Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Tuesday made attacking the Trump administration a running theme of his 2025 State of the State address, reviewing California’s record this year. In a written address, Newsom highlighted his administration’s response to affordability, housing, homelessness and the deadly Los Angeles fires. He argued that California has “built an economic foundation […]
North Carolina Republican officials on Wednesday announced a vigil in honor of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who died last month in an unprovoked stabbing on Charlotte’s transit system. The vigil will be held at the East/West Boulevard light rail station in Charlotte at 8 p.m. on Sept. 22 to mark 30 days after Zarutska’s death. “I […]
A federal appeals court panel reinstated Shira Perlmutter as the register of copyrights on Wednesday as she fights a legal battle over her firing from the position by President Donald Trump in May. The 2-1 ruling by the panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that Perlmutter was […]
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers announced on Tuesday that they will visit China for the first time since 2019. The U.S. congressional delegation to China is organized by Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), according to NBC News, which first reported the trip. Smith is the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Mike […]
New Mexico officials announced Monday that it will become the first state to make child care free regardless of one’s income. The universal child care program will build on an existing program that has provided child care at no cost to thousands of children. The expansion will begin in November. “Child care is essential to […]
Hamtramck, Michigan, can legally prohibit the display of the LGBT flag, a federal judge ruled Monday. The city council of Hamtramck, an enclave within Detroit, passed a resolution in June 2023 that banned any “religious, ethnic, racial, political, or sexual orientation group flags” from being flown on public property. Two former city officials subsequently raised […]
As someone who escaped socialism to find opportunity in a nation built on centuries of capitalist principles, I find it troubling to see growing support for socialism among people who have never endured its true horrors. According to a recent Gallup poll, support for capitalism has slipped to 54% among young Americans, while support for […]
Republican Study Committee members extended their thanks to multiple National Guard members, buying them breakfast and speaking with them outside the Washington Monument. The committee held the event early Wednesday morning to discuss the results of President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia, where almost 2,200 arrests have been made since last month. Reps. Mike Collins […]
Former Democratic state Rep. Mesha Mainor, who left the party in 2023, announced her campaign as a Republican for Georgia state school superintendent. Mainor left the Democratic Party over disagreements with its stance on taxpayer-funded school vouchers for private schools. The school voucher bill passed with her support when she joined the Republican Party. “I’m […]
The Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday that it is repealing the Biden administration’s Public Land Rule, meant to boost conservation, to instead prioritize using public land for multiple purposes, including grazing, recreation, and energy development. The Biden administration finalized the Public Land Rule, also known as the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, in […]
