From McDonald’s to Congress: can a former fry cook flip a key district for Democrats?
Manny Rutinel hopes price-tag politics can win key voters in Colorado House race During his presidential campaign in October 2024, Donald Trump staged a photo op at a McDonald’s franchise in Pennsylvania, where he was briefly taught how to work the fryer and drive-thru window at the closed restaurant, while making several unsubstantiated claims about Kamala Harris’s past summer job at McDonald’s.…
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, convicted in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh killings, passed away on August 20, 2026, at the age of 84 in Safdarjung Hospital. Kumar was initially brought to the hospital with an altered sensorium and resuscitation measures were taken, but he could not be saved. He had a history of multiple hospital admissions due to high blood pressure and Parkinson’s disease.
Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2018 by the Delhi High Court for the killing of five Sikhs and burning of a gurdwara during the anti-Sikh riots. However, a Delhi court acquitted him in January 2026 due to the "absence of credible evidence" against him. Kumar was a three-time Lok Sabha member and had represented the Outer Delhi constituency.
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