Day: November 13, 2023

Nebraska, Iowa congressional delegations back plan to return undeveloped federal land to Winnebago Tribe

7:13 pm November 13, 2023

The congressional delegations from Nebraska and Iowa have thrown their support behind legislation that would return land to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that the federal government took decades ago but never developed. The Army Corps of Engineers took the roughly 2.5-square-mile tract of land along the Missouri River in Iowa in 1970 through eminent […]

Black voters say they’re turning away from ‘weak’ Biden in 2024: ‘He didn’t change anything’

7:03 pm November 13, 2023

More Black voters may be abandoning President Biden in 2024, leaving some Democratic strategists “extremely concerned,” a new report from The Wall Street Journal claims. A New York Times/Siena College poll this month raised alarm bells for Democrats after it found Trump had reached an unprecedented level of support from Black voters in battleground states […]

What a Columbia University board member’s resignation reveals about how Jews really feel right now

7:00 pm November 13, 2023

A non-Jewish friend sent me a piece about Jewish billionaire Henry Sweica’s resignation from the Columbia University board over concerns that the university allowed pro-Hamas protesters to engage in hate speech on campus. My friend wrote: “These don’t help anyone.” I don’t agree or disagree. I don’t know Mr. Sweica. I don’t know what it […]

Legendary singer Lee Greenwood makes surprise announcement about retirement plans: ‘So grateful’

7:00 pm November 13, 2023

Country music legend Lee Greenwood is set to call it quits after more than 40 years in the music industry. Greenwood – a Grammy award-winning artist most known for his signature song “God Bless the U.S.A.” – confirmed he would be retiring at the end of his 2024 tour during a podcast interview with 17-year-old […]

Ilhan Omar faces Democratic primary challenge from candidate hitting her ‘missteps’

6:03 pm November 13, 2023

“Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is to face a rematch in the 2024 Democratic primary to keep her House seat against former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels. Samuels, who was narrowly defeated by Omar by just about 2 percentage points in the 2022 primary, announced Sunday that he will once again try to […]