STORY: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was publicly challenged on Wednesday (May 15) by his own defense chief about his post-war plans for Gaza – or the lack thereof. In a televised statement, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stressed the need to lay the groundwork for alternative Palestinian rule at the same time as defeating Hamas. […]
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday defended his department’s efforts to roll out a series of rule changes this year to try and stabilize California’s insurance market as he faced pointed questions and calls for greater urgency from lawmakers. Lara said the department was still on track to complete the revisions by the end of […]
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday defended his department’s efforts to roll out a series of rule changes this year to try and stabilize California’s insurance market as he faced pointed questions and calls for greater urgency from lawmakers. Lara said the department was still on track to complete the revisions by the end of […]
Aston Villa qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history following Tottenham’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday. Unai Emery’s side fell short of European success this season after a 6-2 aggregate defeat to Olympiakos in the Europa Conference League semi-final but will now rub shoulders with Europe’s elite for […]
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he will not participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a non-partisan commission, instead challenging Republican Donald Trump to a pair of debates. “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020,” Mr Biden posted on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. “Since then, he hasn’t shown […]
Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found little traction at a federal appeals court Tuesday for his arguments that Google violated his First Amendment rights by taking down YouTube videos it said contained misinformation about the dangers of vaccines. A three-judge panel hearing oral arguments in San Francisco sounded skeptical about Kennedy’s demand […]
A roll of stickers sit on a table as people vote during the Georgia primary at the Metropolitan Library on May 24, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ten months after Georgia officials said they would take steps to ensure that counties were correctly handling massive numbers of challenges to voter registrations, neither the […]
May 10—CHEYENNE — An observed inability in the Wyoming Legislature for lawmakers to work out their differences and focus on the issue at hand is what motivated Rob Geringer, a Cheyenne business owner, to run for House District 42. Geringer, son of former lawmaker and Wyoming Gov. Jim Geringer, said he’s noticed “a lack of […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both address a Libertarian convention later this month, a move that comes as the presumptive GOP nominee has ramped up both criticism of Kennedy’s independent bid and demands that President Joe Biden meet him on a debate […]
May 7—New Mexico has been allocated nearly $700 million to connect unconnected or poorly connected areas in the state to broadband, but to make sure the right households are reaping the benefits of that money, the state needs help to fix mapping errors. And even with a federal grant, New Mexico still has a long, […]
The drama started on Friday morning, before a single vote had been counted. It didn’t stop until late in the night on Saturday. It’s normal for party campaign teams and supporters to brief journalists on how they think the vote has gone once the polls are closed and the ballot papers are verified. At that […]
At Ohio’s second largest public pension system, board meetings are marked by contentious fights, its high-paid executive director is on indefinite leave, and reformers pushing for wholesale changes appear ready to take majority control. In another sign of turbulence at the State Teachers Retirement System Ohio, Aon Consulting, a national firm, canceled its contract early. […]