Day: October 2, 2023

Gavin Newsom’s Senate pick Laphonza Butler stirs controversy on social media: ‘Soulless party operative’

7:00 pm October 2, 2023

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to name Democratic strategist Laphonza Butler as Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat replacement has generated applause and backlash on social media. Newsom’s announcement came early Monday morning, just days after Feinstein passed away at 90. In a statement posted to X, the California leader described Butler as a women’s […]

GOP lawmaker Issa demands answers from Newsom, Senate leaders on Laphonza Butler’s Maryland residency

7:00 pm October 2, 2023

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is expected to send a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Monday afternoon expressing concern over Newsom’s recent appointee to replace the late Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Newsom tapped Laphonza […]

School bus hits, kills Florida high school student riding bicycle in crosswalk: authorities

6:57 pm October 2, 2023

A 17-year-old high school senior was struck and killed by a school bus in Florida early Monday as he rode his bicycle near the school’s entrance, according to authorities and school district officials. The accident happened just before 7 a.m. outside Lake Minneola High School in Clermont, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The teen was […]

Whoopi Goldberg clashes with Rep. Nancy Mace over abortion during ‘The View’

6:14 pm October 2, 2023

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg clashed with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., over abortion during “The View” on Monday as the co-host pressed her on why she was being “held to someone else’s religious beliefs.” Goldberg asked Mace if she wanted the government telling her how to raise a family. “I don’t want the government,” she […]

If you want to fix foster care, here’s where to start

6:00 pm October 2, 2023

It’s not a partisan statement to say our immigration system is broken. Republican presidential candidates from Donald Trump to Ron DeSantis to Will Hurd are calling for major reforms to stem the flood of undocumented immigrants. And a federal appeals court recently ruled in favor of continuing – at least temporarily – the Biden administration’s […]