Biden to visit Uvalde on Sunday in wake of school shooting
President Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to meet with community members in the aftermath of a school shooting that left more than 20 people dead, including 19 children. Biden will be accompanied by first lady Jill Biden, the White House said. The two will "grieve with the community that lost twenty-one lives in the horrific elementary school shooting." Both the president and first lady had previously indicated they would travel to Uvalde to mourn the shooting. In the days since the shooting at Robb Elementary School, the president has expressed outrage ove
Read MoreMajority of voters undecided in New York House primary that includes Jones, de Blasio: poll
The vast majority of voters are undecided in a newly drawn congressional district in New York City that has no incumbent and has already seen high-profile candidates throw their hats in the ring, according to a new WPIX/Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll. The poll shows that the race for the New York’s new 10th Congressional District remains completely up for grabs, with a whopping 77 percent of very likely Democra
Read MoreMaloney leads Nadler in New York House primary: poll
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is leading fellow New York Democrat, Rep. Jared Nadler, by double digits in the primary to represent the state’s newly drawn 12th congressional district, according to a new WPIX/Emerson College/The Hill poll. Maloney and Nadler are both longtime heavyweights in New York City politics, having represented neighboring districts in Manhattan for decades. But a court-ordered redistricting plan
Read MoreInterior Department announces first offshore California wind lease sale
The Biden administration on Thursday announced the first proposed wind power lease sales offshore in California, the latest in a series of sales as the administration seeks to build out renewable energy infrastructure. The lease sales, which are also the first off the U.S. west coast, will take place in five proposed lease areas. Two of the areas are off the coast of northern California in the Humboldt Wind Energy Area, while the remaining three are off of central California in the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area. The proposed leases total about 373,268 acres and would inst
Read MorePutin’s terror in Ukraine is not random: It’s strategy
When the Russian army withdrew from Ukraine’s Kyiv region, the world was shocked by the sheer scale of murder and rape that it had perpetrated. This level of wanton violence is usually characteristic of low-tech paramilitaries engaged in asymmetric warfare, and quite unexpected from the regular forces of an industrial nation. It is easy to explain away these killings as the product of a lack of control, or of low troop morale. But the real reason for the atrocities perpetrated by the Russian army is both more simple and more sinister: Russian President Vladimir Putin has adopted m
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