Retired three-star general suspended from Army contract after tweet that appeared to mock Jill Biden
WASHINGTON – A retired three-star general has been suspended from a $92-an-hour contract consulting the Army and is under investigation after posting a tweet that appeared to mock first lady Jill Biden on a hot-button social issue, according to the Army.Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, the Army’s former top spokesman and recipient of the Silver Star for gallantry in Iraq, had been a…
A former House GOP aide said former President Donald Trump will likely announce his 2024 presidential run soon, despite the mounting criticism he’s been facing over the January 6 hearings.”Well, we all know from past experience that Donald Trump doesn’t care about anybody else but Donald Trump,” Kurt Bardella, a former GOP senior adviser for…
At a news conference following the NATO summit in Madrid, President Biden urged the Senate to change its filibuster rule to allow a vote on legislation to protect abortion rights. He also said he would take executive action after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Watch his remarks.
The Forest Park Police Department is warning residents of a local increase in car thefts of Kia and Hyundai brand vehicles, similar to instances reported in other cities across the country.The thefts are mainly of Kia cars newer than 2011 and Hyundai cars newer than 2015.Police said the theft of these types of cars has been…
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The leader of Bosnia’s Serbs said Sunday he hoped former U.S. President Donald Trump would return to power and that the Serbs would “wait for appropriate global circumstances” to reach for their goal of seceding from Bosnia, which he called an “unsustainable state.”Milorad Dodik, who was a rare European official to…
The House passed the most meaningful gun reform legislation in 28 years. President Biden said he will sign into law.
Former President Donald Trump’s reaction Thursday to another powerful day of testimony before the House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot was to again demand the impossible: evidence of a rigged presidential election.“The only thing not discussed by the Unselects, in any way, shape, or form, is the irrefutable evidence of massive and totally…
Stephen Colbert gave one U.S. lawmaker a scathing new distinction on Wednesday.“Most historians agree: Ron Johnson is the dumbest person ever to sit in the United States Senate,” Colbert declared on “The Late Show.”Newly revealed text messages showed the Wisconsin Republican’s chief of staff tried to arrange a meeting in which Johnson would hand-deliver a…
President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that the US would eventually face another pandemic and said the country must start preparing for it.”We do need more money,” he said at a White House press conference when asked about getting Congress to fund COVID-19 vaccines for infants and toddlers. The president said funding for the vaccine…
Thomasville attorney Chris West won the Republican nomination in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District, defeating former U.S. Army captain and Yale Law student Jeremy Hunt in Tuesday’s runoff election.With an estimated 98% of the vote in, West leads Hunt 14,608-13,853. Hunt conceded just before 10:20 p.m. but did not mention West by name in his speech.“We’re…





