Mark McCloskey, who waved gun at protesters, garners just 3 percent of vote in GOP Senate primary
Mark McCloskey, who became infamous in 2020 for waving a rifle at Black Lives Matter protesters who marched near his front lawn in St. Louis, lost his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri on Tuesday night. McCloskey won just three percent of the vote, according to results from the Associated Press, while Missouri's Attorney General Eric Schmitt earned 45 percent of the vote to clinc
Read MorePaul Pelosi pleads not guilty to misdemeanor DUI charges
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) husband, Paul Pelosi, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges. Paul Pelosi, 82, did not show up in person at Napa County Superior Court on Wednesday and his attorney, Amanda Bevins, entered his not guilty pleas, which is permissible by California law for DUI misdemeanor defendants. The case was filed as a misdemeanor due to the injuries of the 48-year-old driver of the 2014 Jeep that Paul Pelosi hit while driving his 2021 Porsche. However, the injuries of the Jeep driver were not described and further in
Read MoreDemocrats make slight gains in congressional preference: poll
Democrats have made a slight gain in the generic congressional ballot, according to a Monmouth University poll released Wednesday. The poll’s results show 38 percent of respondents support the Democratic Party keeping control of Congress, while 12 percent lean toward Democratic control. Thirty-four percent of those surveyed supported Republican control of Congress, while 9 percent leaned in favor of GOP control. Democrats’ overall supp
Read MoreUS should think systematically about democracy in the Pacific
As a matter of policy, the United States government seeks a free and open Indo-Pacific. This concept revolves around three key components. First, the United States seeks a world in which Pacific Islanders are free in their daily lives and reside in liberal democratic societies. Second, the United States seeks a world in which Pacific Island countries are free to manage their own domestic and international affairs. Third, the United States seeks a world in which the Pacific Islands Regio
Read MorePelosi’s flight to Taiwan most-tracked flight in Flightradar24 history
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) flight to Taiwan on Tuesday was the most-tracked flight in global flight tracking service Flightradar24’s history. More than 708,000 people were watching the Boeing C-40C aircraft when it landed in Taipei, according to Flightradar24, securing its spot as the most-tracked live flight in the website’s history. The service started in 2006. Over the course of the flight, a total of 2.92 million people tracked the aircraft at some point,
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