Day: June 17, 2024

Obama pleads with digital influencers to back Biden: ‘You may not agree with everything he does’

4:47 pm June 17, 2024

Former President Obama called on digital influencers to use their massive online audiences on TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms to help President Biden win his re-election campaign despite any political differences they may have. The former president, whom Biden served under as vice president, told influencers they might not agree entirely with Biden’s […]

WNBA great rips media outlets over Angel Reese coverage after flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark: ‘Nasty work’

4:47 pm June 17, 2024

Swin Cash, a three-time WNBA champion and four-time WNBA All-Star, called out the media for its coverage of Angel Reese’s flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark during their matchup Sunday. Cash wrote that some outlets were doing “nasty work” by only showing the Reese foul, despite it being the major talking point of the Indiana Fever’s […]

Nikki Haley announces her father’s death on Father’s Day

4:39 pm June 17, 2024

Nikki Haley announced on Sunday that her father, Ajit Singh Randhawa, has died. The announcement came as the U.S., as well as Canada and the United Kingdom, celebrated Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. “This morning I had to say goodbye to the smartest, sweetest, kindest, most decent man I have ever […]

Maryland Gov Moore to pardon 175,000 Marijuana convictions in massive executive order

4:25 pm June 17, 2024

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore plans to pardon more than 175,000 marijuana convictions on Monday in one of the most sweeping rollbacks of drug policy in the country. Moore’s plan would apply to some 100,000 people who were convicted of low-level marijuana possession charges. Marijuana has been increasingly legalized across the country as both a […]

Netanyahu dissolves Israel’s war cabinet after government shakeup, report says

4:23 pm June 17, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his war cabinet that was responsible for key decisions relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict, officials told the Associated Press. The move comes after war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quit last week, saying the prime minister was making “total victory impossible.” In announcing his resignation, Gantz said the government […]