Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) publicly urged Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) not to run for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, taking to X on Thursday afternoon following reports of her expected candidacy announcement. He wrote in continued support of liberal oyster farmer candidate Graham Platner, whose political outsider, working-class campaign has received national recognition. “Graham Platner is […]
A federal appeals court judge on Thursday cast doubt on Oregon’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Portland, saying there was no evidence the deployment was unlawful despite state concerns about presidential overreach. Judge Ryan D. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said he was […]
A new poll granted hope to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign Thursday with Mayor Eric Adams out of the New York City mayoral race. The Quinnipiac survey saw Cuomo up 10 percentage points in support from the last survey, when Adams was still in the race. Cuomo was expected to pick up some of Adams’s […]
Senate Democrats aren’t keen on an offer being weighed by GOP leadership that could end the shutdown. However, some see it as “progress” on a log jam that on Thursday stretched into its ninth day. The possible GOP olive branch would be an assurance on a future stand-alone vote to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies that […]
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has handed down an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, bringing one charge of bank fraud, according to sources familiar with the matter. The investigation into James follows allegations that she misrepresented a Virginia residence as her “principal residence” in 2023 in order […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Thursday urged four of the country’s largest banks to release more financial records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee sent letters to JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and Bank of New York Mellon, demanding they release information […]
EXCLUSIVE — Federal law enforcement believes bounties placed on the heads of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeping the streets of Chicago originated in Mexico and that local gangs are actively trying to carry out the assassinations. The Department of Homeland Security shared internal information from the Drug Enforcement Administration with the Washington Examiner on […]
With the peace plan pushed by President Donald Trump set to be implemented over the weekend, celebrations broke out on the streets of Israel and the Palestinian territories, with recordings showing people chanting Trump’s name. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s security Cabinet is set to meet Thursday night to discuss the plan, according to Shosh […]
President Donald Trump announced a new agreement with Finland Thursday to build 11 new icebreakers, continuing his push to rebuild the Navy. Alexander Stubb and Petteri Orpo, the president and prime minister of Finland, joined Trump at the White House to unveil the new cooperative partnership. “What you’re doing is you’re going to be teaching […]
(The Center Square) – Washington state’s public pension system is among the best funded in the nation, but concerns remain that long-term planning decisions could end up costing taxpayers in more ways than one. While some stakeholders have called attention to optimistic investment forecasting, others believe the state should actually reduce spending into various pension plans expected to […]
