Who sits behind the president? For Biden, it’s a new face every year WASHINGTON (AP) — During the State of the Union address, the House speaker and vice president sit behind the president. But there has been a new speaker every year under President Joe Biden. Former leader Nancy Pelosi lost the spo…
Haley says fractured GOP primary proves Trump will lose to Biden. History suggests otherwise Any voter who listened to a stump speech from former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley during her primary campaign against Donald Trump -- which she just ended -- was likely to hear a variation of one message…
Katie Porter, a Rising Star in Congress, Finds Herself Without Another Seat LONG BEACH, Calif. — There were cocktails, and there were sliders. There were pop hits played by a DJ at The Bungalow, a midcentury-modern lounge in Long Beach, California, where Rep. Katie Porter had gathered supporters af…
Nikki Haley led a historic campaign. Now she faces questions about what comes next Since the night of the New Hampshire primary, Nikki Haley has faced one constant question: when would she drop out? It came from GOP party leaders, who called on her to suspend her campaign as former President Donal…
UK government says Kate to appear in June for a ceremony. But the announcement has caused confusion LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government appeared to have made an embarrassing mistake Tuesday after it advertised that Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June, appar…
5 things to know for March 4: Election 2024, Gaza, Immigration, Supreme Court, North Korea Will it end in fire or ice? Texas is still coping with the record-setting Smokehouse Creek Fire which has burned more than 1 million acres, while parts of Northern California were buried this weekend under a …
Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science Shortly before Joseph Ladapo was sworn in as Florida’s surgeon general in 2022, the New Yorker ran a short column welcoming the vaccine-skeptic doctor to his new role, and highlighting his advocacy for the use of leeches in public…
Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, Darren Woods, chief executive of oil giant ExxonMobil, has claimed – prompting a backlash from climate experts. As the world’s largest investor-owned oil c…
Supreme Court's Alito pauses Texas law on illegal border crossings Supreme Court's Alito pauses Texas law on illegal border crossings Rio Grande separates the US and Mexican border in Eagle Pass By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily blocked a j…
Norway's hospitalized king gets a pacemaker in Malaysia after falling ill during vacation HELSINKI (AP) — King Harald of Norway was implanted with a temporary pacemaker Saturday at a hospital in Malaysia’s resort island of Langkawi, where Europe’s oldest monarch was being treated for an infection d…