The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose slightly to $3.02 on Wednesday, bucking the trend of downward fuel costs. It was less than a one-cent increase from Monday’s price of $3.011. Despite the rise, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is still less expensive than a week ago, […]
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has a little over 40 days remaining as an employee of a presidential administration. Yet, despite his time as transportation secretary coming to an end, many are convinced Buttigieg has a bright political future. And, with his residential move from Indiana to Michigan after his failed 2020 presidential campaign, some […]
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Ronald Johnson as U.S. ambassador to Mexico. Johnson is a former U.S. Army Green Beret officer who served from 1984-1998 before retiring as a colonel. He was also a former CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer. Just as he has for his previous nominations, Trump announced Johnson’s in a post on Truth Social. […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says his coming six-year term will likely be his last in the Senate. The lawmaker will be 89 at the end of it. “I’m 83 now,” he told Politico to questions about whether it will be his final one. “I’ll be 89 when I get out of here. You can do […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) says she was assaulted by a “pro-trans man” at the Capitol on Tuesday night. She said she is wearing a new wrist brace and has iced her arm after the attack. A statement from the Capitol Police said the incident was reported by Mace’s office just before 6 p.m. Eastern time […]
President-elect Donald Trump said he would expedite the approval of permits to anyone who invests $1 billion or more in the United States. Trump campaigned on slashing regulations in order to stimulate economic growth. “Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals […]
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a new Federal Trade Commission chairman as he continues to make picks for his incoming administration. Trump announced the promotion of current FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to chairman and the nomination of Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece, along with Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) as the deputy director for budget […]
Progressive House Democrats are demanding that President Joe Biden take executive action in his final days in office to certify the Equal Rights Amendment and commute death row sentences, arguing that he “has the ability, right now, to make a change.” In two separate press conferences on Tuesday, members of the “Squad” gathered outside the […]
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) posted a long thread on X bashing police violence and white supremacy while saying some “white people” are “too far gone.” Bowman lost in the 2024 Democratic primary to Rep.-elect George Latimer largely because of his progressive views as a member of the “Squad.” “Dear White People, I don’t know why […]
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) started to secure support in the Senate on Tuesday in her bid to become the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, with many speculating she will easily move through the confirmation process. Noem was escorted around the Senate office buildings by Hogan Gidley, who served as White House Deputy […]
