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Join us Tuesday, August 12, for a no-holds-barred interview as Beau Bayh—son of Evan and grandson of Birch—sits down with Gary Snyder and The SnydeReport for his first-ever media appearance amid growing speculation that he’s eyeing a run for Indiana Secretary of State.
Nothing is off limits. No question goes unanswered.
You don’t want to miss this one.
Beau Bayh takes the oath becoming a member of the Indiana Bar Association. September 2024. Birch Bayh Federal Building,Indianapolis. The Honorable David Hamilton, judge United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit presiding. The rule of law is one of the things that makes America exceptional. We must defend it.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is distancing himself from a pastor who’s called for the execution of gay and lesbian people, after sharing a post from him on social media.
Yeonsoo Go, a South Korean student at Purdue University and the daughter of a beloved Episcopal priest in New York, told a friend she was nervous about a visa hearing last week, given the stream of headlines about the Trump administration’s aggressive pursuit of immigration enforcement.
The Marion County prosecutor’s office in Indianapolis has begun interviewing people regarding a deepfake video of a state lawmaker’s wife which was shared among statehouse staff earlier this year, according to people familiar with the prosecutor’s outreach.
Not great that people like Micah BeQwith are in positions of power but don’t understand how our constitution works, and are arrogant in their ignorance.
Former Gov. Mitch Daniels said he didn’t “see the point” of redistricting in Indiana, just as Vice President JD Vance was in the state pressing Republicans for an edge in the contest for control of the House. “It would just be wrong,” Daniels told POLITICO. “People there have a right to pick the person they want.”
To me, “1984” was originally a rock album, the last studio collection of songs by the original members of Van Halen. It was July 7, 1984, when the 16-year-old version of me earned his way to a spot right in front of Eddie Van Halen’s place on the stage at Roberts Stadium in Evansville for the biggest tour of the year. Back then, we fought for those spots on the arena floor.
The federal government canceled grant funding to help lower-income and disadvantaged communities afford solar panels. That includes more than $117 million for projects in Indiana.
Members of Indiana University’s Board of Trustees aren’t saying why they met early Friday in a closed-door session in Bloomington. IU officials announced the meeting only a few days ahead of time.
The Department of Natural Resources issued an advisory on Lake Monroe, asking people to take extra precautions because while toxin concentrations are below thresholds, they still require attention.
Turns out the best way to fix Indiana’s budget “shortfalls” is to whack smokers upside the head with a 200% cigarette tax hike. Gov. Mike Braun and the GOP supermajority jacked the per-pack tax from $1 to $3, and now they’re swimming in a July windfall of $40.2 million — more than double last year’s haul.
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Russian officials and commentators crowed about landing a summit between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump on Friday in Alaska, the first time the Russian leader has been invited to the United States outside the United Nations since 2007 — and apparently without the Kremlin having made any clear concessions over its war in Ukraine.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) acknowledged that prices were up as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, yet emphasized that it’s “for the good of the country” in a Saturday appearance on Fox Report With Jon Scott.
Tourism is down by roughly 11% in Las Vegas this year, with visitor numbers, convention attendance and hotel occupancy all lower than usual, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Michigan's governor met privately with President Donald Trump to urge him to change course on tariffs that are having a big impact on automakers in her state.
Around 2 a.m., noisy revelers emerging from clubs and bars packed the sidewalks of U Street in Washington, many of them seeking a late-night slice or falafel. A robust but not unusual contingent of city police cruisers lingered around the edges of the crowds. At other late-night hot spots, nearly identical scenes unfolded.
President Donald Trump’s shocking defense of a champion boxer who raped a teenage girl has resurfaced as the president faces intense scrutiny of his relationship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
“These motherfuckers are panicking right now,” O’Rourke said during an interview in New Orleans on Friday for Netroots Nation, a nonprofit organization for progressive activism.
The US under President Donald Trump is crafting a confrontational approach toward Latin America that signals a willingness to use military force against drug cartels, discarding the Biden administration’s preference for carrots over sticks to coax countries into alignment with US interests.
Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.
Fox News personality Mark Levin started the heated feud when he attacked the Georgia Republican on X. He linked to a Mediaite article about far-right conspiracist Laura Loomer tearing into Greene, and wrote: “Good for Laura further exposing kook MTG.”
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Saturday to call out Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and her husband, Paul Pelosi, over their stock market dealings, calling the congresswoman a “disgusting degenerate” and accusing the couple of using inside information to profit.
HOOSIERS! You keep showing up across our state to protest the actions of the Republican supermajority in cities and towns large and small. On the weekend of June 14, over 30,000 Hoosiers showed up to events in over 50 locations, according to data compiled by volunteers.
There were an estimated 12,000 attendees in Indianapolis, 5,000 in Fort Wayne, 3,000 in Bloomington, 2,000 in South Bend, 1,200 in Madison, 1,000 in Highland, 1,000 in Michigan City.
But those were the larger cities. Small towns showed up too! 450 in Pendleton, 400 in Warsaw, 150 in Spencer, 250 in Nashville, 200 in Bedford, 75 in Kentland, and many more in dozens of other cities across the state.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is considered day-to-day with a dislocated pinkie, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Friday.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points and Lexie Hull scored 17 points and the Indiana Fever beat the Chicago Sky 92-70 on Saturday. Sophie Cunningham scored 10 of her 16 points before halftime and Aliyah Boston scored 15 points for Indiana (18-14).
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is considered day-to-day with a dislocated pinkie, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Friday.
