Outgoing West Virginia Independent Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday he won't back Vice President Kamala Harris' White House bid after she came out in favor of changing Senate rules to pass abortion protection laws. Earlier, Manchin was more vociferous about Harris' announcement that she'd be in favor of scrapping the chamber's 60-vote filibuster to pass a law reviving the abortion protections that existed under Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that was scrapped in 2022. "Shame on her,"...

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will host world leaders and high-ranking UN officials at a traditional reception in New York on September 25. As "Voice of America" ​​found out, Irakli Kobakhidze, who heads the Georgian delegation to the UN General Assembly, was initially on the list of those invited to the reception of the president, but the Biden administration canceled the invitation. A senior administration official and another congressional source confirmed the...

Former President Trump was briefed Tuesday about "real and specific threats" from Iran to assassinate the Republican presidential candidate, according to his campaign. Iran’s aim to assassinate Trump is part of the Islamic Republic’s efforts to "destabilize and sow chaos in the United States," Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a press release. IRAN SPOUTS ‘PROPAGANDA’ FROM UN PODIUM, CALLS ON MIDDLE EAST TO UNITE BEHIND TEHRAN "Intelligence officials have identified...

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case approved a request by special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday allowing him to file an “oversized” brief responding to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. Smith sought permission for District Judge Tanya Chutkan to file a “comprehensive” opening brief explaining how the government intends to prosecute Trump in light of the Supreme Court’s July 1 ruling which granted...

A US federal judge in the Southern District of New York has sentenced Caroline Ellison, a member of the ring of executives who presided over the fraud that led to the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, to two years in prison. In addition, she has been ordered to forfeit $11 billion. In December 2022, Ellison pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in connection with the fall of FTX. Last March, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried—with whom Ellison shared a tumultuous romantic...

US states that legalized sports gambling should ban it again, an expert argued. In 2012, several states overturned a two-decade ban on sports betting, and by 2023 Americans were betting more than $1 billion a month, Charles Fain Lehman wrote in The Atlantic. He cited research showing that lifting the ban increased bankruptcies, reduced household savings, and exacerbated domestic violence, especially among deprived communities, and that — contrary to expectations — it didn’t raise much in tax...

The son of Ryan Routh has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography, according to charging documents. Charging documents said that police were searching the man's home in Guilford County, North Carolina, on Saturday when they discovered child pornography. 'I hate this game every four years, and think that we all do.' "A review of the SD card located in Device-1 revealed that it contained hundreds of child pornography files," said prosecutors. "These files include videos from a...

The thick-necked union boss, who’s short on manners and long on tough talk and machismo, is in many ways an endangered American archetype. Amid rampant political correctness and professionalisation, they seem like anachronisms from a lost age; Sean O’Brien, president of the Teamsters, could be one of the last living specimens: his earthy ways evoke the Jimmy Hoffas and George Meanys of yore. In his speech at the Republican National Convention in the summer, O’Brien praised Donald...

The Isle of Man government is exploring facial recognition technology (“FRT”) and mandatory ID registration for all residents.  The reason given for implementing these measures is to fight crime. The government plans […]