Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s super PAC, American Values 2024, aired a 30-second ad about the independent candidate’s presidential campaign during Super Bowl LVIIIon Sunday. The ad highlighted images of the 70-year-old candidate in a vintage look, while using slogans, clips and a jingle that leaned into the legacy of his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. But some members of …
Read More »Politics
Senate clears another procedural hurdle on foreign aid package in rare Sunday vote
Washington — The Senate voted on Sunday to advance a foreign aid bill in a rare weekend session that puts the legislation on track for a vote on final passage later this week. But the slog toward approving the bill was expected to continue in the days ahead as some senators seek to slow its path forward. The procedural vote …
Read More »Trump indicates he "would encourage" Russian aggression against NATO allies who dont meet spending targets
Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Saturday that, as president, he warned NATO allies that he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent” as he ramped up his attacks on foreign aid and longstanding international alliances. Speaking at a rally in Conway, South Carolina, Trump recounted a story he has told before about …
Read More »Trump questions absence of Haleys deployed husband from campaign trail
Conway, South Carolina — Former president Donald Trump questioned the whereabouts of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s husband during a rally Saturday in the Palmetto state. “Where’s her husband? Oh, he’s away,” Trump said. “What happened to her husband? Where is he? He’s gone.” Maj. Michael Haley, who is a commissioned officer with the South Carolina National Guard, is …
Read More »White House to require assurances from countries receiving weapons that theyre abiding by U.S. law
The Biden administration will be requiring countries that receive weapons from the U.S. to provide “credible and reliable” written assurances to the State Department that they will use those weapons in accordance with the laws of war, according to a national security memorandum released Thursday. The executive action applies globally to the more than 100 countries that currently receive American …
Read More »Renowned climate scientist Michael Mann awarded $1 million in suit over his work being likened to child molesters acts
Washington — A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester. Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published in 1998 in the …
Read More »Senate slowly forges ahead on foreign aid bill
Washington — A $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific could be on its way to the House early next week after months of setbacks in the Senate. The Senate voted 64 to 19 on Friday night to officially begin debate on the foreign aid supplemental and is expected to work through the weekend after some Republicans …
Read More »The differences between the Trump and Biden documents cases
Washington – Special counsel Robert Hur’s report detailing his investigation into President Biden for allegedly retaining sensitive government information as a private citizen drew immediate comparisons to the case against former President Donald Trump, who faces 40 federal charges for obstruction and allegedly keeping dozens of sensitive documents once he left the White House. The charges against Trump were filed …
Read More »At Texas border rally, fresh signs the Jan. 6 prosecutions left some participants unbowed
Quemado, Texas – Three years after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, some of the same defendants who were arrested and convicted for their role in the violent insurrection were embraced by an emboldened fringe movement at the nation’s southern border. The Take Our Border Back rally last weekend brought anti-immigration hardliners, MAGA conservatives, and other fringe elements …
Read More »CIA Director William Burns to travel to Cairo for further hostage talks
CIA Director William Burns is expected to travel to Cairo next Tuesday for further hostage talks after a new set of terms was delivered by Hamas days ago to the Qatari government, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will also attend. While Israeli Prime …
Read More »