Two of California’s most prominent Republicans have returned to the political stage to oppose Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) statewide campaign to get voters to approve new congressional districts. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are using their considerable clout to raise money and speak out against Proposition 50, a November ballot […]
Transgender bathroom policies — and their precipitating controversies — at two Virginia public school districts are taking center stage in the contentious gubernatorial face-off between GOP Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger. The school policy in Arlington County, an affluent Northern Virginia area, allowed a serial sex offender, who identifies as […]
House Republicans are ramping up their push to protect one of the narrowest majorities in modern history, sending Rep. Brian Jack (R-GA) on a recruitment swing on Tuesday through two Democratic-held House districts that President Donald Trump carried in the last election. Republicans currently hold a 219–212 edge in the House, with three Democratic seats […]
Prosecutors told a judge on Tuesday that Nadine Menendez deserves a seven-year prison sentence for her role in a massive bribery plot that cost her husband his senator office and landed him in jail for over a decade. Menendez, 58, the wife of disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), had an integral part in the […]
President Donald Trump’s legal team filed an appeal with the New York Court of Appeals, asking the state to erase the remaining fines levied by state Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit against him. James’s civil fraud lawsuit, and its hefty fines against the president, were thrown out last week. The lawsuit alleged Trump inflated his […]
Democrats flipped an Iowa state Senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, breaking the GOP supermajority in the state. Democrat Catelin Drey beat Republican Christopher Prosch to fill the seat of the late Republican state Sen. Rocky De Witt. With the win, Democrats now have 17 state Senate seats to 33 Republican seats. The Democratic […]
The NAACP and a lawyers’ civil rights group sued Texas, alleging the state’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act prohibits a practice known as “racial gerrymandering,” or the act of redistricting to dilute or concentrate the voting power of minority voters based on their race. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. —The Democratic National Committee‘s Rules and Bylaws Committee passed an amendment Tuesday evening prohibiting officers and staff from meddling in Democratic primary elections. The vote was previously meant to rebuke and block David Hogg, a former DNC vice chairman, from endorsing younger candidates against elder incumbents. But before the DNC summer gathering this week, […]
Israel claimed that a strike that hit a hospital, killing 20 people, including five journalists, was targeting a Hamas observation camera. Israel faced intense international scrutiny after footage emerged of what initially appeared to be a double-tap strike targeting Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, resulting in one of the single greatest losses of life of […]
Cracker Barrel is returning to its old logo, which featured an old man leaning on a barrel, after its simplified logo was met with backlash from the public and President Donald Trump. The company announced the move in a statement Tuesday. “We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel,” the […]
