Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-M.N., is about to learn whether voters in her Minneapolis-area congressional district support her mix of confrontational, anti-Trump far-left radicalism, controversial marriages, and celebrity that she brings to the job. Omar is facing a surprisingly well-funded challenger in Minnesota’s Democratic primaries on Tuesday. Antone Melton-Meaux, a Black… Read More
Nancy Pelosi is stuck — and she knows it
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stuck. She has overplayed her hand in the coronavirus relief negotiations, and now she’s left with two bad choices: Leave money on the table and anger Democratic voters, or cave to White House demands. Is This Little Deadly Pill in Your Medicine Cabinet? [Sponsored] The… Read More
Coronavirus vaccine ready… but scientists say, “not so fast”
Russia on Tuesday became the first country to clear a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite serious international skepticism. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his daughters has already been inoculated. Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests and has proven efficient, offering a… Read More
Seattle’s police chief quits in protest
Seattle’s police chief announced her retirement Monday, the same day the City Council approved “defunding” the department by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attrition. Carmen Best, the city’s first Black police chief, said in a letter to the department that her retirement will be effective Sept. 2… Read More
Will college football happen? Here’s the latest
President Donald Trump on Monday joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches calling to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown as supporters pushed the premise that the players are safer because of their sport. There was speculation two of the five most powerful conferences —… Read More
U.S. military makes major 5G announcement
The Pentagon plans to free up a big chunk of its military airwaves in the U.S. for high-speed internet service, part of a broader push to get ahead of China in the deployment of 5G wireless technology. The Trump administration announced Monday that it has identified radio spectrum used for… Read More
Hong Kong protesters rally around free press
Last year, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand full democracy, many egged on by a tabloid newspaper critical of China’s ruling Communist Party. On Tuesday, they lined up at newsstands across the city to buy that same paper, handing over 10 Hong… Read More
Hollywood’s highest-profile divorce hits snag
Angelina Jolie asked Monday that the private judge overseeing her divorce from Brad Pitt be disqualified from the case because of insufficient disclosures of his business relationships with one of Pitt’s attorneys. In a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jolie argues that Judge John W. Ouderkirk should be taken… Read More
Trump-backed GOP leader suddenly breaks with White House
President Donald Trump clashed on Monday with a Republican senator he’d previously backed during his 2020 primary election — Sen. Bob Sasse, R-N.E. Trump called Sasse a “RINO” (Republican In Name Only) after the Nebraska senator called the president’s four executive orders “unconstitutional slop.” What really happened at this secluded… Read More
Ron Johnson subpoenas FBI documents
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-W.I., said Monday that he has subpoenaed the FBI to produce documents to his committee related to his investigation into the origin of the wiretap and spying on President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campain. The Wisconsin senator also defended a separate investigation he is leading into Democratic… Read More
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