Cape Canaveral, FL…NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev—the four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission—are scheduled to splash down off the coast of Florida at 12:17 a.m. EDT (0417 UTC) on Monday, Sept. 4, concluding their six-month stay in low Earth orbit. This is NASA and […]
Washington, DC…Hey, everybody. Folks, thanks for being here. Earlier today, I made a point to speak to all the governors most likely to be impacted by this storm. I spoke with Governor DeSantis several times, Governor Kemp, Governor McMaster, and Governor Cooper about the impacts of the storm and — that made landfall as a […]
Washington, DC…Today we are announcing the next package of military assistance to aid Ukraine as it defends its territory and protects its people. This package contains important capabilities to help Ukraine on the battlefield. It includes AIM-9M missiles for air defense, munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, mine-clearing equipment, […]
Los Angeles, CA…California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit to immediately halt the enforcement of the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education’s (Board) mandatory gender identity disclosure policy. The policy, adopted in July, requires schools to inform parents, with minimal exceptions, whenever a student requests to use a name or pronoun different from that on […]
Frankfurt, Germany….Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832 “This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.” “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.” […]
Jacksonville, FL…JSO Sheriff T.K. Waters spoke today in reference to follow-up information related to the shooting involving three victims – all of which died. The suspect was located and pinned down by officers. He was subsequently found deceased and is believed to have taken his own life.
Lahaina, HI…The County of Maui on Thursday released a validated list of the names of 388 individuals who have been reported unaccounted for following the Lahaina wildfire disaster on August 8, 2023. The names are being provided to the public in an effort to help identify anyone who can be accounted for. The names on […]
Washington, DC…The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring. The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them, because of their citizenship status, in violation […]
Atlanta, GA…Former President Donald Trump posted his mug shot on Twitter & his Truth Social.
Sacramento, CA…With the clock ticking toward the September 14 adjournment date for the session, the Legislature yesterday brought forth a new Senate Bill 799, which started its legislative life as something else but was gutted and amended to now extend unemployment benefits to workers who voluntarily leave their jobs. And the tab for it all will […]
