As students across the country prepare for their return to classes, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned from her position as head of the university. The move comes after a firestorm of criticism of Shafik’s handling of student protests against the ongoing war in Gaza earlier this summer. Shafik …
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Donald Trump is wishing his attachment to Project 2025 would disappear, but its top brass has no problem bragging to anyone who will listen about their access to the former president. In undercover recordings produced by the Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought touts his connections to …
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It’s a distant memory now, but Donald Trump publicly supported single-payer health care. Vice President Kamala Harris did, too. Neither candidate backs the idea now. This easily accessible history didn’t stop Trump from attacking Harris on Thursday as if she still supports single-payer — with the former president arguing that …
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Teamsters President Sean O’Brien prompted an internal rebellion at his union last month when he addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. O’Brien didn’t endorse Donald Trump, but his appearance at Trump’s coronation sent a strong message — one the union chief now seems to be trying to temper. On …
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The Democratic Party’s presumptive vice presidential nominee, Tim Walz, is ready to throw down. The politician, who is Minnesota’s governor, has agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate in New York City that would air on CBS on Oct. 1. The network reported that the Trump campaign’s veep nominee, …
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump traveled to campaign events on a private jet plane previously owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Air Current, an aviation publication, reported the news on Sunday, and The Miami Herald later confirmed it. The former president had been on board his own private …
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Karma is a botched interview plagued with technical problems. Donald Trump‘s livestream with Elon Musk on X Spaces failed before it even began. On Monday evening, a major glitch on the Musk-owned platform delayed the event by over 40 minutes. The service troubles echoed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ bumpy campaign …
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Jon Stewart, who stepped back from the news desk last week, returned to The Daily Show on Monday evening. “My name is Jon Stewart, and I am risen from Covid hell,” he quipped in the opening monologue. “First-timer, did not care for it.” After welcoming viewers joining the show from …
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Election-conspiracy theorist Tina Peters has been convicted of tampering with voting machines in Mesa County, Colorado, in the aftermath of the 2020 election. On Monday, Peters was found guilty of seven charges related to her efforts to grant unauthorized individuals access to county voting machines in order to prove false …
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Arizona and Missouri will join a growing group of states holding ballot measures this November to codify the right to abortion into state law. On Monday, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes certified that advocates had gathered 577,971 signatures in favor of the Arizona For Abortion Access Act, a proposed …
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