Day: September 12, 2023

People born the same day as Biden defend president amid age concerns: ’80 is the new 60′

6:14 pm September 12, 2023

People born on the exact same day as President Joe Biden largely defended the president over his age as concerns around his fitness for office linger in the lead-up to the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. The elderly Americans interviewed for the story share a birthday with Biden, born on November 20, 1942. “He has certainly […]

US Supreme Court urged to intervene in AL redistricting case over the creation of a Black-majority district

6:07 pm September 12, 2023

Alabama on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a court order to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it. Despite losing at the Supreme Court earlier this year in the long-running redistricting case, […]

Blue bastion battered by homicide surge, violent crime spree faces major 911 delays

6:05 pm September 12, 2023

As the nation’s capital faces skyrocketing homicides and violent crime, the city’s 911 center struggles with worsening staff shortages and longer wait times for callers in distress. The Office of Unified Communications published its performance analytics Friday after the Washington, D.C., City Council passed emergency legislation requiring the data’s release. It showed that more than […]

House Oversight Republicans investigating Biden admin’s sale of border wall parts: ‘Waste and abuse’

6:04 pm September 12, 2023

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are requesting documents and information from the Biden administration related to the sale of border wall materials – as they investigate what they say is the “waste and abuse” of components. “In the midst of the worst border crisis in American history by several metrics, the Biden administration should […]

GOP rep at 9/11 terror hearing blows hole through claim NYC migrants fully vetted

6:00 pm September 12, 2023

New York counterterrorism, police and fire officials were questioned at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in Manhattan Tuesday about whether the approximately 110,000 migrants who have arrived in the Big Apple from the southern border complicate security posture 22 years after the 2001 terror attacks. During the House Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology field […]