Latest Stories By Samantha Putterman

In a landmark moment in U.S. political and legal history, a Manhattan jury on May 30 found former President Donald Trump guilty of multiple felony counts. A unanimous jury in the New York case concluded that Trump was guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up a hush […]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, drew headlines and social media chatter for a feisty exchange with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., about personal appearances. But in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” she focused less on looks and more on books. On May 19, Crockett mentioned President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at Morehouse College, a […]

Ban: Merriam-Webster defines it as “a legal or formal prohibition.” But in the 2024 election cycle — the first general election since Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined a constitutional right to an abortion, was overturned — the term has morphed into polarizing political rhetoric. “Ban” has become synonymous with abortion and the […]

En noviembre, los floridianos votarán por una enmienda que busca ampliar el acceso al aborto hasta el punto de viabilidad fetal. Si los votantes aprueban la enmienda, está anularía la actual prohibición estatal del aborto después de las primeras seis semanas de embarazo. La Enmienda 4 dice que los abortos no pueden ser prohibidos antes […]

Mientras los floridanos se preparan para votar en noviembre sobre una medida electoral que consagraría el acceso al aborto en la constitución del estado, el gobernador republicano de Florida, Ron DeSantis, declaró su oposición a la medida. DeSantis afirmó que la iniciativa electoral, que el presidente Joe Biden apoya, es mucho más extrema de lo […]

Could former President Donald Trump choose Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his 2024 running mate? Rubio’s getting a lot of attention, along with other possible vice presidential picks. Selecting Rubio would require some constitutional two-stepping. Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution says that, when the Electoral College meets to determine the president, “the […]

El gobernador republicano de Florida, Ron DeSantis, advirtió a los padres sobre una enmienda estatal sobre el aborto, que ampliaría el acceso legal al aborto y anularía su prohibición después de las seis semanas, según la ley que entró en vigor el 1 de mayo. En Naples, horas antes de que el presidente Joe Biden […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., warned parents about a state abortion amendment that would expand legal access to abortion and overrule a six-week abortion ban that went into effect May 1. In Naples, hours before President Joe Biden spoke in Tampa April 23 about abortion, DeSantis told a crowd that Biden was coming to Florida to […]

Eight days before a six-week abortion ban takes effect in Florida, President Joe Biden spoke in Tampa to lay blame for restrictive measures nationwide on one person: former President Donald Trump. In a 12-minute address April 23 at Hillsborough Community College, Biden warned of “extreme” laws that restrict abortion access, and he blamed Trump, his […]

Videos of people fleeing the sounds of gunshots, images of buildings on fire and headlines of political unrest in Haiti have increased over several weeks. Violence escalated after a coalition of gangs began attacking Haiti’s capital, Port-Au-Prince, forcing acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign. He’d assumed the role after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated […]

Testifying before Congress, former Special Counsel Robert Hur defended his February report detailing Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, saying it neither exonerated nor disparaged the current president. House Judiciary Committee members compared and contrasted Biden’s case with former President Donald Trump’s classified documents investigation.     In his report, Hur concluded that criminal charges were not […]

Princess Kate had not been seen in public for weeks when Kensington Palace marked the United Kingdom’s Mother’s Day by releasing a photo of the princess of Wales surrounded by her three smiling children. “Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months. Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day. C,” read […]