When Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer telephoned a senior official with President Biden’s campaign on Friday night, she wanted to convey a clear message: She hated the way her name was being floated as a replacement for Biden and she wasn’t behind the chatter. Whitmer’s conversation with the official, campaign chair Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, was cordial […]
Zaccharie Risacher was the top pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. (Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images) The NBA season may be over following the Celtics victory over the Mavericks, but the NBA action continues this week with the 2024 NBA Draft. The Atlanta Hawks held the coveted first pick this year, selecting Frenchman Zaccharie Risacher as their […]
The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on Thursday when it ruled that emergency room doctors can now perform emergency abortions in Idaho, despite the state’s near-total ban on abortion. The 6-3 decision comes after a version of the opinion was briefly posted to the Supreme Court’s website by mistake on Wednesday. It was […]
(Bloomberg) — Israel is facing a legal and political struggle over how many Ultra-Orthodox men should be drafted into the military and how quickly, the result of an historic Supreme Court ruling. Most Read from Bloomberg Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said the army should take on 3,000 Ultra-Orthodox recruits as soon as July 1st following […]
Zaccharie Risacher of Bourg en Bresse Basket is a potential top pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. (Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images) The NBA season may be over following the Celtics victory over the Mavericks, but the NBA action continues this week with the 2024 NBA Draft. The Atlanta Hawks hold the coveted first pick this year, […]
Zaccharie Risacher of Bourg en Bresse Basket is a potential top pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. (Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images) The NBA season may be over following the Celtics victory over the Mavericks, but the NBA action continues this week with the 2024 NBA Draft. The Atlanta Hawks hold the coveted first pick this year, […]
Like a bad penny that keeps turning up, every few years someone on Capitol Hill decides it would be a good idea to make women subject to a military draft. In 2016, the Republicans suggested it, in 2020 the Democrats suggested it, and now in 2024, Democrats are at it again. The proposal reliably comes […]
Senate Democrats have added language to the annual defense authorization bill to require women to register for the draft, prompting a backlash from Republicans and social conservatives and complicating the chances of moving the bill on the Senate floor before Election Day. Conservatives led by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are certain to attempt to remove […]
The House passed a large defense bill Friday evening that included a provision that would automatically enroll young men between the age of 18 and 25 for the Selective Service. The House’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would authorize $895 billion in military spending, passed by a vote of 217-199. It’s […]
Jun. 7—GRAND FORKS — A regional study sought solutions to a housing shortage in rural northeast North Dakota, but as the time draws closer for those proposed solutions to be released, the question lingers: who will invest in them? That question was posed by Keith Lund, CEO of the Grand Forks Economic Development Corporation, at […]
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s ruling party on Tuesday introduced draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights. The proposals by the Georgian Dream are similar to laws enacted in Russia and come on the heels of the authorities adopting another law critics denounced as borrowed from Moscow’s playbook — the “foreign influence” law. It ignited weeks of […]
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked roads in Jerusalem on Sunday as Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case challenging a controversial system of exemptions from military service granted to the religious community. The court is looking at the legality of the exemptions, which have divided the country and threatened to collapse Prime Minister […]