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Israel, Hezbollah trade strikes on Lebanon borderIsrael launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Sunday, saying it had detected a Hezbollah plan for a “large-scale” attack. The militant group returned fire with rockets and drones. Sunday’s strikes represent a major increase in intensity on the Israel-Lebanon border that risks slipping beyond tit-for-tat retaliation, said Yossi Mekelberg, an associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, a London-based international affairs think tank. “We are on the cusp of something that could be quite dangerous,” he told NBC News, saying it was the most intense exchange…
CNN — Rock band Foo Fighters did not give Donald Trump’s campaign permission to play one of their songs at a recent campaign rally, a representative for the band said, and they plan to donate any royalties from the unauthorized use to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. On Friday, Foo Fighters’ song “My Hero” was played at a campaign rally for Trump in Arizona, according to video taken at the event and shared to social media. A spokesperson for the band, however, said in a statement to CNN on Sunday that the group didn’t give Trump’s campaign the green light to use…
CHICAGO – Senate Democrats, told for most of this cycle they will likely be serving in the minority next year, said this week they see similarities between their candidate matchups in November and when they expanded a narrow majority in 2022. “We have been very fortunate on the Democratic side,” Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, told reporters on Wednesday. “We’ve had great candidates, great incumbents that are running for reelection or are running … and they are running against Republican candidates who are flawed and in some cases extremely flawed.” He pointed to…
Support trulyindependent journalismFind out moreCloseOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.JD Vance assured an interviewer that Donald Trump would not sign legislation establishing a national abortion ban into law in footage that aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press.But the Republican vice presidential contender is facing the reality of his own past support for such as plan as well as other pathways towards enacting such a ban being eyed by conservatives as he and Trump seek to…
Updated 10:19 p.m., Aug. 24, 2024Members of the state Republican Party drove from across Colorado to a church in Brighton on Saturday morning, where they voted to remove state party chairman Dave Williams from his leadership position. They also voted to replace the party’s vice-chair and secretary. The vote was 161.66 votes to remove Williams, with 12 opposed. (Some of those voting only get fractional votes). Only members of the state party’s central committee and their proxies were allowed to cast votes.The party members present elected Eli Bremer as the interim chairman. Bremer, a former U.S. Senate candidate and El Paso…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to criticism he has faced from his wife and other members of the Kennedy family on Sunday after endorsing former President Trump.Kennedy faced questions about the family drama during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream. Bream referenced a letter from Kennedy’s siblings condemning his endorsement on Friday.”You know, my family is at the center of the Democratic Party. I have members of my family that are working for the Biden administration. Biden has a bust of my father behind him at the Oval Office, and he’s been a family friend for…
Former President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of another musical group for unauthorized use of their music. This time, it’s the Foo Fighters. ▶ Watch Video: RFK Jr. endorses Trump as Harris campaign builds on DNC momentum Former President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of another musical group for unauthorized use of their music. This time, it’s the Foo Fighters. Trump played the band’s song “My Hero” when he welcomed former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage at a rally in Arizona on Friday. Kennedy had announced earlier in the day that he had dropped…
CNN — If there was one sign this week of Vice President Kamala Harris’ place atop the Democratic ticket having improved the party’s brand, it was the presence of so many Senate candidates taking the stage at its convention in Chicago. Notably, three of the most vulnerable senators skipped the Democratic National Convention. But nominees in Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Maryland and Texas were on hand for at least part of the week, with many of them speaking the same night as Harris. While Harris has improved on President Joe Biden’s standing in many states — putting Nevada and Arizona…
Republican vice presidential hopeful Sen. JD Vance indicated that former President Donald Trump would vote any federal legislation to ban abortion nationwide — yet another illustration of how the 45th president is seeking to distance himself from hardliners in his party on the wedge issue. Since April, Trump, 78, has been adamant that he’d defer to the states on the controversial procedure, but Democrats have continued to accuse him of plotting a national ban after he took credit for the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. When asked by NBC’s Kristen Welker whether a President Trump would veto a federal abortion ban, Vance responded: “I…
A group of Colorado Republicans voted Saturday to remove Dave Williams as chairman of the state party at a meeting denounced by Williams and his allies as “fraudulent” and “illegal.”Republicans cheered when results were announced at a church in Brighton, where Williams’ opponents gathered in defiance of state GOP warnings that the proceedings lacked authority and would be ignored.About 88% of the 182.16 central committee members in attendance voted to oust Williams, easily clearing the 60% required under state party bylaws to remove an officer. (Some members hold fractional votes.)Williams did not attend the meeting.Republicans also voted to fire Williams’…