Vice President Kamala Harris is under fire from critics and conservatives for ‘copying’ former President Trump’s campaign vow to not tax service industry employees’ tips after the Biden-Harris administration rolled out a plan to crack down on waiters’ tips. ‘Now is a good time to remind everyone that #CopyCatKamala’s administration rolled out a new enforcement program JUST LAST YEAR to collect ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent threat to invade Israel should not be taken lightly and betrays Ankara’s continued regional ambitions, according to an official from Cyprus.  ‘Any threat being made publicly has to be taken very, very seriously here and we think that the international community cannot ignore or disregard the threats,’ Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the official government spokesperson for ...

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., slammed Vice President Harris as ‘naive’ on Iran and blasted the Democratic presidential candidate for not being tough on Hamas.  Cotton, who serves on the Senate Intelligence, Armed Services and Judiciary Committees, said during an appearance on ‘Fox News Sunday’ that Harris’ policy toward Israel over the past 10 months alone is ‘just an example of ...

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said sustaining President Biden’s legacy is at the top of her to-do list when asked if there’s a ‘way back’ to their friendship after the pair stopped speaking when he dropped out of the 2024 race to retain the Oval Office.  ‘Is there a way back for your friendship?’ former Biden administration White ...

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said Sunday it would not participate in new negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza this week unless mediators presented a plan based on previous talks.  ‘The movement calls on the mediators to present a plan to implement what was agreed upon by the movement on July 2, 2024, based on [President] Biden’s vision and the ...

Hezbollah launched 30 rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel early Monday, though no casualties were reported, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed.  ‘Following sirens that sounded a short while ago in northern Israel, approximately 30 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon toward the area of Kabri, a number of which fell in open areas,’ an IDF spokesman said. ‘No injuries ...

Former President Trump has had a number of legal victories in recent weeks, putting a pause on a majority of cases and delaying others that could have complicated his campaigning during the general election season.  The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. United States last month that a former president has substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts in office but not ...

There are 85 days until Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5. But if Americans vote like they did in the last two election cycles, most of them will have already cast a ballot before the big day. Early voting starts as soon as Sept. 6 for eligible voters, with seven battleground states sending out ballots to at least some voters ...

Stocks ticked up Friday as the stock market built on its incredible comeback from Monday’s violent rout. The broad market index ended the week just shy of completely reversing its weekly losses. The S&P 500 advanced 0.47% to finish at 5,344.16. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.51% to close at 16,745.30. The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 51 points, or 0.13%, to end at 39,497.54. Week ...

Vladimir Putin fixed the commander in chief of Russia’s military, General Valery Gerasimov, with a cold stare and a look of exasperation. The video, released Wednesday by the Kremlin, showed the Russian president was not happy with news from the southern region of Kursk. At that moment, hundreds of Ukrainian troops, backed by tanks and protected by air defenses, were advancing into the ...

A landslide at a landfill in Uganda’s capital Kampala has killed eight people, the city’s authorities said on Saturday. The incident happened late Friday after heavy rainfall when sections of the landfill collapsed, covering some nearby houses, Ugandan media reported. Kampala Capital City Authority said government and Red Cross personnel were searching the site and had rescued 14 people. “On ...

Belarus sent military reinforcements to its border with Ukraine Saturday after it said several Ukrainian drones crossed its airspace and were intercepted by the country’s air defenses on Friday, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said in a statement. “We suspect these are attack drones,” Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said during a separate briefing Saturday. He called the incident “a provocation” ...