September 22, 2023
WATCH: Biden forgets to shake hands with president of Brazil in latest awkward gaffe
President Biden committed his latest awkward gaffe Wednesday when it appeared he forgot to shake the hand of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as ‘Lula,’ before leaving the stage after a joint event. The gaffe occurred following Biden’s speech on workers’ rights at the United Nations in New York City when he […]
September 22, 2023
WATCH: Biden forgets to shake hands with president of Brazil in latest awkward gaffe
President Biden committed his latest awkward gaffe Wednesday when it appeared he forgot to shake the hand of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as ‘Lula,’ before leaving the stage after a joint event. The gaffe occurred following Biden’s speech on workers’ rights at the United Nations in New York City when he […]
September 22, 2023
Republican Dave McCormick launches bid for vulnerable Senate seat in battleground state
It’s take two for Dave McCormick in battleground Pennsylvania. McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, West Point graduate, Gulf War combat veteran and Treasury Department official in former President George W. Bush’s administration, on Thursday launched his second straight campaign for the Senate. His announcement gives national and state Republicans a high-profile candidate with the […]
September 22, 2023
Republican Dave McCormick launches bid for vulnerable Senate seat in battleground state
It’s take two for Dave McCormick in battleground Pennsylvania. McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, West Point graduate, Gulf War combat veteran and Treasury Department official in former President George W. Bush’s administration, on Thursday launched his second straight campaign for the Senate. His announcement gives national and state Republicans a high-profile candidate with the […]
September 22, 2023
Nevada pardons board to consider posthumous pardons after 6-year freeze
Nevada’s pardons board will now consider requests for posthumous pardons in a limited scope, nearly six years after it voted to freeze such applications amid a backlog in cases. The nine-member board voted unanimously Wednesday to begin accepting petitions for posthumous relief, but only those sponsored by a member of the board will be eligible […]
September 22, 2023
Nevada pardons board to consider posthumous pardons after 6-year freeze
Nevada’s pardons board will now consider requests for posthumous pardons in a limited scope, nearly six years after it voted to freeze such applications amid a backlog in cases. The nine-member board voted unanimously Wednesday to begin accepting petitions for posthumous relief, but only those sponsored by a member of the board will be eligible […]
September 22, 2023
Fetterman wears casual shorts to Senate for meeting with Zelenskyy, days after dress code dropped
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., dressed down for an official meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Capitol, just days after the Senate dress code was altered. Zelenskyy traveled to Washington, D.C., on Thursday to meet with President Biden and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, a trip that marks his second visit to the U.S. […]
September 22, 2023
Senate confirms Gen. Eric Smith as Commandant of Marine Corps, 96-0
The U.S. Senate confirmed Gen. Eric M. Smith as Commandant of the Marine Corps in a 96-0 vote on Thursday. In July, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger relinquished his post, leaving the military branch without a confirmed leader for the first time in 164 years. Then assistant commandant of Marine Corps, Smith took over […]
September 22, 2023
Tuberville forces Schumer’s hand in military nominee votes: ‘He blinked’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., forced Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s hand Wednesday, resulting in floor votes for military nominations that had been stalled for months after the GOP senator prepared to issue a cloture vote. Tuberville followed a Senate rule enabling a minority member to bring a cloture vote with 16 signatures. However, once Schumer, […]
September 22, 2023
Triple House meltdown on defense bill may mark the worst run for a House majority in modern history
Republicans are stalled right now and can’t even adopt a simple provision to bring to the floor what is historically one of the most popular bills in Congress: The annual defense spending bill. The House’s fights over funding the government could mark the worst run for any majority in modern House history. Republicans hold a […]
September 22, 2023
Most global leaders at UN General Assembly find common trend in condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine
Through nearly three days of speeches by world leaders at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, many issues have been addressed, but aside from climate change, one pressing matter seems to have been universally condemned: Russia’s war in Ukraine. As more than 80 world leaders have spoken to the assembly through Thursday afternoon at U.N. […]
September 22, 2023
Alex Murdaugh claims he learned about alleged jury tampering after sentencing
Alex Murdaugh said Thursday in a court document that he only learned of alleged jury tampering in his double-murder trial after he was sentenced to two life terms in prison for shooting his wife and son. ‘I did not have any knowledge or information that the Colleton County Clerk of Court, Rebecca Hill, or anyone […]