LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday rather than face a no-confidence vote just days after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change. Yousaf, whose Scottish National Party has been weakened by a campaign finance scandal and divisions over transgender rights, stepped […]
The IRS struggled in the first year of its Direct File program, falling short of its original goal with just a little more than 140,000 people taking advantage of the online pilot program for calculating taxes without resorting to a paid option like TurboTax. Biden administration officials insisted the pilot was still a success, saying […]
Supreme Court justices clashed Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s claims of “absolute immunity” from being prosecuted for his official acts while he was in the White House, sorting through competing dangers of an unleashed president on one hand, or a crippled one on the other. Justices seemed to be in agreement that some presidential […]
National Public Radio is struggling and today the NY Times offers to bring us inside the “crisis” that has engulfed the network. The gist of this crisis is made up of two parts that, according to the authors, may or may not be related. Those two parts are as follows: Getting woke and going broke. […]
The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday on efforts to police homeless encampments, recognizing the makeshift camps as a burden on cities while also indicating sympathy for people who have nowhere to go. The justices heard arguments over ordinances implemented by Grants Pass, Oregon, that prohibit homeless people from sleeping in public parks and on streets […]
CARACAS, Venezuela — It’s a tale of two dramatically different political campaigns. On Monday, throngs of supporters of President Nicolás Maduro rallied at a giant stage draped in the red, yellow and blue colors of Venezuela‘s flag outside the electoral council headquarters where he made official his candidacy for a third term lasting until 2031. […]
This story has unintentionally comic elements about it. According to the Associated Press, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky announced Wednesday that he will step down from his role as Senate leader in November, though he will serve out his Senate term, set to expire in Jan. 2027. That is not the funny part. In […]
President Joe Biden hit a bump Sunday night on his long road to fight back against a special counsel’s report that questioned his mental acuity. To be precise, Biden appeared to bump his head on the frame of Marine One as he and first lady Jill Biden exited the presidential helicopter after returning to the […]
It’s got to be tough to be a member of the Biden administration and have it be your job to talk up the administration’s accomplishments. Sometimes, you have to be a good liar. If you’re not a good liar, well, you can really embarrass yourself. NSC spokesman John Kirby […]
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