Why a hat is the mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics
Meet the Phrygian cap, an Olympic mascot with a history dating back centuries.
Meet the Phrygian cap, an Olympic mascot with a history dating back centuries.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien criticized Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar for allegedly speaking for nearly 30% of the Upper House’s functional time during the winter session. O’Brien questioned if this constituted a new parliamentary record. This follows an unsuccessful attempt by opposition members to remove Dhankhar, citing bias and lack of trust.
Families who lost loved ones during the disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan are throwing their support behind Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. Hegseth, who President-elect Trump tapped to head the Defense Department, underwent questioning from the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, where he faced over four hours of questioning…
Elon Musk, who is spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, said during an X spaces conversation that President Donald Trump agreed that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) should be shut down. Musk indicated that unlike an apple contaminated by a worm, the agency is “a bowl of worms.” “There is no…
President Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for one predecessor in particular: William McKinley, our 25th president, who loved tariffs, and oversaw an expansion of U.S. territory around the globe. But McKinley is best remembered as being one of the four presidents that was assassinated, and for having his name attached to a mountain in Alaska….
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling upends the Republican presidential nominee’s plan to move the case to federal court.
Travis Mullis was put to death Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago.