Policies related to transgender children and young adults, including sex-segregated school sports and gender transition medicine for minors, will be on the ballot in five states during the midterm elections. Missourians and Coloradans will be asked to weigh whether to prohibit medical professionals from providing minors with procedures or treatments with the intent of transitioning […]
The third round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The first round went out on Oct. 14 to those born on or before the […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his closest allies in Washington could hold sweeping new power if Democrats retake the Senate in November, shifting the party closer to his trademark brand of economic populism. Sanders, the Vermont socialist and two-time presidential candidate, is likely to chair the Senate panel responsible for overseeing labor, education, and healthcare […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Democratic nominees in competitive races in Ohio are contending with whether to campaign on impeaching President Donald Trump — again. The issue has created fissures among Democrats across the country as they try to motivate their base with arguments regarding allegations of Trump administration corruption. At the same time, they are hoping […]
Less than a week before polls close, courts are still weighing a growing array of election-related lawsuits over voter identification, citizenship checks, access to registration records, and the federal government’s authority to intervene in state election procedures. For some smaller cases already adjudicated, President Donald Trump’s Republican Party has been on the winning side. For […]
President Donald Trump alluded to the likelihood that the Iran war will resume in earnest after next week’s midterm elections. “You’ll see Iran in a couple of weeks, if you don’t mind,” Trump told a crowd on Tuesday during a rally in Lubbock, Texas. Trump has used the campaign trail to defend the Iran war, […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a cross-party backing that could move the needle for the only Democrat on Alaska’s ranked choice ballot. Murkowski released an email statement in which she urged voters to set partisan politics aside and support Kreiss-Tomkins, colloquially known as JKT, and his running mate, Anchorage Assemblyman […]
A federal appeals court grilled the Department of Justice on Tuesday over its challenge of Virginia laws that the Trump administration says unconstitutionally impede on federal immigration enforcement operations, as similar efforts to limit cooperation with federal immigration officials in other states also face legal battles. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is demanding that a Bucks County commissioner recuse herself from serving on the board of elections this cycle, claiming her “partisan bias is on full display in this election,” according to a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner. In the letter, attorneys for Fitzpatrick write that Bucks County Commissioner […]
The Prince George’s County Council voted Tuesday to approve a multimillion-dollar financing package for a $1.4 billion Sphere entertainment venue at Maryland’s National Harbor, clearing a major hurdle for the development of a smaller version of the Las Vegas attraction. The council voted unanimously to authorize up to $215 million in special obligation bonds to […]
