Months after Breonna Taylor’s tragic and untimely death, the city of Louisville, Kentucky has settled with Taylor’s family. The settlement came out to a whopping $12 million, which family attorney Benjamin Crump believes is the largest payout to a black woman killed by police in history. Taylor was killed by …
Read MoreJoe Biden, the Democratic candidate for president, put a fine point on how he views his November opponent. “We’re not safe in Donald Trump’s America,” Biden told reporters following Trump’s remarks on climate change Monday. During a visit to California regarding the raging wildfires, Trump answered questions along with Governor …
Read MoreA particularly active hurricane season rolls on as Hurricane Sally rumbles towards the US. As the storm moves toward the central Gulf Coast region, it has weakened, and is now expected to impact the Mississippi and Alabama state lines. From there, the storm is likely to arc along to the …
Read MoreEnormous, hellish wildfires are raging across the West Coast. Washington, Oregon, and California are being choked by thick smoke clouds that hang over the landscape. Firefighters are battling back the blazes to the best of their ability, but the odds are not in their favor. The massive conflagrations are being …
Read MoreAlexander Vindman, former Army officer and member of the National Security Council, called the president “Putin’s useful idiot” in a recent interview with The Atlantic. Vindman was a key witness during Donald Trump’s impeachment in the House. After Trump was impeached, the Senate narrowly voted not to remove him from …
Read MoreOn Saturday, President Donald Trump suggested that he might try to angle for a third term in office. Notably, Trump has not yet secured a second term in office. The Constitution limits presidents to just two terms: in order to change this, there would need to be an amendment to …
Read MoreWe’re still two months out from Election Day, but Democrats are feeling good about their electoral prospects. This is because key battleground states have seen far more registered Democrats requesting mail-in ballots than Republicans. This has worried many GOP strategists, who are beginning to fear that they will need to …
Read MorePolitical debates are a mainstay of democratic elections. From the beginning of the modern US government in the late 1700s to now, presidential candidates typically have informed, moderated debates on issues of policy. Incumbent Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden are slated to have the first of three …
Read MoreNormally, September is a time to start looking ahead to the holiday season and planning out Christmas shopping. However, on the West Coast, LG TV rebates and Black Friday sales are the last thing on anyone’s mind. Instead, over 500,000 people in Oregon have evacuated, leaving their homes behind ahead …
Read MoreOn Thursday, Mitch McConnell’s “skinny” variant of the COVID relief bill failed to amass the 60 votes it needed to pass the Senate. All Democrats and one Republican in the chamber opposed the measure. Democrats singled out how low the payments in the bill were, and the lack of state …
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