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Sarah Palin is running for Congress. The former Vice Presidential candidate took to Facebook on Friday to announce that she’s running for Alaska’s at-large seat vacated by the late Republican Congressman Don Young. “Today I’m announcing my candidacy for the U.S. House seat representing Alaska,” Palin wrote. “Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to […]
Joe Biden has announced a historic plan to bring down the rising costs of fuel. On Thursday, the President confirmed the United States is expected to release up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from America’s strategic reserves. CNN reports the move will mark the largest withdrawal from the reserve since it was created in 1974. According […]
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to the hospital on Friday with an infection, ABC News reports. Thomas was sent to Washington D.C.’s Sibley Memorial Hospital after experiencing flu-like symptoms, per spokesperson Patricia McCabe, and was later diagnosed with an infection. The 73-year-old is now taking intravenous antibiotics. “His symptoms are abating, he is resting comfortably, and he expects […]
The cost of filling an average family car with diesel has now topped £90 for the first time. As oil prices continue to soar and hit household budgets, the RAC motoring group has said that the average price of a litre of diesel rose from 3p to a record 165.24p overnight – the biggest daily […]
Days after the acquittal of Brett Hankison, the 45-year-old ex-cop who stood trial for firing 10 rounds of bullets into the home of Breonna Taylor, killing her and endangering her neighbors—a new report has come out that says Blacks are still being killed by the police at a higher rate than any other group. In […]
Cadence Weapon couldn’t help but chuckle at the DMs he was receiving about his viral police-and-protesters-themed tweet. On Jan. 31—as a convoy of anti-COVID mandate truckers congested traffic and commerce outside Canadian parliament in Ottawa—the rapper posted: Most commenters were positive, but some sent Cadence defensive private Twitter messages decrying accusations of white privilege. He […]
Angelina Jolie was overcome with emotions as she advocated for victims of sexual and domestic violence. The Oscar-winning actress stopped by Capitol Hill on Wednesday to urge U.S. senators to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, a law that supported legal and community-based responses to domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, and sexual assault. “Standing here at the center […]
Gary Chambers has, once again, set the internet ablaze. The Louisiana Senate candidate returned Wednesday to release another provocative campaign ad that highlights inequalities in America. The 60-second video, titled “Scars and Bars,” shows Chambers standing outside holding the U.S. flag while reciting the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence. The activist-turned-politician is then […]
The University of Rhode Island announced on Friday that it would be revoking the honorary degrees earned by a pair of prominent advisors to former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn. Giuliani, the former New York mayor turned personal lawyer for Donald Trump, received a Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa in 2003 based on his demonstrated leadership […]
The sister-in-law of Lee Chatfield has been identified as the woman who accused the ex-Michigan House Speaker of multiple sexual assaults. Rebekah Chatfield, now 26 and married to Lee’s younger brother, has filed a criminal complaint against the married former lawmaker, alleging that he began sexually abusing her when she was 15 years old. Rebekah claims the assaults, […]
