Toto Wolff says his position at the helm of the Mercedes F1 team since 2013 has “taken its toll”, yet the Austrian is likely to extend his involvement with the Brackley squad beyond 2020. Wolff, a 30% shareholder of Mercedes F1, will see his management contract with the German manufacturer’s team expire at the end […]
Read MoreCNN is set to host a town hall next month with three Democratic presidential hopefuls – former Rep. John DelaneyJohn DelaneyThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says country needs to rethink what ‘policing’ means; US cases surpass 2 million with no end to pandemic in sight Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says racism is a bigger […]
Read MoreFormer Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) is looking at a possible trip to Iowa as he weighs a 2020 presidential run. The El Paso Democrat’s team has been in talks with the campaign of Eric Giddens, a Democrat running in a state Senate special election, for O’Rourke to canvass for the candidate this weekend, according to […]
Read MoreFormer Rep. Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention: report O’Rourke on Texas reopening: ‘Dangerous, dumb and weak’ Parties gear up for battle over Texas state House MORE (D-Texas) responded Wednesday to allegations that former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | […]
Read MoreAccusing Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot of rejecting contract proposals that would create better public school conditions for educators and students, the 25,000-member Chicago Teachers Union went on strike Thursday to push for “pay and benefits that give us dignity and respect.” In addition to teachers, more than 7,000 teacher aides, security guards, and custodians—members of […]
Read MoreMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday swiftly rejected an offer from U.S. President Donald Trump to send American troops over the border to “wage war” on drug cartels after assailants killed at least nine members of a fundamentalist Mormon family in northern Mexico. During a press conference Tuesday, López Obrador, commonly known as […]
Read MoreCritics of President Donald Trump welcomed a federal appeals court’s decision Wednesday to let stand an earlier ruling affirming the authority of Congress to seek Trump’s tax records, which sets up a potential review of the case by the U.S. Supreme Court. In an 8-3 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of […]
Read MoreAs the Bolivian military’s violent repression of Indigenous anti-coup protesters sparked fears of a full-blown civil war, more than a dozen members of Congress including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley sent a letter Friday condemning the Trump administration for supporting the November 10 ouster of former President Evo Morales and “contributing to […]
Read MoreBillionaire Education Secretary Betsy DeVos this week proposed handing over the federal government’s $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio to a “stand-alone government corporation,” a move observers condemned as a corrupt ploy to strip the next president of the ability to cancel student loan debt. “This very much appears to be a Betsy DeVos scheme to […]
Read MoreThe United Nations on Wednesday called for a far-reaching investigation into allegations that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s cell phone, enabling him to extract data from the device and potentially blackmail Bezos. A report on the matter, commissioned by Bezos, was released by two U.N. investigators Tuesday. The contents raised […]
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