WASHINGTON — The podium in the White House Press Briefing Room is the public face of the presidency, and when Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20 it will look quite different. A few weeks after his election in November, Biden named the first all-female White House communications staff, which includes multiple women of color. […]
Ted Cruz will lead 11 GOP senators to demand ‘emergency audit’ of election result in joint session of Congress (GRAEME JENNINGS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Ted Cruz is to spearhead up to a dozen GOP senators to demand an ‘emergency audit’ of the election result in a joint session of Congress. The group of Republicans say […]
The Telegraph Ted Cruz among a dozen Republican senators who will object to US Election results A dozen Republican senators announced they would formally object to the results of the US presidential election, escalating Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat, and deepening a split in their own party. The group, which included Texas senator […]
Police identified the suspected “Soho Karen” who allegedly attacked a Black teen she mistakenly thought had stolen her cell phone. (NYPD) The “Soho Karen”, who police said assaulted a Black teen she falsely accused of taking her cell phone in a New York City hotel on Sunday, has been identified. NYPD sources told the New […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress. Right? Long term, yes, that’s the case. But the circumstances of Georgia’s seats make the near term a bit messy. One of two Georgia races is a regular election for a […]
A soldier stands in the courtyard of the historic Al Nuri mosque, in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq – Sam Tarling for The Telegraph Its last resident preacher is long-gone, having used its pulpit to declare Islamic State’s jihad to the wider world. Now, six years after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s notorious appearance at Mosul’s […]
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi explosives experts were working to defuse a large mine discovered on an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf and evacuate its crew, authorities said Friday. The statement came a day after two private security firms said sailors feared they had found a limpet mine on the MT Pola, a Liberian-flagged tanker […]
A group of teens attacks an SUV in the middle of New York City. (NYPD via Twitter) A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a gang of teens on bikes attacked a luxury SUV in the middle of New York City. The boy has not been identified because he is […]
The woman did not provide proof to back up her claims in a phone conversation with CNN The woman who falsely accused the 14-year-old son of jazz musician Keyon Harrold of stealing her iPhone and assaulting him is claiming she is the actual victim. The 22-year-old white woman at the center of the incident at […]
MARIETTA, Ga. — The presidential campaign of 2020 may be decided, but a proxy war between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is still raging in Georgia that will help decide which party will control the U.S. Senate. President-elect Biden plans to return to the Peach State on Monday to campaign for Democrats Jon Ossoff and […]