A host of unions and left-leaning interest groups denounced a proposal pitched by New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission that would bring open primaries to the Big Apple. On Sunday, 13 unions and 29 advocacy groups sent a letter to the New York City Charter Revision Commission urging it to reject the […]
Reza Pahlavi, the crown prince of Iran, has opened a platform through which members of the Islamic Republic’s government and military can defect from the regime. The son of Iran’s last shah is escalating his campaign for a populist uprising against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who he claimed is considering an escape amid the […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) credited the U.S. strikes against Iran for “protecting” Israel and America, an effort that he implied the Democratic Party hated. President Donald Trump ordered three of Iran’s nuclear sites destroyed by six 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles Saturday. Cruz commended Trump for “acting precisely” on Fox News’s Fox […]
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case from Virginia officials seeking to thwart a lawsuit challenging the commonwealth’s permanent ban on convicted felons from voting in elections. The high court released its decision not to hear the case as part of its orders list Monday, rejecting a petition that was brought to the justices […]
New York State Representative Zohran Mamdani has overcome former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a new ranked choice poll released on the eve of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. Mamdani leads Cuomo by four points, 52% to 48%, in the eighth and final round of a ranked choice simulation, according to a new […]
President Donald Trump’s recent appointment of 22-year-old Thomas Fugate to the Department of Homeland Security’s counterterrorism division is sparking backlash. The White House appointed Fugate to DHS’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, which is responsible for preventing domestic terrorism and targeted violence. The news comes as Iran considers retaliating against the United States after […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on Monday that President Donald Trump coined the term “peace through strength,” though its origin in United States politics actually dates back to the 1960s. The Trump administration has been touting the phrase following the U.S.’s strikes against Iranian nuclear sites, where “monumental” damage was carried out. “Nobody […]
White men applying for executive positions have a new hurdle in their way: artificial intelligence. Fresh research promoted by a new AI watchdog has revealed that resume audit filters used by mega-corporations to help identify the best candidates for top jobs have a secret bias that favors black people over white people and women over […]
Former President Bill Clinton endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor two days before the primary election. Cuomo is campaigning in his first election that will be determined by ranked choice voting. In New York, only city elections are determined this way, as state elections go to the person with the most […]
(The Center Square) – After vetoing 26 bills the legislature passed during the regular legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott early Monday called a special legislative session. “Working with the Texas Legislature, we delivered results that will benefit Texans for generations to come,” Abbott said. “Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dustin Burrows, and the Texas House […]
