LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Following calls for his resignation a Nevada education official had to defend his remarks, regarding the transgender community, within the time limit of two minutes. During a Friday meeting of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents, public commenters rose to dispute statements made by Regent Patrick Boylan. […]
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California official ousted for Covid remarks now accused of putting employee’s desk on roof, workplace bullying
A Northern California school administrator, who lost a city post four years ago over controversial Covid remarks, was accused of workplace bullying for putting his subordinate’s desk on a roof, officials said Thursday. The allegations against Kenneth Turnage II, director of maintenance, operations and facilities at the Antioch Unified School District, could end up costing […]
Biden chokes up while talking about deceased son and Trump’s disparaging remarks about service members
PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden choked up Wednesday talking about the military service of his family members and former President Donald Trump‘s disparaging remarks about service members. “They asked [Trump] to go visit American gravesites. He said, ‘No.’ He wouldn’t do it. Because they were all ‘suckers’ and ‘losers,’” Biden told a crowd of union […]
Can family be paid with campaign funds? Recent remarks spark criticism, questions
Rep. Adam Morgan, a Greenville Republican who is seeking the SC 4th Congressional District seat against incumbent William Timmons, took to the House floor Tuesday to speak against campaign contributions being used for childcare. He said campaign contribution money should not have any connection to personal affairs. Morgan’s campaign expenditure history, however, have made some […]
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida addresses U.S. ‘self-doubt’ about world role in remarks to Congress
WASHINGTON — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asserted in an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday that his country stands with the U.S. at a time when history is at a turning point. Kishida said the U.S. held a certain reputation decades ago that “shaped the international order” and “championed freedom and […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson to deliver remarks with Trump on ‘election integrity’
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson will travel to Mar-a-Lago Friday for remarks on “election integrity” with former President Donald Trump, two sources directly familiar with the plans confirmed to NBC News. Asked by NBC News what his press conference with Trump will focus on, Johnson said, “You’ll have to see. … I look forward […]
Pope’s ‘white flag’ remarks about Ukraine war angers Kiev, its allies
Leaders from Ukraine, Poland and Latvia sharply criticized Pope Francis’ remarks from the Vatican that Ukraine should negotiate with Moscow after more than two years of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the church should be among the people “and not two and a half thousand kilometres away, somewhere, to mediate virtually between someone who […]
Pope’s ‘white flag’ remarks about Ukraine war angers Kiev, its allies
Leaders from Ukraine, Poland and Latvia sharply criticized Pope Francis’ remarks from the Vatican that Ukraine should negotiate with Moscow after more than two years of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the church should be among the people “and not two and a half thousand kilometres away, somewhere, to mediate virtually between someone who […]
Poland rejects pope’s ‘white flag’ remarks about Ukraine war
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and other lawmakers on Sunday snapped back at Pope Francis‘ controversial remarks that Ukraine should negotiate with Moscow after more than two years of war. “How about encouraging [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to have the courage to withdraw his army from Ukraine as compensation? Then peace would return immediately without […]
Poland rejects pope’s ‘white flag’ remarks about Ukraine war
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and other lawmakers on Sunday snapped back at Pope Francis‘ controversial remarks that Ukraine should negotiate with Moscow after more than two years of war. “How about encouraging [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to have the courage to withdraw his army from Ukraine as compensation? Then peace would return immediately without […]
Kent police arrest men accused of stabbing woman, making racist remarks
Kent police arrested two men after a woman was stabbed while being called derogatory and racist names this week. Officers were sent to a reported stabbing on Central Avenue South. The attack happened around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, according to a Facebook post from the Kent Police Department (KPD). Police said a woman called 911 saying she had been […]
In blunt remarks, US VP Harris calls out Israel over “catastrophe” in Gaza
By Jeff Mason (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel on Sunday for not doing enough to ease a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as the Biden administration faces increasing pressure to rein in its close ally while it wages war with Hamas militants. Harris, speaking in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge […]