Author: Audrey Baker

The Palestinian Youth Movement’s Washington, D.C.-area chapter says protesters released maggots and mealworms last night at the Watergate Hotel, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is staying. A video posted by the group on Instagram showed the bugs crawling on a conference room table in front of the U.S. and Israeli flags. “BON APPETIT!! MAGGOTS…

Democratic strategist James Carville warned Democrats who are excited about Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign not to get too comfortable ahead of a “very difficult race” in November. “[The race is] gonna be very close,” he said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday. “And I understand that people [are] feeling a lot better and…

Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) is among the top names being floated as a running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris if she secures the Democratic presidential nomination. The North Carolina governor, whose political career spans decades, has never lost an election in the battleground state and has received relatively strong job approval ratings during his…

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is among the top names being floated as a running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris if she secures the Democratic presidential nomination. The popular Kentucky governor was elected to office by a razor-thin margin in 2019 and reelected to a second term last November. His ability to win over voters…

Several road closures and parking restrictions are in place in Washington, D.C., this week, ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the nation’s capital. Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday afternoon. Motorists may face possible delays and should be mindful of increased pedestrian traffic, the Metropolitan Police Department said…

As the calls for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race grow louder, Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the president’s most likely replacement at the top of the Democratic ticket. Seventy-nine percent of Democrats say they would approve of Harris becoming the nominee if Biden steps aside, according to a…

The alleged leader of a violent neo-Nazi extremist group plotted to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish and minority children in New York City, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, nicknamed “Commander Butcher,” was charged with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn.…

Americans’ confidence in the police has grown over the past year, while average confidence in other major U.S. institutions remains historically low, according to an annual Gallup poll. Fifty-one percent of people say they have either “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the police, an increase of eight percentage points from…

The City of Baltimore is suing to block a ballot measure that would offer new parents $1,000 in an effort to fight child poverty. The Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund said it learned Thursday that Baltimore’s mayor and City Council had filed a lawsuit to remove the baby bonus from the ballot. The lawsuit came shortly…