Author: Team Democratic Accent

American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on famous figures, timeless tales and buzzer-beating basketball games

6:32 pm March 23, 2025

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week’s quiz highlights famous figures in the U.S., timeless tales, buzzer-beating basketball games — and more. Can you get all 8 questions right? For more […]

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Red state donating Trump-endorsed Bibles to classrooms to ‘make America pray again’

6:30 pm March 23, 2025

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is partnering with country singer Lee Greenwood to donate Trump-endorsed “God Bless the USA” Bibles to classrooms across the state.  Inspired by Greenwood’s hit “God Bless the USA” song, this unique bible includes a King James interpretation of the bible as well as the texts of the Constitution […]

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Big-money WI high court race will have national effects, as redistricting, unions, trans issues at stake

6:30 pm March 23, 2025

While officially nonpartisan, battle lines have been drawn in what is expected to be a nationally watched, mega-moneyed Wisconsin Supreme Court election in one week, with potential nationwide implications. Republicans are warning that the judge considered Democrats’ choice in the race, Dane County’s Susan Crawford, is primed to support efforts that could “draw out” two […]

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Venezuela to resume accepting US deportation flights

5:38 pm March 23, 2025

Venezuela will resume accepting deportation flights from the US after Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro suspended the flights earlier this month. Jorge Rodríguez, the president of Venezuela’s Assembly and chief negotiator with the U.S. announced the change in policy on Saturday. “We have agreed with the U.S. government to resume the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with […]

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Wife of slain California fire captain nabbed in Mexico after months on the run

5:34 pm March 23, 2025

A California woman wanted in the murder of her fire captain wife has been captured in Mexico after more than a month on the run, according to U.S. and Mexican authorities. Yolanda Marodi, 53, was arrested Saturday at a hotel in Mexicali near the U.S. border, according to the Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat. She was […]

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