Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Instagram Friday morning slammed her Democratic colleagues who have privately called for President Joe Biden to step down as the party’s nominee. “That’s bullshit. If you have an opinion, say it with your chest and say it in public. That’s a bunch of horseshit,” Ocasio-Cortez said, referring to Democratic
A Russian court found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony in what his employer, the Wall Street Journal, called “a disgraceful sham conviction.” Gershkovich, a 32-year-old American who denied any wrongdoing, went on trial in the city of Yekaterinburg last
A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to health care. An update to a product offered by global cyberscurity firm CrowdStrike appeared to be the trigger, affecting customers using Microsoft’s Windows Operating System. Microsoft said later on Friday the issue had been
There’s never been a political speech like Donald Trump’s address to the 2024 Republican National Convention. The former president’s narration of the attempt on his life was gripping television. When he kissed the fireman’s helmet of Corey Comperatore, the husband and father who was killed during the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, last weekend, he created
MILWAUKEE—House speaker Mike Johnson vowed on Thursday to arrest any anti-Israel congressional officials who disrupt or get “out of hand” during Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming floor speech to a joint session of Congress. Johnson’s comments come as hundreds of left-leaning congressional staffers, and some Democratic lawmakers, vowed to protest or boycott Netanyahu’s address
Former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D., N.Y) rebuked party leaders’ calls for unity following Saturday’s assassination attempt and vowed to continue calling former president Donald Trump and his vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R., Ohio), “threats to democracy.” “I won’t be gaslit into not calling Trump and Vance threats to democracy,” Jones wrote Thursday. “Trump
A conspiracy theory has run unabated in Democratic circles following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump on Saturday. It posits that Trump staged the shooting for a photo op, that the wound on his ear was caused by something other than an assassin’s bullet, and that he was never in mortal danger. It’s