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Month: January 2024

Vice President Harris says she’s ‘scared as heck’ that Donald Trump could win

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s “scared as heck” about the possibility of Donald Trump winning another term. Harris made the comments Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” when pressed about concerns among some Democrats that President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is off to a slow start. Harris

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White House apologizes to former 2024 candidate Asa Hutchinson as Biden courts anti-Trump GOP

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday apologized to former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for a Democratic National Committee statement a day earlier that mocked the end of his long-shot 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients called Hutchinson on

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USA Water Polo announces deal with Mt. San Antonio College to use college’s new aquatics complex

WALNUT, Calif. (AP) — USA Water Polo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mt. San Antonio College that covers the organization’s use of the college’s new aquatics complex. The partnership was announced Wednesday. The U.S. men’s water polo team is training at the college in preparation for the Paris Olympics. USA Water Polo says

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Biden administration re-designates Houthis as Specially Designated Global Terrorists

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday re-designated the Houthis as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity amid continued attacks by the Yemen-based militia. Administration officials said the SDGT designation is aimed at deterring the Houthis from their ongoing aggression in the Red Sea. It is latest in a series of US actions targeting

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Official in Poland’s former conservative government charged in cash-for-visas investigation

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s anti-corruption authorities say a deputy foreign minister in the previous right-wing government has appeared before prosecutors to hear charges in the alleged sale of visas and work permits to migrant for thousands of dollars. The cash-for-visas scandal emerged last summer and undermined the tough-on-immigration stance of the ruling Law and

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Federal labor investigators say poultry company’s inaction led to the death of a teenage worker

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal regulators say a Mississippi poultry plant’s failure to follow safety protocols led to the death of a 16-year-old worker who was pulled into a machine last July. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it found numerous safety

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