Fox News looms large as 2024 GOP primary approaches
The 2024 GOP presidential primary will run through Fox News, and Republicans are already eyeing strategies on how to get on the network and reach its audience. It’s a Fox primary of sorts, with Republicans hoping to get favorable airtime and attention on a network that has boosted GOP hopefuls in the past. The efforts to get attention on Fox are especially important ahead of an open primary where a host of potential candidates will be vying for space — and where former President Trump will be a heavyweight. “There isn’t a pat
Read MoreJuan Williams: The GOP's sad embrace of Christian nationalism
Look at these quotes with alarm. "We need to be the party of nationalism and I'm a Christian, and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists.” That is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) calling for today’s GOP to insist its members be evangelical Christians or get out. Here’s a second quote hammering the same religious intolerance. “I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk – that’s not in the Constitution.” That is Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) insisting Congress and the governme
Read MoreOne in three parents worry that school traffic endangers their kids: poll
As kids across the country prepare to go back to school, nearly a third of parents surveyed in a nationwide poll said they are worried about student safety in high-traffic drop-off areas. More than a quarter of respondents to the poll, released by the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital on Monday, said they believe their child could get hurt on their way to school. Parents reported a plethora of issues plaguing their school drop-off system that threaten t
Read MoreBrother of former NFL star sought as suspect in Texas youth football game shooting
Authorities said the brother of former NFL cornerback Aqib Talib is a person of interest in a shooting at a youth football game in Texas that occurred on Saturday that killed a coach. A statement released by Lancaster, Texas officials indicated on Sunday that Yaqub Salik Talib is considered a suspect in the incident at the Lancaster Community Park in Dallas County. There is a warrant out for his arrest. Police said Lancaster police officers arrived at the scene where an argument had ensued between the coaching staff and officiating crew. During a physical alternation, po
Read MoreMore than 130K north of Detroit under boil water advisory after water main break
Authorities in Michigan said Sunday that more than 130,000 residents north of Detroit were under a boil water advisory after a 120-inch water main break. In a statement on Sunday, the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) shared that seven communities remain under the boil water advisory, predicting that it might take up an additional two weeks to fix the issue. Under such an advisory, residents in the affected area are advised to not drink the water
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