A group of 15 vulnerable House Democrats is calling on leadership to include a measure to lower prescription drug prices in President BidenJoe BidenWhite House unveils strategy for 2050 net-zero goal Southwest investigating report pilot said ‘Let’s go Brandon’ on flight House Rules Committee won’t meet Monday on reconciliation package MORE’s social spending bill, as…Continue Reading
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s prime minister has called on citizens to redouble their efforts to combat the rival Tigray forces who claim to have seized key cities on a major highway leading to the capital, while a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans has begun.A move on the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa is…Continue Reading
Thousands were gathered Sunday for Shanghai Disneyland’s Halloween party when suddenly the gates closed and health-care workers fully dressed in white protective suits descended on the site. It was like a scene out of a scary movie, but these people weren’t in costume.The site had been ordered to shutter its doors after a woman who…Continue Reading
CAIRO — Tribal protesters on Monday lifted their weekslong blockade on Sudan’s main seaport and oil pipelines, and reopened roads linking the port to the rest of the country, a tribal leader said, following a deal with the military to remove the barricades for one month.Pro-democracy activists have accused the military of engineering the port…Continue Reading
BAGHDAD — In Baghdad’s Green Valley primary school, children wearing face masks waited in long lines early Monday to pass through a specially constructed disinfection tunnel before entering their classrooms.A mist of disinfectant was sprayed as each child passed through. On the other end, deputy school principal Hind Ibraheem waited, handing out squirts of hand…Continue Reading
Heir to the British throne Prince Charles called for a “vast military-style campaign” to combat climate change as he opened the COP26 summit in Glasgow on Monday. Prince Charles, Duke of Edinburgh, called on the governments of the world to take a “war-like footing” to solve the supposed climate crisis. “The COVID-19 pandemic has shown…Continue Reading
Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin leads Democrat Terry McAuliffe one day before the Virginia gubernatorial election on Tuesday, according to FiveThirtyEight’s polling average. Youngkin’s margin over McAuliffe is just 0.6 percent (47.6 percent to 47.0 percent). But Youngkin is on the uptick. On November 15, it was McAuliffe with a three percent lead over Youngkin (47.3 percent to…Continue Reading
Democrats in the Illinois legislature voted late last week to repeal the state’s final restriction on abortion, which required parental notification for minors seeking to end the life of their fetus. State Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago) celebrated the vote on Twitter, announcing the bill, titled the Youth Health and Safety Act, now heads to Gov.…Continue Reading
Twenty-six people were shot, six of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. Breitbart News noted 19 people were shot, four of them fatally, Friday into Sunday morning alone. ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reported that the fifth and sixth shooting homicides of the weekend occurred at 7 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.…Continue Reading
President Joe Biden’s public struggles with even the simplest usage of the English language have been well documented on the U.S. political scene. From confusing his wife, Jill Biden, with his sister, Valerie, to saying in the lead-up to last year’s presidential race he is a “candidate for the United States Senate” and people could “vote…Continue Reading