Mike Pence says Pete Buttigieg ‘can’t take a joke’ as he doubles down on homophobic comment
Ex-VP says ‘the Gridiron Dinner is a roast. I had a lot of jokes directed to me, and I directed a lot of jokes to Republicans and Democrats’
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Timeline of the Zachariah Anderson murder case
Zachariah Anderson, 42, is charged with killing Rosalio Gutierrez Jr, 40, at his apartment in Wood Creek, Wisconsin, back in May 2020
Biden calls for tougher penalties for failed bank execs
President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to allow regulators to impose tougher penalties on the executives of failed banks, including clawing back compensation and making it easier to bar them from working in the industry
Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to tax evasion charges as he remains behind bars for murder of George Floyd
Disgraced former Minneapolis police officer and convicted killer entered a guilty plea on two counts of tax evasion
China’s Ukraine ceasefire plan would ratify ‘Russian conquest’, White House says
Chinese President Xi Jinping has reportedly been in touch with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days
Farmworkers use Florida march to pressure other companies
Farmworkers are leading a five-day, 45-mile trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest
Rachel Corrie was killed in Gaza by the IDF. 20 years on, her parents are still fighting for justice
Exclusive: In the two decades since their peace activist daughter died, Cindy and Craig Corrie have been unable to hold anyone accountable. But they have not given up their hopes for peace, they tell Andrew Buncombe
Haaland criticized over ‘difficult’ choice on Willow project
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is facing criticism from political allies after the Biden administration approved a contentious oil drilling project in Alaska
Idaho murders victim’s pet dog Murphy gets his own Amazon wishlist
Murphy was found unharmed inside the student home in Moscow, Idaho, when Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were discovered brutally stabbed to death
Turkey’s president says he will back Finland’s NATO bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that he would support Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden