Republican-led Kentucky House panel approves ‘three-strikes’ anti-crime bill
Sweeping legislation that would keep felons locked up after a third violent offense won approval Thursday from a Kentucky House committee that heard mixed reviews about its potential to combat crime. The measure has emerged as a top priority this year in the Republican-dominated House. The proposal cleared the House Judiciary Committee after a long Read More
Haley turns up the heat on Trump as she tries to close the gap in the New Hampshire primary
Nikki Haley, down by double digits to former President Trump in the latest surveys four days ahead of the New Hampshire GOP primary, is taking every chance she has to blast the GOP front-runner. “You look at Iowa. I mean President Trump won a state of three million people with 56,000 votes. We had a Read More
House GOP heads for showdown after conservatives promise revenge for bipartisan spending deal
Conservative lawmakers are promising revenge against House GOP leaders and their rank-and-file colleagues after they were sidelined for a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown this week. The House of Representatives passed a short-term government spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR) on Thursday to extend last year’s federal funding through early March, Read More
Christian Zionist cowboys: American and Israeli affinities laid bare
In early November, a photograph of four white men in cowboy hats at JFK airport was uploaded to social media with the caption, “These cowboys from Arkansas and Montana were at JFK today on their way to help out at the farms in Israel. They are not Jewish.” By the time the cowboys landed in Read More
It’s high time for all those at Harvard to stand with Palestine
These days one of the most talked-about news stories in the United States is the resignation of Harvard University President Claudine Gay. As Harvard and its leadership are centred in the media, however, Palestinians continue to be killed by US-supplied bombs and buried under the rubble of their homes, schools, mosques and hospitals. While Harvard Read More
Israeli minister says only a deal can free captives as rifts split cabinet
Gadi Eizenkot’s comments come amid disagreement in the war cabinet about how to handle the war in Gaza. A deal will be needed to ensure captives still held in the Gaza Strip are released alive, Israeli war cabinet minister and former military chief Gadi Eizenkot says, adding that a lightning raid would be extremely unlikely Read More
‘Stripped, hung upside down’: Kids allege abuse at Indore orphanage, facility sealed
FIR was registered against five women associated with the facility for allegedly ill-treating children in the name of punishment.
Hunter Biden’s ‘sugar brother’ goes scorched Earth on Comer, says he’s ‘confident’ Hunter will repay loans
Hunter Biden’s lawyer is hitting back at House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., accusing the top Republican of misleading about his closed-door deposition Thursday. Following the deposition of Hunter’s lawyer Kevin Morris — which is part of House Republicans’ sweeping probe into President Biden’s family and its past foreign business dealings — Comer released Read More
Mississippi approves incentives for EV battery factory that promises 2,000 jobs
Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday gave broad, bipartisan approval to state incentives for a factory that will manufacture batteries for electric vehicles — a project that promises 2,000 jobs with an average salary of about $66,000. After legislators voted, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves named the four companies involved. Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Truck and PACCAR, which Read More
New Hampshire’s aging voting scanners raise concerns as primaries approach
When New Hampshire voters cast their ballots in Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary, many will do so using scanners that are at least 15 years old — with some potentially dating back to Bill Clinton’s presidency. Election experts say the aging AccuVote ballot tabulators in use across roughly half the state’s towns and cities don’t pose additional Read More