After years of commenting on politics, CNN weekend anchor John Avlon, a self-proclaimed “centrist,” decided to, in his words, “step up and get off the sidelines.” In February, the former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter announced that he was running as a Democrat to unseat Republican representative Nick LaLota in New York’s First Congressional District, located in
The Biden-Harris administration has, for years, vowed to deploy thousands of solar panels to stabilize Puerto Rico’s power grid amid regular blackouts, government mismanagement, and ever-increasing residential electricity rates. But, years after making that promise, a $1 billion program central to that effort yielded only a tiny handful of solar panels, the Washington Free Beacon
Walz said he had a ‘responsibility’ to ‘serve if called on’—but quickly left the force when Iraq deployment loomed (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz knew his National Guard battalion was being eyed for a likely deployment to Iraq when he decided to retire, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Walz said
Walz launched his first congressional campaign as ‘a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom’ Tim Walz at Minnesota National Guard 151st Artillery’s E Battery final ceremony (Wikimedia Commons) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has described himself as “a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom,” the official name of the U.S. government’s war in Afghanistan following the
Federal judge denies Harvard’s bid to dismiss complaint Anti-Israel Harvard protest in Oct. 2023 (Reuters/Brian Snyder) Harvard University must face a lawsuit after it “failed its Jewish students” and neglected to address anti-Semitism on campus, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in Boston. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns wrote in the 25-page ruling that the Ivy
Bush was accused of ‘fanning the flames of antisemitism’ Cori Bush (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Less than two days after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s headquarters was vandalized, Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) promised to tear down the Jewish group—a remark that caps off a failed primary campaign that began with an accusation she was
A resurfaced clip that has gone viral shows Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’s newly announced running mate, saying that free speech should not always be guaranteed in a democracy. “There’s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech, and especially around our democracy,” Walz said in December 2022 on MSNBC