Author: Brady Knox

The Texas Republican Party is looking to close its primaries, setting up a legal battle in court. Texas has open primaries, allowing any voters to vote in party primaries, including voters who align with the opposing party. The practice favors centrist candidates, who can rely on independent and Democratic centrists to support them over more…

The District of Columbia Council is expected to approve a stadium deal with the Washington Commanders, but not by the deadline agreed upon by Mayor Muriel Bowser and the team. The deal has been a point of tension between Bowser and the council, with Council Chairman Phil Mendelson in particular objecting to the proposal until…

Zohran Mamdani, a socialist candidate for New York City mayor, received the endorsement of the United States’s most famous socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), on Tuesday. The announcement wasn’t a surprise, as the two men share many views, in a race that could see America’s largest city by population come under the rule of a…

Israel launched an unprecedented decapitation strike of head Iranian figures as part of its wider strikes against Iran, taking out the country’s top nuclear scientists and military leaders. Beginning at around 3:30 a.m. Tehran time, Israel launched a series of strikes targeting Iranian missile sites, nuclear facilities, military command and control centers, and the apartments…

Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran directed at disabling its nuclear program and ballistic missile capabilities and decapitating its military leadership, marking the greatest military exchange between the two countries. Around 3:30 a.m. local time on June 13, explosions were heard across Tehran. The surprise attack hit Iranian missile sites, nuclear facilities, military…

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) accused Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) of failing to take proper action to protect student protester Mahmoud Khalil, due to his being Palestinian. Tlaib went off during a House Oversight Committee hearing, primarily directing her ire at President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. However, she also directed some fury at Democrats, taking aim…

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has been leaning into the Trump team’s online tactics in his feud over the response to the Los Angeles riots. Newsom and President Donald Trump have been locked in an increasingly bitter public feud over the president’s decision to send in 4,000 National Guard members and roughly 700 Marines to help…

An Air India flight bound to London and carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad. The passengers included 169 Indians, 53 U.K. nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian. Ahmedabad police commissioner G.S. Malik said 204 bodies have been recovered so far. He indicated that he expected “no survivors in…

President Donald Trump signaled openness to repairing his relationship with Elon Musk, expressing appreciation for the tech mogul’s apology. Speaking with the New York Post, the president said he appreciated Musk’s brief apology for X posts made during their heated public spat last week. “I thought it was very nice that he did that,” he…

Activist Greta Thunberg was deported from Israel after a brief detention following her attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Twelve activists were detained after Israeli naval forces boarded the Madleen early Sunday morning. Thunberg is among three of those who will be deported, and nine others have refused deportation, according to…