Day: January 30, 2025

Senate set for confirmation vote on Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior

9:33 pm January 30, 2025

The Senate is set for a Thursday confirmation vote for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. The upper chamber voted to advance Burgum’s nomination to a confirmation vote on Wednesday by a 78–20 margin. Burgum appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in mid-January, […]

Georgia councilwoman tells ex-BLM mayor to stop playing ‘victim’ after charging Africa vacay to city card

9:30 pm January 30, 2025

A former Black Lives Matter organizer elected as mayor of South Fulton, Georgia, in 2021 got a rude awakening Tuesday when a city councilwoman told him to stop playing the “victim” after charging tens of thousands of dollars on his city credit card. At Tuesday’s city council meeting in the Atlanta-area, Mayor Khalid Kamau, who […]

Netanyahu furious about chaotic handover of Israeli hostages from Hamas

9:20 pm January 30, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dropped the hammer in response to what he described as “shocking scenes” when terrorists released hostages on Thursday. Terrorists released Israeli and Thai hostages on Thursday, but Israeli President Isaac Herzog noted in a post on X that “the scenes of abuse and terror towards the hostages as they were […]

Moment IDF soldier is reunited with family seen on video

9:18 pm January 30, 2025

After 482 days in Hamas captivity, Agam Berger, one of the IDF soldiers kidnapped from an observation base during the Oct. 7 attacks, was reunited with her family in Israel. Berger was the last of the soldiers kidnapped from Nahal Oz base to remain in Hamas captivity. In a video released by the IDF, Berger’s […]

Dave Matthews pulls out of LA Fire relief concert last minute due to ‘critical’ family illness

9:07 pm January 30, 2025

Dave Matthews pulled out of Thursday’s star-studded FireAid concert at the last minute on Wednesday, citing a “critical illness in the family.” “Due to a critical illness in the family, Dave Matthews is unfortunately unable to perform at the FireAid and MusiCares benefits this week,” a statement on the Dave Matthews Band Instagram account said. […]