How He Rose as a National Media Figure
Martin Luther King Jr.: His Rise as a National Media Figure Image Credit: Getty Images More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of the most influential and recognizable figures in American history. His rise from the pulpit […]
Ohio State’s late scoop-and-score catapults Buckeyes to national championship over Texas
Whatever Ryan Day said to his team after losing to Michigan obviously worked. After calls to fire their head coach after Thanksgiving because of their fourth straight loss to the Wolverines – and this one easily the worst – the Buckeyes are off to the national championship after Friday night’s 28-14 Cotton Bowl Classic win […]
Border Patrol arrests South African national on terrorist watchlist who entered US illegally
Former DHS secretary: Americans ‘clearly’ want border security Former DHS secretary Jeh Johnson joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss the White House’s silence over drone sightings, the U.S. seeing record migrant surges under Biden, and the Harris County DA seeking the death penalty in the Jocelyn Nungaray case. A South African national who illegally entered […]
A Minnesota man’s mission to (finally) make the bald eagle the U.S. national bird
WABASHA, Minn. — You would be excused if you thought this wasn’t necessary, but the bald eagle is one step closer to being designated the national bird of the United States. Late one Monday evening back in July after most senators had already gone home for the day, a unanimous motion passed the Senate to slip […]
National anti-violence activist David Hogg launches bid for DNC leadership
David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 shooting at his high school in Parkland, Florida, who turned into a national anti-violence activist, has launched a bid to serve in leadership of the Democratic National Committee. Hogg, 24, announced on Monday he is running to become a vice chair of the DNC, arguing he would focus […]
Gleaton Jones, former Georgia running back national champion, dead at 21
Gleaton Jones, a former Georgia Bulldogs running back who was on the 2021 national championship team, died following injuries he suffered in a car crash last week. He was 21. Jones was on a hunting trip in Florida when he was involved in a car crash, according to the University of Georgia’s student newspaper The […]
Biden admin launches national strategy to combat Islamophobia
The Biden administration on Thursday announced it is launching a national strategy to combat Islamophobia. The move, which the administration described as the first-ever Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate, comes a little more than a year after Hamas’ unprovoked attack on Israel Oct. 7, 2023, which was followed by spikes in antisemitic protests […]
Biden creates national monument marking Indian boarding schools’ history of oppression
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden designated a national monument Monday that will memorialize the federal government’s oppression of thousands of Native American children in a boarding school system during the 19th and 20th centuries. Biden announced the new monument, called the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument and located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during the […]
Lara Trump says she’s stepping down as Republican National Committee co-chair
Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, announced Sunday night that she will step down as a co-chair of the Republican National Committee amid mounting speculation that she could be picked to fill a coming Senate vacancy. Trump, who became co-chair of the RNC in March with her father-in-law’s backing, said Sunday on X […]
Nearly 100 former national security officials ‘alarmed’ at prospect of Gabbard leading intel community
Nearly 100 former national security officials signed a letter criticizing President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and called for closed-door Senate hearings to review any government information about her. In the letter obtained by NBC News, the officials urged the Senate to “carefully evaluate” whether Gabbard […]