Month: August 2023
Joe the Plumber, Who Questioned Obama’s Tax Policies During 2008 Campaign, Dead at 49
(TOLEDO, Ohio) — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic policies during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his
Read MoreTrump and 18 others charged in the Georgia 2020 election case are scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 6
Fulton County court records on Monday show all 19 defendants have been scheduled for arraignment on Sept. 6, when they may enter pleas.
Read MoreMichigan Gov. Whitmer will call on Democrats to codify ‘Obamacare’ into state law
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will call on lawmakers to pass legislation proactively protecting key provisions in the Affordable Care Act during a speech Wednesday where she’ll outline her legislative priorities for the second half of the year.
Read MoreUNC-Chapel Hill campus on lockdown as police search for armed and dangerous person – NBC News
UNC-Chapel Hill campus on lockdown as police search for armed and dangerous person NBC News UNC Chapel Hill Safety Alert WXII 12 News University of North Carolina police respond to ‘an armed and dangerous person on or near campus’ CNN Chapel Hill schools
Read MoreWhy Shaker Heights’ Progressive Myth Needs a Second Look
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Shaker Heights is famously obsessed with its image as a much-desired ZIP code to the east of
Read MoreSpain’s Soccer Federation Forces Reckoning With Sexism
The nonconsensual kiss that Luis Rubiales, the president of Spain’s soccer federation, pressed on Jennifer Hermoso has come to embody the generational fault line between a culture of machismo and more recent progressivism.
Read MoreTrump Campaign Reports Raising More Than $7 Million After Georgia Booking
(NEW YORK) — For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth … more than $7 million. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump’s campaign says he has raised $7.1 million since Thursday when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia
Read MoreAmerican Airlines Fined $4.1 Million for Keeping Fliers on Planes Too Long
The U.S. penalty is the largest ever for tarmac delays, which the the airline attributed to “exceptional weather events.”
Read MoreMark Meadows Testifies in Trump Georgia Case, an Early Test for District Attorney Fani Willis
A judge hears arguments by Meadows, a former Trump White House chief of staff, for moving his case to federal court.
Read MorePresident Biden and the first lady drop by a D.C. middle school math class to welcome back students
The Bidens went to Eliot-Hine Middle School, located east of the U.S. Capitol, to mark the District of Columbia’s first day of school for the 2023-24 year.
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