Less than a week before Christmas, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that workers will strike at various Amazon locations throughout the country starting Thursday at 6 a.m. The work stoppage is due to a union claim that Amazon has repeatedly rejected bargaining requests with “thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters,” read […]
Venezuela’s opposition party leaders may have been stonewalled by Nicolas Maduro’s regime regarding the country’s presidential election, denying them their rightful place as victors. However, the European Union has acknowledged their efforts and plight by recognizing them with a human rights prize. The country’s election was held on July 28, but Maduro and Edmundo Gonzalez, […]
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was on Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers regarding increased regulations on youth residential treatment facilities. She caught attention for more than just her lobbying: She went viral riding around Capitol Hill on a motorized suitcase. “My brother in law is in DC for work and saw Paris Hilton pass […]
The Department of Justice’s internal investigation into misconduct allegations against special counsel Jack Smith’s office will not conclude until next year, likely after Smith’s office has already disbanded, the department said Wednesday. The DOJ revealed the rough time frame in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed concern that the Department of Justice’s investigation into him could be politically motivated due to his opposition to President Joe Biden’s border policy. During an interview on Fox News’s The Story on Wednesday, Adams was asked if he believed that “the Biden Justice Department came after you and […]
House Republican leaders have pulled a three-month government funding package from consideration amid mounting opposition from President-elect Donald Trump and members of the GOP conference. It’s unclear what a new deal to fund the government ahead of the Friday night shutdown deadline will look like, but Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) told reporters on Wednesday […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) offered a lighthearted response after President-elect Donald Trump commented on her failure to clinch a powerful House committee position. The progressive New Yorker recently opposed establishment Democrats when she challenged the older Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) for the top Democratic position on the influential House Oversight Committee. After Ocasio-Cortez lost the […]
House Democratic leaders put the onus on if the government enters a shutdown later this week on House Republicans, accusing GOP leaders of unilaterally scrapping a bipartisan agreement to appease far-right conservatives and their incoming commander in chief. In a brief statement on Wednesday evening, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) blamed House Republicans for walking […]
California became the first state in the country on Wednesday to declare a statewide emergency over the H5N1 bird flu. With federal data showing the Golden State is home to over half of the reported human cases of bird flu across the U.S., Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) issued a proclamation “to ensure government agencies have […]
Joe Biden‘s popularity has not improved post-election, with the lame-duck president receiving his lowest approval rating in one respected poll. In a survey conducted this month by Marquette Law School Poll, 34% of respondents approved of Biden and 66% disapproved, for a net approval rating of negative 32 percentage points. According to Marquette, the poll […]
