Robert F Kennedy Jr apologizes for Super Bowl ad that referenced JFK
Robert F Kennedy Jr apologized for a presidential campaign commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl that alluded to his uncle John F Kennedy’s successful 1960 White House run.
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Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’
In a way, it’s a story as old as time: ultra-wealthy figures pouring a flood of money into city politics in an effort to shape the way it is run.
White House shakes up communications, promotes Kirby to expanded role
The White House’s top national security spokesperson, John Kirby, is being promoted to an expanded role that puts him in charge of coordinating communications across several agencies.
Alejandro Mayorkas on border: ‘We don’t bear responsibility for a broken system’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday blamed House Republicans for record-high migrant crossings at the southern border after they voted largely along party lines to sink the bipartisan border security bill that included foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Georgia's GOP governor says Trump shouldn't get presidential immunity: 'No one is above the law'
Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Sunday pushed back on former President Donald Trump's position that he should be granted legal immunity for his actions while he was in the White House, amid his 91 criminal charges, which he denies.
Democratic party accuses RFK Jr campaign of colluding with Super Pac
The Democrats’ national controlling committee complained on Friday that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s third-party presidential campaign and a fund supporting him are colluding against campaign rules to get the dynastic political candidate on election ballots.
As a TMC strongman is arrested, why Mamata Banerjee’s party won’t be complaining
A Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman, Arabul Islam was the Mamata Banerjee-led party’s face in Bhangar in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district for well over a decade. But, in a move that has surprised some, the Kolkata Police arrested the former MLA on Thursday in the murder case of an Indian Secular Front (ISF) worker registered eight months ago. While the ruling party claims that the arrest illustrates the impartiality of the police, belying the Opposition’s claims, the CPI(M) and the BJP have alleged it is a show the TMC is putting up before the Lok Sabha elections.
Democrats Suffer a Comey Flashback
For veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for president, yesterday brought back painful memories.