Texas lawmakers gathered in New York to blast Republicans’ redistricting proposal after more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state ahead of a scheduled legislative session on Monday. As the GOP seeks to redraw congressional maps and add as many as five congressional seats in their favor, state Democrats broke quorum, or the minimum […]
President Donald Trump‘s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is expected to travel to Russia this week for one last face-to-face meeting before the president’s shortened 10-day window for a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war expires. Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Wednesday or Thursday, Trump told reporters on Sunday. Russian state media reported on Monday […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) blasted President Donald Trump for firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. According to the latest BLS report, the economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 4.2%. The report revised job data downward from what was collected over the […]
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) robbed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) of the spotlight on Sunday in the Democratic response to Texas’s partisan redistricting efforts. Newsom had taken the lead in the conversation, but Pritzker held a news conference with Texas Democrats who had fled to his state to deny the legislature a quorum. Pritzker, surrounded by […]
The recall effort directed toward Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fizzled out on Monday, when a recall measure needed to qualify for the ballot. Calls for Bass’s recall mounted following her lackluster response to the Los Angeles wildfires in January. The Democratic mayor faced criticism partly for her office’s budget cuts to the Los Angeles […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called President Donald Trump a “piece of s***” during larger comments about what she views as a lack of checks against Trump. “Listen, Donald Trump is a piece of shit, OK?” Crockett said.“We know that. Yes, yes! He is, he is! But in a functioning democracy, he still would not be […]
A new federal school voucher program established by President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” has several blue state governments and leaders uncertain if they will participate or not. The federal government will subsidize private school tuition, meaning it will chip in to help cover the cost of a student seeking private education. The government is doing this […]
First lady Melania Trump’s office announced on Monday that it is accepting applications from volunteers interested in decorating the White House for Christmas. Residents from all 50 states are invited to apply, though they must be available in Washington, D.C., when decorating begins during the last week of November. Interested parties can apply online by […]
A majority of voters believe former President Barack Obama‘s national security team schemed and lied in pushing the false “Russiagate” scandal to undermine the legitimate election of President Donald Trump, and now want them prosecuted for it. In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets, 54% of likely voters said it is likely that […]
Tesla decided on Monday to give CEO Elon Musk roughly $30 billion in restricted stock after the chief executive threatened to leave the electric vehicle maker if he didn’t receive more shares. The company revealed the news in a regulatory filing, saying Musk must first pay Tesla $23.34 per share of restricted stock as it […]
