For three and a half years, Joe Biden was wrapped in a metaphorical ball of cotton wool by an anxious White House staff eager to protect him from the worst of himself. Worried about signs of ageing and an increasing propensity for verbal missteps, they cut press conferences and media interviews to a minimum. Meetings […]
Tom Hanks says former President Trump winning a second term in the White House could indicate that America’s “journey to a more perfect union has missteps in it.” “I think there’s always reason to be worried about the short term,” the “Saving Private Ryan” star told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday, when asked if he worries about […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As his father stood in the Rose Garden at the White House in the fall of 2015 and announced he would not run for president, Hunter Biden was facing his own crossroads. It was a deeply emotional and traumatic time for Joe Biden and his close-knit family, still reeling from the death […]
A top Biden administration aide privately admitted failures and “missteps” in the communication of US policy regarding Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza in a closed-door meeting with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan last week. “We have left a very damaging impression, based on what has been a wholly inadequate public accounting for how […]
(Bloomberg) — United Airlines Holdings Inc. is no longer counting on Boeing Co.’s largest 737 Max model as the planemaker’s manufacturing miscues threaten to further delay an aircraft already years behind schedule. Most Read from Bloomberg While the carrier hasn’t canceled its order for the Max 10, United has removed it from its internal plans, […]
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis dropped out of his party’s presidential nominating race on Sunday. Here are some of the missteps made by the Florida governor and his campaign. Faulty strategy, burned through cash Mr DeSantis began 2023 looking like a viable alternative to Republican former president Donald Trump. But he never successfully articulated to […]
Former President Trump, the current GOP frontrunner, pushed back on claims of mental missteps during his Saturday rally in New Hampshire, after his main rival in the state, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, raised concerns about his mental fitness. Trump deflected the criticism that arose after he appeared to mix up Haley and former House […]
In April 2021, the board overseeing Colorado’s Jeffco Public Schools was about to hire Tracy Dorland as its new superintendent. But first, an urgent matter demanded their attention — closing Allendale Elementary School. The district’s new chief thought spring was too late for such a drastic move: Parents had already made plans for the fall […]
JACKSON TWP. − For our Christmas Eve brunch, my son and I decided to visit DP Jackson Steak, Chop and Seafood House, at 6823 Wales Ave. NW in Jackson Township. Arriving with early reservations, we found the restaurant relatively quiet, but every table quickly filled to create a lively atmosphere. Upon entering, two friendly young […]
Happy New Year to all! Nikki Haley gave a bad answer to an easy question: What caused the Civil War? She replied with a word salad on freedom and the role of government while failing to mention the word “slavery” at all. We don’t need to dwell on why it was a bad answer. The […]
DETROIT (AP) — The serial killer lured women one by one into vacant homes to be murdered, posing their nude or partially clothed corpses amid cheap booze pints, crumbling sheetrock and hypodermic needles. The slayings set Detroit on edge, prompting authorities to dispatch crews on overtime to scour the city’s decrepit stock of abandoned properties […]