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(WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee on Saturday is launching a new ad campaign targeted at rural voters to boost turnout in two southern battlegrounds in the final days of the presidential election. The effort, backed by a six-figure media buy, comes as Democrats are especially concerned that early vote turnout is low among Black […]
(WASHINGTON) — With three days to go — and the candidates engaging in their final push — Donald Trump is lashing out at Liz Cheney, who’s supporting Kamala Harris. Thursday night in Arizona, he called her a “war hawk” and said she should face “nine barrels,” appearing to suggest a firing squad. Both Trump and […]
(WASHINGTON) — The origins of the video that falsely showed individuals from Haiti voting in Georgia is the work of Russian influence actors, the intelligence community assessed on Friday. “The IC assesses that Russian influence actors manufactured a recent video that falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple counties […]
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during a fatal botched police raid, in a retrial of the federal case against him. The guilty verdict came hours after the jury acquitted Hankison of a second count of violating the civil rights […]
(WASHINGTON) — As Election Day nears, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots throughout the country. Whether through mail-in ballots or early in-person polling stations, more than 68 million Americans, roughly 43% of the 2020 turnout, had voted against standing in line on Election Day as of Friday afternoon, according to data […]
Disney/Randy Holmes Eddie Murphy has reportedly signed on to play a funk music icon on screen. Variety reports that the actor/comedian is set to star as Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in a biopic directed by Bill Condon, the same director who directed Murphy in Dreamgirls, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination. The film, […]
(ORLANDO, Fl) — The mayor of Orlando, Florida, is cracking down in the city’s entertainment district after two people were killed and several others injured in a Halloween night shooting. The suspect, 17-year-old Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, has been taken into custody, Orlando police said. Officers responded to reports of shots fired just after 1 a.m. […]
(LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes and ground fighting continued in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with renewed Israeli attacks on […]
(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams will stand trial on federal corruption charges starting on April 21, 2025, a judge said Friday. The date upset the defense, which argued for a schedule that could end the trial no later than early April to accommodate “grave, grave Democratic concerns,” namely the mayor’s reelection […]
Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Public hospitals in Texas will now be required to ask patients if they are in the U.S. legally and keep a record of the funds spent on illegal migrants after an executive order went into effect Friday. Public hospitals are required to collect information regarding the “cost […]
