After a solid year of living with a pandemic, the national press is beginning to ask the question that even Democrats have been quietly pondering in the Sunshine State: Was Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pandemic response right for Florida? Don’t forget: More than 32,000 Floridians have died, a number the state’s leaders rarely acknowledge, but our […]
One of the inmates sent to solitary confinement following the murder of Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger said he had nothing to do with the crime and wants out of the restrictive housing unit. Speaking out for the first time, Sean McKinnon told NBC News that he hasn’t gotten a clear answer to why […]
DENVER (AP) — More than 2,000 flights have been canceled over the weekend at Denver International Airport as a major snowstorm strikes the region. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning, saying it expects 18 to 24 inches (46-61 cm) of heavy, wet snow to fall in Denver and Boulder from Saturday […]
Dan Bishop talks with Marjorie Taylor Greene on the House steps at the Capitol on March 11, 2021. (Getty Images) Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger accused fellow Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of lying “for profit” after she claimed that a House bill would create a “national gun registry”. Mr Kinzinger was responding to a tweet […]
Jaber Hmeidat says his sons, ages 9 and 12, left their home in the hills south of Hebron earlier this week to forage for akoub, a wild artichoke-like vegetable that is currently in season. So he was stunned to learn that the children had been detained by Israeli forces. “They were terrified,” he said in […]
The Daily Beast MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Is Trying To Launch a Social Media Site, and It’s Already Resulted in a Legal Threat Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesMyPillow founder and staunch Trump ally Mike Lindell plans to launch a social network of his own in the next few weeks, creating a haven for the kind of pro-Trump […]
Donald Trump, then president, called Frances Watson, the lead investigator in Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s (R) office, on Dec. 23 to encourage her to look for voter fraud in specific counties, telling her “when the right answer comes out, you’ll be praised.” The gist of Trump’s conversation, which preceded Trump’s covertly recorded call […]
Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the White House’s COVID team, on Thursday applauded the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed for the “record time” in which the COVID vaccine was developed, after months of Biden administration officials claiming they had been forced to start from scratch on vaccine distribution efforts. “We’re grateful for the work […]
The New York Times To Stay or Go? Even With Vaccines, Travel Planning Remains Complicated Kristin Botuchis booked the tickets last month, almost on impulse: two round-trip seats to London from Seattle for $1,200 in July — the perfect start to a dreamy European vacation that would include France, Italy and Greece. She found herself […]
American Airlines is “happily” canceling over 10,000 furloughs as Congress’ new COVID-19 relief bill heads to President Biden’s desk. American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom told employees on Wednesday that after Congress passed the new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that includes more funding for the Payroll Support Program, it will be […]