Measles cases surge to triple last year’s — with 5 months to go
Measles infections are more than triple the rate of 2023 with five months still to go, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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As Alaska’s House Primary Nears, Ranked-Choice Voting Still a GOP Quandary
Republicans struggle with party discipline as they vie to replace a Democrat from the Last Frontier. Republicans are preparing to contest Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) in the nonpartisan primary for Alaska’s only seat in the House. Four years after voters approved it, the heavily Republican state’s ranked-choice voting system continues to vex and divide GOP … Read more
Pentagon invests in Asian partners as China flexes with Russia
Tokyo – The Pentagon is expected to announce investments in Asia this week that play into the long-game positioning to deter China, just days after Chinese bombers for the first time ever encroached in the international airspace off Alaska. Despite ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza that still threaten to expand, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is … Read more
Trump says he has removed last bandage from ear after assassination attempt
Trump says he has removed last bandage from ear after assassination attempt – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Donald Trump told supporters that he had just removed the last bandage from his ear after an assassination attempt two weeks ago, before criticizing on presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Earlier in the day, Harris … Read more
Giffords group to spend $15 million to support Harris and anti-gun candidates
The gun control group GIFFORDS has pledged to spend $15 million in swing states to support presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and other anti-gun candidates.
Judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ as unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds
A federal judge delivered a final blow to the part of Florida's "Stop Woke Act" that sought to ban critical race theory training in private workplaces.
Trump knocks Harris as a ‘bum,’ scorns her handling of southern border: ‘A failed vice president’
Former President Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for the influx of migrants flowing through the southern border under the Biden administration.