WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to address gun safety and his administration’s steps to reduce gun violence in a speech Tuesday at an annual conference on the issue — hours after his son was found guilty on gun-related charges by a federal jury in Delaware. He’s scheduled to headline Everytown for Gun Safety’s […]
Most German lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the upstart populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) boycotted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech on Tuesday to Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag. Only four of the AfD’s 77 lawmakers turned up in the Bundestag chamber in Berlin ahead of Zelensky’s speech after party leaders told them […]
One day before Germans go to the polls in the European Parliament elections, Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his support for war-torn Ukraine. “Russia will not get away with its imperialist plans,” the Social Democratic (SPD) chancellor said in his weekly video message published on Saturday. “Putin must realize that he cannot win his brutal campaign. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The head of the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday that security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate free speech with just weeks until the event. Roughly 30,000 visitors are expected in Milwaukee next month when former President Donald Trump is […]
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, was presented with the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award in Berlin on Wednesday. Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation was also recognized at the ceremony for its fight against the Russian government’s attempts to crack down on freedom of the press. In her acceptance speech, Navalnaya said the […]
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday he believes he was targeted for having a Ukraine position contrary to the European mainstream but bears no malice toward the gunman who seriously wounded him three weeks ago. The prerecorded speech posted online by Fico, who opposes military aid to Ukraine, was […]
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has posted a speech online in his first appearance since an assassination attempt three weeks ago. In a pre-recorded speech posted on his Facebook ahead of the European Parliament election on Thursday, Mr Fico said the attack caused serious damage to his health and “it will be a small miracle […]
WASHINGTON— Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called out top leaders in both parties on Tuesday for welcoming Netanyahu to Congress, excoriating the Israeli prime minister as a “war criminal” amid the ongoing war with Gaza. In an interview with NBC News Tuesday, Sanders lashed out at House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for inviting Netanyahu to address […]
An LSU Shreveport professor says the administration’s attempts to fire him are an attack on his First Amendment right to free speech. University administrators contend the professor has become disruptive to the point it’s interfering with how they run the campus. Brian Salvatore, a tenured chemistry professor and longtime LSU Shreveport Faculty Senate member, found […]
If you want an honest opinion, ask a kid. That lesson was on wide display Monday as the young son of Republican Representative John Rose stole the spotlight from his MAGA dad and made a bunch of silly faces to CSPAN’s camera—which even the normally buttoned-up CSPAN couldn’t resist highlighting. Rose spoke from prepared remarks […]
A Harvard senior who went viral for her graduation speech, in which she criticized the school for its response to pro-Palestine protests, has shared new details about the lead-up to the moment, including how she planned the addendum the night before. In a dramatic moment at Harvard’s university wide commencement last week, student speaker Shruthi […]
Trump just gave an angry post-conviction speech. Trump called star witness Michael Cohen a “sleazebag” and “one of the worst people” to testify. Trump is still under a gag order not to attack witnesses as he plans to appeal his 34 felony convictions. It didn’t take long for Donald Trump’s press conference after his felony convictions […]