Californians rejected a measure that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour. Over two weeks after Election Day, California has counted over 99% of the votes and revealed that a slim majority of 50.8% as of Wednesday voted against Proposition 32. This is the first time voters have rejected a wage […]
(The Center Square) – California gas prices could rise up to $1.15 per gallon next year thanks to the state’s new carbon credit system, taxes, refinery regulations, and refinery shutdown. This would require the typical Californian to make up to $1,000 per year more in pre-tax income to “break even,” according to an analysis from […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), chairman of the congressional committee that oversees the IRS, is demanding the agency strip a progressive nonprofit organization of its tax-exempt status after the Treasury Department determined in October that one of its subsidiaries is a terrorist front group. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated terrorist […]
The possibility of President-elect Donald Trump replacing FBI Director Christopher Wray has gained traction in recent days as separate factions of the Republican Party prop up possible candidates. Kash Patel, who served in senior advisory roles in the intelligence community and State Department during the first Trump administration, is the preferred candidate of the MAGA […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has retreated from the public spotlight since her resounding loss to President-elect Donald Trump two weeks ago. As Democrats reel from a Republican takeover of Washington, Harris traveled to Kalaoa, Hawaii, on Tuesday evening, capping a postelection period in which she has shifted back into the background of the Biden administration. […]
Progressive lawmakers who once worked closely with former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard are not rushing to support President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for director of national intelligence. The former Democratic congresswoman-turned-Republican nominee for a key Trump administration role has worked closely with some of the Democratic senators who could decide her fate during the confirmation process. “I […]
During a recent episode of “The View,” the panel discussed President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections. They mocked the selections and even jokingly insinuated Trump’s choices were based on vanity and aesthetics rather than legitimate qualifications. “It’s a TV Cabinet. Maybe he’s doing it because he wants to make sure they look good on screen, co-host […]
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a dramatic pivot in relations with Venezuela by referring to Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition leader candidate from Venezuela’s presidential election in July, as president-elect. The acknowledgment is a strong switch in relations between the United States and Venezuela. It is the first time that Blinken or the […]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) suggested that Senate Republicans could call the witnesses involved in former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s sexual misconduct case if the House Ethics Committee does not release its report. Gaetz is facing an uphill battle to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, and his past alleged misconduct has been the main […]
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated transition co-chairwoman Linda McMahon for education secretary. Trump named his other transition co-chairman, Howard Lutnick, for commerce secretary earlier Tuesday. In a statement released Tuesday night, Trump praised McMahon and said she will lead efforts “to send education back to the states.” “Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, […]
