(The Center Square) – An Illinois state lawmaker blames “reckless immigration policies” after a crash killed Coles County Board Member Mike Clayton and his wife, Gail. The driver is reportedly in the U.S. illegally. Edwin Pacheco-Meza is being charged with driving under the influence and reckless homicide. State Rep. Adam Niemerg, whose district includes Coles […]
A group of Democratic states is suing the Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Brooke Rollins, for failing to use emergency funds to help alleviate the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits caused by the government shutdown. Filed in a Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday, the lawsuit alleges the Trump administration illegally suspended SNAP […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin is joining the lawsuit to stop the end of SNAP benefits this weekend. Gov. Tony Evers said President Trump, however, doesn’t have to wait on the case, that the president could simply give Wisconsin the $115 million needed to cover the state’s food stamp tab in November. “They can do it. […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) railed against the Trump administration in a press briefing on Tuesday for not allowing emergency funds to be used for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the government shutdown. SNAP funding is expected to lapse on Nov. 1, and the Department of Agriculture has announced that contingency funds will not be […]
House Democrats intensified their pushback against a new House Oversight Committee report scrutinizing former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen, framing the investigation as a political diversion while the federal government remains shut down, despite the fact that the committee’s investigation began months earlier. “While House Republicans obsess about President Biden’s health, they are […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Kuwait ambassador lacks the support to be confirmed over what Republicans say is a history of antisemitism and sympathy toward U.S.-designated terrorist groups. Amer Ghalib, the former first Muslim-American mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, faced bipartisan backlash last week during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Enough GOP senators oppose his […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he “doesn’t see a path” for President Donald Trump to serve a third term, despite Trump suggesting otherwise. “Well, there is the 22nd Amendment,” Johnson said at a press conference Tuesday, adding that he spoke with Trump that morning as the president continues on his tour of Asia. “I […]
Kai Trump, President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, announced Tuesday she is making her Ladies Professional Golf Association debut next month, fulfilling “a dream” of hers. Trump, the daughter of Donald Trump Jr., caught the nation’s attention when she spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention to stump for her “normal grandpa” in the presidential election. Since […]
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from requiring state sexual education programs to remove references to gender identity to continue receiving federal grants. Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted a request on Monday from Democrat-led states, including Oregon, Washington, New York, and Maryland, along with […]
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger outraised her Republican competitor, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, by more than $2 million in the last campaign finance reports filed before Election Day. Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 23, Spanberger raised $11.73 million compared to Earle-Sears’s $9.5 million, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which posted finance reports […]
