Wisconsin Democrat Francesca Hong dodges direct question on her call to cancel Thanksgiving
Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong refused to say whether she still wants Thanksgiving canceled when pressed on CNN, offering instead that "views can evolve" and that the holiday is "incredibly painful for many." Host Kaitlan Collins put the question plainly during a Monday broadcast of CNN's "The Source": Do you still believe Thanksgiving should […]
Jay Clayton takes oath as intelligence director after Pulte accelerates transition
Jay Clayton was sworn in Monday as Director of National Intelligence after Bill Pulte moved up the leadership handoff by two weeks, capping a rapid transition at the agency that oversees America's intelligence community. Clayton, a former prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, took the reins at the Office of the Director of […]
Cornyn and Tillis flip to back Blanche for attorney general, clearing path to confirmation
Two Republican holdout senators reversed course and announced support for Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination after the Justice Department formally killed a controversial $1.8 billion fund, a deal that now gives the GOP the votes to confirm him. Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina issued a joint statement Monday confirming […]
Monty Roberts, the horse trainer who moved the Queen Mother to tears, dead at 91
Monty Roberts, the California horse trainer whose gentle methods forged an unlikely decades-long bond with the British royal family, has died at 91, leaving behind a legacy his daughter vows to carry forward. Roberts died on July 31, his daughter Debbie announced on Instagram in a lengthy tribute posted Sunday evening. No cause of death […]
Donna Brazile warns Democrats: Define the party before the socialist wing does it for you
Democratic consultant Donna Brazile issued a blunt warning to her own party on ABC's "This Week," urging Democrats to resist a rising "socialist wave", a sign that the left's internal fractures keep widening. Brazile, a longtime party operative who once chaired the Democratic National Committee, told host George Stephanopoulos that the Democratic Socialists of America […]
Harris names her most effective presidents — and Biden doesn't make the cut
Kamala Harris listed FDR, JFK, LBJ, and Barack Obama as America's most effective presidents at a National Urban League event, leaving the man she served under for four years conspicuously off the list. National Urban League President Marc Morial asked Harris a straightforward question: rank the top three most effective American presidents in history. She […]
