While campaigning for a Senate seat, JD Vance participated in a rib-eating contest at the Ohio State Fair in August 2022. (Gaelen Morse / Bloomberg) The ebullient audience at the Republican National Convention was ready to be served up some red meat, but Usha Chilukuri Vance, onstage to introduce her husband, vice presidential candidate JD … Read more
A California teenager says he tried to intervene when his classmate began assaulting a 7-year-old Los Angeles girl, fearing that their game of hide and seek in a Nevada casino had “crossed the line.” David Cash Jr., 18, told a grand jury that he tapped Jeremy Strohmeyer on the forehead, trying to get his attention, … Read more
Democrats’ effort to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court faces long odds in Congress. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press) Democrats have introduced a bill to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to 13. Such a move could allow President Biden to swing the current 6-3 conservative majority … Read more
twitterfacebookenvelopeangle-double-rightangle-downangle-uplong-arrow-right On Nov. 5, California voters will be asked whether they support raising the minimum wage, imposing harsher penalties for certain crimes, banning forced prison labor, expanding rent control and much more. The 10 questions were proposed by citizens and the legislature as part of the state’s direct democracy process. We’re tracking the results. Some … Read more
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, at a Heritage Foundation event in Washington in 2021. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, … Read more
Republican former Rep. Aaron Schock laments that he opposed same-sex marriage while representing his conservative congressional district in central Illinois. (Associated Press) Saying he would do more if he were in Congress today to support LGBTQ rights — which he opposed when he served — former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) came out as gay … Read more
Shortly before a heart attack laid him up recently, Mayor Joe Smitherman was ruminating on the formula that has kept him in office for a quarter-century. Could it be that the one had something to do with the other? “You start a project,” he was saying, “and before you finish it, start another, and before … Read more
5 times when Kamala Harris changed her stance on an issue Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to define herself when she ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Sen. Bernie Sanders’ single-payer healthcare plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies … Read more
Clockwise from left, Antony J. Blinken, Janet L. Yellen, Lloyd J. Austin III, Tom Vilsack, Deb Haaland and Merrick Garland are among President Biden’s Cabinet picks. All have been confirmed by the Senate. (Getty Images) 1 2 Secretary of State Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was confirmed by the Senate in a 78-22 vote. … Read more
Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Ore.), isolated from even his strongest defenders in the Senate, bowed to mounting demands for his ouster and tearfully announced Thursday that he intends to resign rather than bring further disgrace to an institution that has been his life for 27 years. “It is the honorable thing to do,” Packwood said in … Read more
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