President Biden and Donald Trump issued drastically different Memorial Day messages on Monday, with Biden extolling the virtues of democracy and Trump blasting his perceived foes as “human scum,” deriding the judges in his trials. “Freedom has never been guaranteed,” Biden said after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in a […]
US president Joe Biden on Thursday praised Kenya’s William Ruto for “his bold leadership” as the White House marked the first state visit to the United States by an African leader for more than 15 years. Mr Ruto spoke of building a more promising future. The Kenyan president and his wife, Rachel Ruto, arrived at […]
May 20—PARIS — Oxford County Sheriff Christopher Wainwright made his first public statement Monday on his attempted ouster by the Oxford County Commission, thanking the governor and the judge, who conducted the hearing, and said he looked forward to working with a new board of county commissioners. “To Justice (Donald) Alexander, Governor (Janet) Mills and […]
The Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas has expressed its sadness regarding the helicopter crash that killed the Iranian president and his foreign minister. “We express our shared feelings of sadness and pain with the brotherly Iranian people, and our complete solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said a Hamas statement. The movement praised what it […]
Donald Trump on Saturday praised fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter “as a wonderful man” before segueing into comments disparaging people who have immigrated into the US without permission. The former president’s remarks to political rally-goers in Wildwood, New Jersey, as he challenges Joe Biden’s re-election in November were a not-so-subtle rhetorical bridge exalting Anthony Hopkins’ […]
On a stormy Friday morning, the head of the Federal Highway Administration stood near a conference room window at the Georgia Port Authority’s headquarters in Garden City. As Shailen Bhatt described how more than $15 million in newly announced grants from his agency are aimed at improving air quality at and around the Port of […]
Sen. Mitt Romney had high praise for his colleague Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, crediting her with bringing senators together from both major parties to pass legislation, and for standing up for the filibuster at a time when she was pressured to change the Senate rules to see it eliminated. Sinema, an independent from Arizona, was elected […]
(Bloomberg) — At Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s annual meeting in Omaha on Saturday, Warren Buffett heaped praise on Apple Inc. — after revealing he’d cut his stake in it. Most Read from Bloomberg Berkshire reported a $135.4 billion holding in the iPhone maker at the end of the first quarter, down from $174.3 billion at the […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. “Ole Miss taking care of business,” Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wrote […]
By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) -Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday it “was a beautiful thing to watch” New York police officers raiding a Columbia University building occupied by pro-Palestinian students, and called on officials to crack down on campus protests across the United States. “New York was […]
Ralph Lauren gave a nod to the Beyonce-inspired cowboy trend for his latest catwalk show, a trend that’s taken off since the release of the star’s Cowboy Carter album in March. Jessica Chastain, Glenn Close, Jodie Turner-Smith and Kerry Washington joined a star-studded roster across film, TV and music at the intimate show in New […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden on Wednesday praised her husband’s advocacy for U.S. service members before she sounded a red horn to start the Wounded Warrior Project’s annual Soldier Ride from the White House lawn. “My husband often says that we have many obligations as a nation but only one sacred obligation: to support you […]