Investigation launched into Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box
MADISON, Wis. — A years-long fight over voting rules in the swing state of Wisconsin sparked a criminal investigation this week after a mayor — wearing a hard hat and…
He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court ruling may soon clear his name
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row more than five decades ago. Now, the world’s longest-serving…
Congress one step closer to avoiding government shutdown after bill passes House
Congress took a significant step toward averting an end-of-month partial government shutdown just weeks before Election Day.In a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., a majority of Republicans voted for…
DAVID MARCUS: 5 reasons Kamala Harris is snubbing the Al Smith Dinner, Catholics, and tradition
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that she will not be attending this year’s Al Smith Dinner, making her the first presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 to snub…
Tim Walz wouldn’t call for TikTok ban on government devices even though over 75% of other states did
China hawks are calling out Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for failing to impose a TikTok ban on government-issued devices in his state, particularly considering…
Johnson demands Zelenskyy fire Ukraine’s ambassador to US amid fallout from Pennsylvania trip
: House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States after she allegedly organized a U.S. taxpayer-funded visit to a…
Troubling signs for the GOP on mail voting
Republicans in 2022 suffered a second straight disappointing election — and a second straight drubbing in mail and absentee voting. So some of their leaders began to push harder for…
Hardly anyone dislikes both candidates anymore
A few months ago, the 2024 presidential election was on course to be an inverse popularity contest. Polls consistently showed that both President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump…
Raging wildfire covers Ecuadorian capital in smoke
A wildfire raging in Quito has forced residents to flee their homes and Ecuador’s president to make an emergency return from abroad, as heavy smoke spreads across whole neighborhoods of…
Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over ‘sadistic’ abuses
Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople – from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered…