The national average price for a gallon of regular gas on Tuesday is $3.163. The price marks an increase of three consecutive days at the pumps to begin August, according to AAA. Yet, despite the recent slight increase in average gas prices, for the most part, fuel costs have been steady this summer, as the […]
Texas Democrats grapple with legal, political, and personal pressure as they protest Republican efforts to rewrite the state’s congressional map before next year’s elections. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has threatened to remove 50 or so Democrats from the Texas House who traveled to Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York last weekend to deny a quorum for […]
President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to call the state legislature in for a special session where they could approve new congressional maps that would redraw district lines in favor of Republicans. That began a partisan back-and-forth, with Democratic states such as California and New York threatening to redraw their maps in favor […]
Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris will each try to tell their side of the 2024 campaign story in forthcoming books. The question is whether they will have much interesting to say if they try to keep their stories straight. Harris will get the first word when 107 Days comes out in September. […]
Moms for Liberty, the parents’ rights organization which rose to prominence for championing more parental involvement in education, was labeled a hate group by a state committee responsible for training police officers. The Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee classified Moms for Liberty as a “hate group” in its training materials, putting them in the same […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) defended his state’s controversial redistricting move as necessary, given the Democrats’ own gerrymandering. Texas has become the center of a national dispute over redistricting after the latest electoral map heavily favored Republicans, stripping the Democrats of five seats. In an appearance on Fox News’s Hannity, Abbott defended the move and pointed […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs suggested a rule proposal on Monday that would prohibit abortions at VA Department medical facilities. If passed, it would reverse the decision to allow abortions at VA medical sites that was established in 2022. Previously, VA rules were in effect that did not allow abortions at VA facilities since 1999. […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wrote to President Donald Trump on Monday to ask that he commute former New York Rep. George Santos’s nearly seven-year prison sentence. Santos began his sentence last month after pleading guilty to money laundering and wire fraud charges, among other things, as part of a plea deal in April. On […]
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed six Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program waivers on Monday to strike sugary drinks and candy as eligible purchases from the program. Joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA), Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R-WV), and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, Rollins signed waivers […]
Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran, who was fired earlier this year after launching a scathing personal attack on top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, is now admitting what many conservatives have long alleged: Mainstream media outlets are biased against President Donald Trump. In a revealing Substack essay titled “RIP, CBS”, Moran reflected on his nearly […]
