The significant victory for the ‘Squad’ member comes amid concerns of pro-Israel funding targeting pro-ceasefire candidatesSummer Lee, a Pennsylvania congresswoman, easily beat back a primary challenge on Tuesday, delivering progressives one of their most significant victories yet of this election cycle as they brace for a wave of pro-Israel funding targeting pro-ceasefire candidates.The Associated Press called the 12th district Democratic primary at 9.21pm, roughly an hour and an half after...
Summer Lee, the first black woman elected in Pennsylvania to the U.S House of Representatives and a strong progressive voice in Congress, handily defeated a centrist challenger in Tuesday's Democratic Party primary race. Her opponent, Edgewood Borough Councilmember Bhavini Patel, campaigned on Lee's criticisms of Israel and Biden and with the benefit of a PAC funded largely by a Republican billionaire. — Read the rest
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan presented his 11th State of the City speech at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church on Wednesday night. Duggan began the speech by acknowledging that it is unusual for the mayor to give such a speech in a neighborhood but recounted how he launched his campaign for mayor in 2013 in the neighborhoods, and that's what he wanted to focus on Wednesday.
Drake has been removed as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the families of the victims of the deadly crowd crush at Travis Scott's 2021 Astroworld festival, which resulted in 10 deaths. On April 1, the "God's Plan" rapper's lawyers argued in Houston that he was not involved in the planning and execution of the concert and could not be held liable. District Judge Kristen Hawkins subsequently dismissed him from the case. The tragedy, which claimed the lives of victims as young as 9, was the...
By Gregory Krieg and Andrew Menezes, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Summer Lee will win an expensive race for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating challenger Bhavini Patel, who hammered the progressive freshman over her response to Israel’s war in Gaza. After condemning Hamas’ deadly October 7 raid, Lee emerged as
Rep. Summer Lee will win an expensive race for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating challenger Bhavini Patel, who hammered the progressive freshman over her response to Israel’s war in Gaza. After condemning Hamas’ deadly October 7 raid, Lee emerged as one of the few early voices calling for a ceasefire, which fueled attacks from pro-Israel groups and Patel, who accused her of ignoring the district’s Jewish community and undermining...
By Gregory Krieg and Andrew Menezes, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Summer Lee will win an expensive race for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating challenger Bhavini Patel, who hammered the progressive freshman over her response to Israel’s war in Gaza. After condemning Hamas’ deadly October 7 raid, Lee emerged as
By Gregory Krieg and Andrew Menezes, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Summer Lee will win an expensive race for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating challenger Bhavini Patel, who hammered the progressive freshman over her response to Israel’s war in Gaza. After condemning Hamas’ deadly October 7 raid, Lee emerged as
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan presented his 11th State of the City speech at
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President Joe Biden paid a visit to his childhood home Tuesday while campaigning for reelection in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The house is located at 2446 N. Washington Avenue in Scranton's Green Ridge neighborhood. The president walked with neighborhood kids outside the home, which he left at age 10 when his family moved to Delaware
Voters began queuing at polling stations in the first 21 states to hold ballots. Nearly 970 million people - 10 per cent of the world's population - are voting. Most polls predict a win for Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party