Miah Cerillo, an 11-year-old survivor of last month’s Uvalde, Texas, Robb Elementary School shooting testified through a video message to Congress on Wednesday. Cerillo recounted how her class had been watching a movie when her teacher received an emai…
Biden Blast ‘MAGA Republicans’ On ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
President Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance on a late-night show since being elected president as he joined Jimmy Kimmel to discuss a range of pressing topics on Wednesday. Kimmel demonstrated a willingness to ask the president, whose appro…
L.A. Mayoral Candidates Karen Bass & Rick Caruso To Face Off In November Runoff
Rep. Karen Bass (D-California) and real estate developer Rick Caruso (D) will vie for term-limited Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti‘s (D) seat in a runoff in November. Caruso garnered 41% of the vote and Bass brought in 38% when the primary was called o…
Oklahoma Lawmakers Debate Gun Laws Following Tulsa Shooting
The Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital shooting that left four dead on Wednesday afternoon is the latest in the slew of mass shootings to rock the nation since mid-May and Oklahoma lawmakers are divided on how to combat the gun violence epidemic. Democrats rema…
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Says Republicans Want ‘Strongman Daddy Figure’
Sen. Ben Sasse‘s (R-Nebraska) Thursday speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institue issued a strong message to his own party. “In the 2016 presidential campaign, you had two candidates with wildly different solution sets, but their …
Special Olympics Drops Vaccine Mandate After Florida Threatens $27.5M Fine
The Special Olympics decided to do away with their vaccine mandate on Friday for the upcoming games in Orlando a day after Florida’s threat of a $27.5 million fine for violating a state law that bans any business from requiring proof of vaccination. Th…
Russian Nuclear Forces Run Drills As Biden Promises Advanced Missile Systems To Ukraine
Russia is testing its nuclear capabilities after the Biden administration promised to send rocket systems to Ukraine. The reports come from the Interfax News Agency, a news outlet based in Moscow. The exercises involve the Teykovskaya division of the S…
Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory After David Perdue Loses Race For Georgia Governor
After Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Georgia) defeated the Trump-endorsed candidate David Perdue, former President Donald Trump is pushing a conspiracy theory blaming Georgia elections officials for election fraud. In a recent press release from his Save America P…
Biden Plans To Meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman In Bid To Repair Relations
President Joe Biden indicated openness to meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman later this month despite promising to make the country “a pariah,” after the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Tensions between…
Canadian P.M. Justin Trudeau Introduces Freeze On Gun Ownership After Texas School Shooting
Gun reform has been a slow-moving process in the U.S., but neighboring Canada quickly introduced stronger gun laws in response to the tragic mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last week that took the lives of 19 elementary-age children and two teachers. C…