Arizona certifies abortion-rights initiative for the November ballot

PHOENIX — Arizona’s ballot will include a major reproductive rights measure this fall alongside the presidential, Senate and other battleground races, putting a key issue directly before voters in the swing state. JP Martin, the deputy communications officer for the Arizona secretary of state’s office, told NBC News on Monday evening that the Arizona for Continue reading

Inquiry into Defence Forces failings ‘as soon as possible’, Varadkar says

Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images The Government is keen to have a statutory inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying and discrimination in the Defence Forces up and running “as soon as possible”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil on Wednesday, the Taoiseach said a report on the Defence Forces Continue reading

Disney executive’s close friendship with Kamala Harris under scrutiny as ABC hosts critical debate

Dana Walden, a senior Disney executive whose portfolio includes ABC News, is one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ “extraordinary friends,” according to a report in the New York Times. NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST MAKES ‘CONSERVATIVE’ CASE TO VOTE KAMALA HARRIS ABC told the New York Times that Walden, who is Disney’s highest-ranking television executive, does Continue reading

JD Vance Dragged For Hypocrisy After Drag Photo Surfaces

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republican vice presidential candidate and Ohio Sen. JD Vance is getting dragged for hypocrisy after a photo from his law school days surfaced on social media, appearing to show him in a blonde wig and dress. The photo first came to light via X user Matt Bernstein, who said the pic dates Continue reading

Republican candidate in North Carolina called for a Trump coup on Jan. 6

A couple of months back, I wrote about the North Carolina GOP’s placing all of its bets on extreme candidates for statewide office, potentially creating an opening for moderate Democrats. But there’s also unabashedly bigoted gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson and Chad Brown, a lesser-known secretary of state candidate who has pushed the GOP’s bogus “election Continue reading

New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell, 87, readmitted to hospital just days after discharge

WASHINGTON — Longtime Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., was readmitted to the hospital Sunday night, just days after he was released from a weekslong hospital stay to a rehabilitation facility, a source close to Pascrell confirmed Monday. Pascrell is now receiving care at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, the source said. It is Continue reading

Woman recalls alleged sexual abuse at age 3 in Michigan church, lawsuit says

It wasn’t until 2020, after months of therapy to address her anxiety and depression, that the inexplicable feeling of dread began to click: Then 17, she recovered memories, she said, of sexual assault by fellow church members abusing her when she was around 3 and 4 years old. Now 21, Ippel is accusing her Grand Continue reading

Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families

Crews have torn down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017 Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Crews on Monday tore down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen Continue reading

Army explores procurement of 350 light tanks for mountainous terrain after border standoff with China

NEW DELHI: The Army is now exploring the possibility of procuring 350 light tanks, which can also be transported by air, to augment its firepower in high-altitude areas in the backdrop of the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.The Army on Thursday issued an initial Request for Information RFI ) to vendors for Continue reading

Election 2024: Trump holds a rally-like event on X with Elon Musk after tech delays

Leaders of multiple Muslim organizations gathered today in Chicago, host of next week’s Democratic National Convention, to demand Democrats formulate policies to address the war in Gaza and hate crimes against Muslim Americans during the convention. “It is imperative that no political party takes the Muslim American vote for granted,” said Oussama Jamal, secretary general Continue reading