Illinois Democrat’s rape joke ‘disgusting and disgraceful’ Eric Sorensen (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Sexual Violence Prevention Association says Rep. Eric Sorensen (D., Ill.) should be “held accountable” for joking about rape, the association’s leader told the Washington Free Beacon. Sorensen, whose rape joke is being reported for the first time by the Free Beacon, contributed
President Joe Biden in a brief address on Thursday condemned the “lawless” protests that have recently sprung up across U.S. college campuses, stressing that “order must prevail” but stopping short of endorsing the deployment of the National Guard. “Violent protest is not protected—peaceful protest is,” Biden said. “It’s against the law when violence occurs. Destroying
Former President Donald Trump responded to a question about the 2024 election outcome. Former President Donald Trump responded to a question about what he would do if he doesn’t win the 2024 presidential election in November. While in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the 45th president was asked by a local newspaper about what he would do if
Florida’s progressive Democratic caucus this week called on the Florida Democratic Party to cancel Sen. John Fetterman’s (D., Pa.) keynote speech at its 2024 Leadership Blue gala over his support for Israel since Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack. “The [Florida Democratic Party] must heed the calls of its constituents and cancel Fetterman’s keynote speech, demonstrating
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday. Scientists observed Rakus the orangutan pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia
Almost a year later, the U.S. military has concluded that an airstrike last May in northwestern Syria killed a civilian, instead of a senior al Qaeda leader, as it initially claimed. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) released a summary Thursday of its investigation into the May 3, 2023 strike saying the investigation found the strike killed
President Biden’s campaign is launching a new seven-figure ad buy Thursday centered around abortion, a centerpiece issue for his campaign, as it attempts to link restrictive state abortion bans to former President Donald Trump. It will run on the two-year anniversary of the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion on the Dobbs case, which