Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) may be taking off to some place a whole lot more distant than Cancun after a former high-ranking U.S. government official just outed him as an extraterrestrial.Jokingly, of course.Ron Klain, who was White House chief of staff to President Joe Biden until earlier this month, spoke on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show”…
NEW YORK (AP) — U2 is returning to the concert stage later this year for the first time since 2019 but without one of the original quartet, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr. is on the injured list.The band offered a hint about its reemergence on the biggest stage possible — in a commercial that aired…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy admitted Wednesday that Republicans “took the bait” by allowing President Biden to turn GOP heckling at his State of the Union address into political gold.The powerful Republican said Biden effectively used the outbursts by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and other far-right wingers to win over Americans watching at home.“The one…
BARCELONA, Spain — Chanting “Retirement before arthritis,” more than a million people poured into the streets in cities across France on Tuesday in protest of government plans to boost the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64.“It’s unfair to make people work until 64 — nobody is going to hire them,” former public transportation director…
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says “I’m done talking about this” in response to a question about inauguration funds on Feb. 2, 2023, in Surprise.
[Source]Chinese Americans from North Texas are protesting against two Texas Senate bills that would ban specific communities from buying property in the state. Over 250 protesters flocked to John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas on Sunday to condemn Senate Bills 147 and 552, which they have denounced as discriminatory. Bill 147, filed by…
Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego on Thursday blasted Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over her job performance, arguing that the lawmaker is “hardly” seen in the state and remarking that she “doesn’t speak to Arizonans anymore.”During an appearance on CNN’s “This Morning,” Gallego — a congressman who has represented a Phoenix-anchored district since 2015 —…
The Austin Police Department (APD) arrested a 25-year-old man for murder following a shooting in East Austin. This hasn’t stopped longtime customers from coming to the defense of Yaseen Naz.Police said on Sunday, around 11:14 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at the Shell gas station at 4509 E Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.When officers arrived,…
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is being called a liar for the many falsehoods he perpetuated while running for Congress. Still, one insult seems to be really upsetting the truth-challenged congressman.Of course, it doesn’t help that the insult came from a member of his own party: Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana.Kennedy called out Santos on Monday…
When runner Sophie Isom falls in the first leg of a relay, teammates Aurora Rynda, Savannah Sutherland and Ziyah Holman make up the time for a win.