A record number of lawmakers said they don’t plan to run for reelection to their current seats for a variety of reasons, particularly in the House of Representatives, according to several analyses. The latest is Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei, who announced his retirement on Friday. “Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of […]
President Donald Trump is facing bipartisan backlash after posting a racist video that depicts former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. Trump removed the video from his Truth Social account Friday morning, about 12 hours after posting it. While the video itself promoted false claims of election fraud, it ended […]
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed California’s new redistricting map to move forward, two Florida residents have filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping Republicans from reshaping Florida’s congressional districts. The suit alleges that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Secretary of State Cord Byrd exceeded their authority by making election-related changes before the Legislature […]
In this Media Miss Minute, a federal judge is pushing back on the Trump administration’s approach to immigration officers’ ability to make arrests without warrants. Plus, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling for a man who attacked police with a knife not to face prosecution. Media Miss by the right: ICE warrantless arrest […]
New legislation making its way through Georgia’s assembly seeks to punish libraries and librarians for “harmful materials.” If passed, the bill could force state libraries to self-censor controversial materials, specifically for kids. Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sylvania Republican Sen. Max Burns, would change current state law. As it stands, school and university libraries are […]
For more than 60 years, people seeking raw, country-by-country economic and demographic data have turned to the CIA’s World Factbook. But this week, the “gold standard” for global statistics went dark. On Wednesday, without explanation, the agency quietly shuttered the online reference, replacing it with a farewell note that urged readers to “stay curious about […]
A man identified as a key participant in the 2012 attack that killed four Americans in a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, is in custody, the Department of Justice said Friday. Zubayar Al-Bakoush, a member of an extremist militia in Libya, had been wanted by the U.S. for more than a decade, The Associated Press […]
The National Park Service is accused of pulling material from a civil rights monument in Mississippi to whitewash language labeling the murderer a racist. A conversation with a local parks employee didn’t back that allegation up. Mississippi Today published two stories Thursday asserting that an anonymous NPS staffer initially removed visitor brochures at the Medgar […]
Numerous states have introduced legislation in the last week that would create stiffer penalties for protesting at churches. The proposed bills come after journalist Don Lemon was arrested while covering a protest in Minnesota that disrupted a church service. Kentucky proposal State Rep. Mitch Whitaker in Kentucky has proposed HB 540, which would make interference […]
The night Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, was abducted from her Arizona home, something activated her doorbell camera. But what — or who — was it? Investigators don’t know because Guthrie had not subscribed to the camera’s service. The video it recorded no longer exists. “It is concerning, it’s actually almost […]
