today proposed rewriting the nation’s major job training program, which was co-authored by Vice President Dan Quayle, to direct most spending to the poor and teen-agers. It also warned states that their programs will have to be improved to receive federal support. “For years, the government has been distributing money to youth … Read more

A bowl of voting stickers for early voters is shown March 15, 2020, in Steubenville, Ohio. (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press) A federal judge has struck down part of Ohio’s sweeping 2023 election law, which voting rights groups said restricted people from helping voters with disabilities cast absentee ballots. Voting advocates argued that the … Read more

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), shown leaving court last week, was convicted of all the charges he faced at his corruption trial, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press) U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is resigning from … Read more