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Vice President Kamala Harris will visit an abortion clinic on Thursday, the first time a sitting veep has been known to do so. Harris is traveling to Minnesota as part of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, and is set to stop at a Planned Parenthood clinic that offers abortion services, NBC News and CNN reported. The VP is expected to meet with staff and patients as well as speak to reporters outside of the facility. Vice President Kamala Harris has been on a nationwide “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour. 3 Vice President Kamala Harris has been on a nationwide...

Kamala Harris has announced that she will be embarking on a nationwide “Reproductive Freedoms Tour” in support of abortion. The tour will kick off in Wisconsin, a battleground state, on January 22 — which marks the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s original decision in Roe v. Wade. “Across our nation, there is a full-on attack on a woman’s fundamental freedom to make decisions about her own body,” Harris wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, along with the video announcement. “In the new year, I will be traveling the country to organize, build community,...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval rating has sunk to a record new low, a Monmouth University poll reveals, raising Democrat fears she might not be the best member of the White House to advocate for public policy. Harris, known for word salads, announced a nationwide tour on Tuesday to proclaim the virtues of the abortion agenda with her first stop on January 22, the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Monmouth polling found Harris’s approval rating at a historic low: December 2023: 35 percent September 2023: 36 percent July 2023: 40 percent March 2023: 26 percent The poll sampled 803...

A delegation of “progressive” Democrats led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) met with Colombian radical leftist President Gustavo Petro on Monday on the last leg of a tour of friendly socialist governments in Latin America. During the encounter, Petro proposed to build an “alliance for life and nature” with the group and a “change of the economic system” to overcome “climate change.” Colombia was the last stop on the Democrat delegation’s weeklong Latin American tour sponsored by the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) think tank. The lawmakers also visited Brazil and Chile, where they held meetings with...

Could Taylor Swift’s mega-tour have fans seeing red on their next COVID test? There has been some cautious optimism among public health officials that this summer might be the first during which California doesn’t experience a major coronavirus wave — and there’s no evidence at this point that one is on the way. But California is not in the clear or out of the woods just yet. Transmission does appear to be on the upswing, and there’s no denying the virus’ enduring power to spread, particularly in crowded settings. And crowded hardly begins to describe Swift’s concerts, let alone the...

July 13, 2012; Lake Orion, MI, USA; Lance Ten Broeck (USA) tees off on the 10th hole during the second round of the U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood Golf and Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY SportsLance Ten Broeck, one of the more colorful characters on the PGA Tour who became famous for playing and caddying in the same event, died Sunday at St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach. He was 67.The cause of death was organ failure, his son, Jonathan, said Monday. Ten Broeck, a Singer Island resident, had been dealing with health issues for two years.Nicknamed...

Former President Trump on Monday mocked what he called an “emergency Round the World tour” from Gov. Ron DeSantis as the Florida Republican takes off on a multi-stop international trip amid 2024 speculation. “The ‘Consultants’ are sending DeSanctus, and demanding he go immediately, on an emergency Round the World tour of U.S representative population countries, like South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Israel, in order to up his game and see if he can remove the stain from his failing campaign,” Trump said on Truth Social.

The 2023 LIV Golf season debuted this week, as LIV Mexico is the first event in a 14-event schedule. While several new players have defected from the PGA Tour join LIV's ranks, including Mito Pereira, Danny Lee, Thomas Pieters and Brendan Steele, LIV is sticking with one familiar formula from last year: the total prize money.

Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has announced plans to rescue embattled Democrat candidates with a nationwide tour in the last two weekends before the midterm elections. Sanders, perhaps the most far-left member of Congress, will hold 19 campaign stops in the eight states of Oregon, California, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The tour is designed to “rally” radical Democrats to “confront daunting national headwinds” the left is facing come November, the New York Times reported.

President Biden will travel in the coming days to Puerto Rico and Florida to tour damage from Hurricane Fiona and Hurricane Ian, respectively, the White House announced late Saturday. The president and first lady will travel to Puerto Rico on Monday, followed by a trip Wednesday to Florida. The White House did not disclose where the president would visit in either location or with whom he would meet.

resident Biden and his administration are set to launch a nationwide tour in the coming weeks to shore up its standing with voters, and promote its recent legislative wins, as Democrats face an uphill battle with three months until the November midterm elections. According to the White House, Biden plans to rally support across the country by touting recent policy and political successes, including the passage of a massive social spending and taxation bill officially known as the Inflation Reduction Act. The tour may also serve as an attempt to help stave off historical trends that could see Republicans gaining...

The House committee investigating the attack on Jan. 6 has released footage tied to a tour Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) gave the day before, showing a man taking photos of hallways in the Capitol complex before ultimately attended the rally itself. Loudermilk has acknowledged showing a small group of constituents around House office buildings the day before the attack, but claimed those participants “immediately turned back” once they saw the “chaos” developing at the rally.

Dustin Johnson — Masters champion, veteran still very much in his prime, ranked No. 13 in the world — has joined the about-to-debut LIV Golf tour. With one move, the LIV tour vaulted from irrelevance to curiosity. Next up: threat. The Saudi-backed venture is planning on hosting eight 48-player tournaments this season in a range of locations around the world, including the United States. LIV’s primary draw for players is money — vast, generational sums of money — supplied by Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Public Investment Fund. Thanks to a $2 billion investment, LIV plans to begin with a handful of...

The House select committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot has asked Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) to provide more information about a tour that he gave one day prior to the violence. In a letter to Loudermilk, committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and vice chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) claimed that a review of security footage “directly contradicts” Republican claims that there were “no tours” or “large groups” of people at the Capitol in the days before Jan. 6, 2021.

THE ZAPPA BAND LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER HEADLINING TOUR One of the most ground-breaking, original, and fearless figures of popular music was undoubtedly the legendary Frank Zappa. And paying tribute to his late icon is The Zappa Band – a group largely comprised of former members of Frank’s bands. And for the first time ever, the group (who had previously opened a string of shows for prog greats King Crimson) will be headlining their own tour for much of June – beginning in New York on the 12th, and then wrapping up in New Hampshire on the 26th. And thus far, the...

Chris Rock's comedy tour ticket sales have seen a major boost after Will Smith slapped him in what has become a viral moment. After telling a joke about Smith's wife, Rock got much more than he bargained for from the defensive husband at the Oscars Sunday night. The slap heard around the world was by far the most talked about event of the Oscars, and the wave of attention could be driving comedygoers to see Rock perform live. More tickets for his tour were sold over one night than in the past month, according to a report. Ticket prices have...

New method can pull rare earth elements from electronic waste and coal ash.. When a pulse of current goes through a tube containing coal ash, a flash of light indicates rapid heating. Rare earth elements then become much easier to extract.. As chemists scramble to find ways to reclaim valuable metals from industrial waste and discarded electronics, one team has found a solution that sounds a little like magic: Zap the trash with flashes of electric heat. Rare earth elements (REEs) present an environmental paradox. On one hand, these dozen or so metals, such as yttrium and neodymium, are vital...

President Biden gave out hugs and words of encouragement Friday as he toured wildfire damage in Colorado with his wife, first lady Jill Biden. The recently extinguished blaze between Denver and Boulder destroyed about 1,100 structures, including hundreds of homes. Two people were missing and feared dead.

President Biden announced Monday that he will go to Kentucky to survey the aftermath of devastating tornadoes that left dozens dead and thousands without electricity and other utilities. The White House press office said Biden will visit the Army installation at Fort Campbell, Ky., for a briefing on the storm before visiting Mayfield and Dawson Springs to inspect the damage.

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Saying immigration has become the top security concern in Texas, state Land Commissioner George P. Bush kicked off his “Secure the Border” tour Tuesday in El Paso. “We’re covering roughly 1,277 miles from El Paso to Brownsville highlighting the efforts of law enforcement and exposing the weakness, unwillingness of the federal government to do its job and support these individuals who keep watch every day and make sure we remain a country of laws,” Bush said. The land commissioner, who is running for state attorney general, met with Border Patrol union leaders and pledged...