The Pitch for a Unity Ticket in 2024 Keeps Getting Weaker

As questions endure about the electability and the competency of the two leading candidates for president, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, No Labels—a group that has pitched itself as a bipartisan band intent upon propping up a third-party candidacy with a “unity ticket” in 2024—seems to be adopting—if quietly—the latest Republican position du jour on … Read more

Harvard’s President Claudine Gay faces more heat over her writing

Get Harvard President Claudine Gay rewrite … again. The embattled campus boss will need to make three corrections to her Ph.D. dissertation amid plagiarism allegations, according to multiple reports. The college newspaper, the Crimson, states the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — is behind the corrections. Harvard did not respond to a … Read more

Olympic medallist among 3 new senators appointed by Trudeau

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women’s Foundation to the Senate. All three appointees to fill vacant Ontario Senate seats The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 20, 2023 3:32 PM EST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Marnie McBean (left), Paulette Senior (centre) and … Read more

Cornel West Rips Trump But Warns Against Ban From Ballot

Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West warned Democrats against celebrating former President Donald Trump’s removal from the Colorado 2024 ballot. Earlier this week, Colorado’s Supreme Court released a 4-3 ruling barring Trump from running for office again due to his actions on January 6th, citing section three of the 14th Amendment. West wrote a post on … Read more

Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly in merger talks

By Oliver Darcy | CNN Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav met on Tuesday with Paramount Global Chief Executive Bob Bakish, and they broached a potential merger between the two companies, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. A potential merger of the two media giants would create an entertainment and news juggernaut, … Read more

10 American detainees released in exchange for Maduro ally in deal with Venezuela

Washington — Ten Americans and a fugitive wanted by U.S. authorities have been released from Venezuelan custody in exchange for the U.S. release of a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, senior administration officials confirmed.  As part of the deal, Venezuela returned escaped convict Leonard Francis to U.S. custody. Francis, nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” fled … Read more

Colorado taxpayers will receive $800 refund on state income taxes

Coloradan taxpayers can each expect an extra $800 back when they file their state income tax returns early next year, state officials said Wednesday. The refund is based on revenue collected above the cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, the state constitutional amendment passed by voters in 1992 to limit the … Read more

Vivek Ramaswamy Promises to ‘Withdraw’ From Colorado Ballot After Trump’s Removal

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to “withdraw” from the GOP Primary ballot in Colorado after the state ruled that former President Donald Trump could be removed. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision on Tuesday that Trump would be “disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the … Read more

Republicans Don’t Want to Answer for Trump’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Rant

There wasn’t anything ambiguous in Donald Trump’s racist rant at a rally in New Hampshire over the weekend. And yet, Republicans are once again bending over backward to pretend he didn’t say exactly what he meant when he said immigrants from South America, Africa, and Asia are “poisoning the blood of the country.” “I think … Read more

Massachusetts Senate to review bill stripping Boston City Council of grant approval authority

An “embarrassing” vote by the Boston City Council has led to movement on Beacon Hill, where a bill that would strip the body of its authority to approve public safety grants was referred to a legislative committee for review. State Sen. Nick Collins, a Democrat from South Boston, introduced the bill at an informal Senate … Read more