Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido once defended a music video depicting sexual violence and murder as artistic expression, and now that interview is shadowing his bid to unseat a Republican incumbent in one of Texas' most competitive House districts. Pulido, a Latin Grammy Award-winning Tejano singer challenging two-term Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas' […] The post Bobby Pulido's defense of graphic murder video becomes liability in Texas congressional race appeared first on American Almanac .
Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido once defended a music video depicting sexual violence and murder as artistic expression, and now that interview is shadowing his bid to unseat a Republican incumbent in one of Texas' most competitive House districts. Pulido, a Latin Grammy Award-winning Tejano singer challenging two-term Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas' 15th Congressional District, sat for an interview in 2016 in which he backed singer Gerardo Ortiz after Ortiz's music video "Fuiste Mía", Spanish for "You Were Mine", drew widespread backlash. The video depicts a singer who walks in on his girlfriend with another man, shoots the lover, handcuffs the woman to a pole, blindfolds and gropes her, stuffs her in the trunk of a…Open
New York City's first lady is set to spend nearly two weeks at a posh Islamic calligraphy retreat in the Portuguese countryside this September, her third European getaway with the same organization this year, while critics say she has shown more interest in overseas travel than in the city her husband governs. Rama Duwaji, the […] The post NYC first lady Rama Duwaji heads to Portugal for third luxury Islamic retreat of 2026 appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City's first lady is set to spend nearly two weeks at a posh Islamic calligraphy retreat in the Portuguese countryside this September, her third European getaway with the same organization this year, while critics say she has shown more interest in overseas travel than in the city her husband governs. Rama Duwaji, the 29-year-old wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will serve as "artist-in-residence" at a "Journey through Islamic Calligraphy" retreat hosted by The Women Sanctuary at a manor house in Arcos de Valdevez, near Porto, Portugal. The retreat runs two sessions, September 16, 21 and September 25, 30, and costs attendees between $4,300 for a shared room and $5,260 for a private room with a private bathroom, the New York Post…Open
Federal agents arrested a 30-year-old Honduran national in California on charges he falsely claimed U.S. citizenship to register to vote, a case the Justice Department says marks the start of a broader crackdown. Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores, a lawful permanent resident living in the San Fernando Valley community of Winnetka, was taken into custody Friday […] The post Honduran green card holder arrested for allegedly registering to vote in Los Angeles County appeared first on American Almanac .
Federal agents arrested a 30-year-old Honduran national in California on charges he falsely claimed U.S. citizenship to register to vote, a case the Justice Department says marks the start of a broader crackdown. Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores, a lawful permanent resident living in the San Fernando Valley community of Winnetka, was taken into custody Friday morning and faced an initial appearance that afternoon in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles. A federal criminal complaint charges him with two felonies: making a false claim to U.S. citizenship and fraudulent voter registration. Each count carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli did not frame the case as an…Open
President Trump's lawyers filed a sweeping reply brief in New York's highest court arguing the civil fraud case against him should never have been brought, and that Attorney General Letitia James pursued it to damage his political career and his family's business. The filing, submitted Wednesday in the New York Court of Appeals, lands weeks […] The post Trump's legal team challenges New York fraud verdict, accuses AG Letitia James of politically targeting his family appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump's lawyers filed a sweeping reply brief in New York's highest court arguing the civil fraud case against him should never have been brought, and that Attorney General Letitia James pursued it to damage his political career and his family's business. The filing, submitted Wednesday in the New York Court of Appeals, lands weeks after an intermediate appellate court already threw out the massive financial penalty in the case, a ruling that stripped away roughly half a billion dollars in fines while leaving the underlying fraud finding intact. Trump's legal team now wants the state's top court to finish the job and toss the liability finding altogether, along with remaining restrictions on Trump and his sons. The brief lays…Open
The Trump administration pulled the U.S. visa of a former Iraqi finance minister who now sits on the federal terrorist watchlist, the same woman the Biden State Department celebrated as a champion against corruption just four years ago. Taif Sami Mohammed, once praised by then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken as Iraq's "Iron Woman," can no […] The post Trump State Department revokes visa of Iraqi official Biden honored with courage award appeared first on American Almanac .
The Trump administration pulled the U.S. visa of a former Iraqi finance minister who now sits on the federal terrorist watchlist, the same woman the Biden State Department celebrated as a champion against corruption just four years ago. Taif Sami Mohammed, once praised by then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken as Iraq's "Iron Woman," can no longer enter the United States after the State Department revoked her visa this week. Mohammed is believed to be outside Iraq and has not been detained. The reversal is stark. In March 2022, Blinken hosted Mohammed at the State Department's International Women of Courage Award ceremony, crediting her with stopping bribes and exposing schemes that inflated government payrolls to enrich corrupt Iraqi…Open
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headlined a rally on the National Mall Friday that wrapped the Democratic Party's November midterm pitch inside the legacy of the 1963 March on Washington, drawing hundreds of attendees and a roster of party leaders eager to channel civil rights history into voter turnout. The event, […] The post Democrats rally on National Mall, turn 1963 march anniversary into midterm campaign event appeared first on American Almanac .
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headlined a rally on the National Mall Friday that wrapped the Democratic Party's November midterm pitch inside the legacy of the 1963 March on Washington, drawing hundreds of attendees and a roster of party leaders eager to channel civil rights history into voter turnout. The event, branded the 2026 "Defend the Vote" March on Washington, fell on the 63rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Co-organized by Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and Martin Luther King III, the rally featured speeches from Jeffries, Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, and…Open
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered public condolences for a Rikers Island detainee charged with a brutal murder, without mentioning the victim, and conservatives from city hall to the Heritage Foundation are demanding to know why. Mamdani posted a statement on X mourning the death of Clarence Woodward, a 39-year-old pretrial detainee who died […] The post NYC Mayor Mamdani mourns Rikers death of man charged in meat cleaver murder, draws fierce backlash appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered public condolences for a Rikers Island detainee charged with a brutal murder, without mentioning the victim, and conservatives from city hall to the Heritage Foundation are demanding to know why. Mamdani posted a statement on X mourning the death of Clarence Woodward, a 39-year-old pretrial detainee who died in city custody at Rikers Island. The mayor called himself "deeply saddened" and extended his thoughts to Woodward's "family and loved ones." He pledged an investigation by the NYC Department of Correction and its oversight partners, and he renewed his commitment to closing Rikers "as quickly as possible." What Mamdani did not mention, not once, was the man Woodward was charged with killing:…Open
The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to let the Pentagon discharge transgender service members who sued over the ban, a move that could settle whether the commander in chief or federal judges control military personnel decisions. The administration's filing targets a divided D.C. Circuit ruling that blocked the government from removing transgender troops […] The post Trump administration asks Supreme Court to enforce transgender military ban during ongoing lawsuit appeared first on American Almanac .
The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to let the Pentagon discharge transgender service members who sued over the ban, a move that could settle whether the commander in chief or federal judges control military personnel decisions. The administration's filing targets a divided D.C. Circuit ruling that blocked the government from removing transgender troops who are plaintiffs in Talbott v. United States. That June decision found the service members were likely to succeed on their claim that the Pentagon's policy amounts to unconstitutional discrimination. The administration wants the justices to step in now, before a full trial on the merits ever takes place. At stake is a straightforward question with broad implications: can…Open
"Two years out of high school and I'm already struggling for my life...That's not the American dream." MS NOW's Alex Tabet spoke to Iowa residents who WENT OFF on President Trump's handling of the war with Iran and the economy.
