Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., who is reportedly on Joe Biden’s shortlist of potential running mates, eulogized one of the top members of the Communist Party USA in 2017 and called him a “friend and mentor."KAREN BASS TRIES TO CLARIFY PAST REMARKSPolitico reported that Bass praised Oneil Marion Cannon on Jan. 30, 2017, in remarks that…
Rep. Karen Bass disavowed Sunday her 2016 praise of Cuban strongman Fidel Castro, a comment that now jeopardizes her prospects as former Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s running mate, saying she “wouldn’t do that again. The California Democrat made the rounds on the Sunday shows, pushing back against Sen. Marco Rubio’s warning last week that…
Rep. Karen Bass, a California Democrat considered a top contender to become the party’s vice presidential nominee, offered an explanation Saturday for having spoken glowingly of Scientology a decade earlier. Ms. Bass issued a statement in light of her 2010 speech at the Church of Scientology building in Los Angeles resurfacing amid murmurings about her…
Rep. Karen Bass speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill. | AP Photo After urging President Donald Trump on Saturday to remain silent on the death of Rep. John Lewis, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass said flags must remain lowered until Lewis is…
One Costco shopper didn’t comply when asked to wear a mask.An unidentified Costco customer has gone viral for refusing to wear a face mask inside the superstore amid the coronavirus health crisis. The shopper argued with an employee over the policy, asked to speak with her manager and plopped down to sit in the middle of warehouse…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…