A half-dozen House Republicans have signed on to a bipartisan pledge circulating Congress that vows to certify the results of the 2024 election, including those running for reelection in districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020. The “Unity Commitment” is being led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Don Bacon (R-NE) as a way […]
At the Congressional Black Caucus‘s annual legislative conference on Friday, members of Congress and their allies stressed the importance of increasing turnout among black voters as Vice President Kamala Harris seeks the White House. In Washington, multiple speakers on different panels discussed the ability of black voters to decide the November election, just 53 days […]
Former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard pushed back on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s claims that the Department of Justice would never “be used as a political weapon.” During an address to DOJ employees, Garland fought back against threats made against them, which he said were spurred by “dangerous falsehoods” that the department is being weaponized […]
President Joe Biden has taken new executive action to crack down on illegal goods, such as fentanyl, that criminals are concealing in the millions of small e-commerce packages mailed into the United States daily, particularly from Chinese entities. The Biden-Harris White House signed an executive order Friday to give officers at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s […]
Longtime Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) is expected to be discharged from the hospital in “a matter of days,” according to the congressman’s office. Wilson’s office said the lawmaker got a pacemaker and “is recovering quickly” in a statement on X on Friday. The news comes after reports that Wilson collapsed at an event earlier this […]
President Joe Biden suffered a verbal stumble Friday that was reminiscent of former President Donald Trump. The president, while speaking to attendees at a brunch celebration of Black Excellence at the White House, got tongue-tied and repeated a phrase that’s landed Trump in hot water in recent months: “black jobs.” “With your help, in just […]
Singer John Legend, a supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris, defended the Haitians flooding into his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, as job seekers following reports that the migrants were eating the town’s ducks and animals. Thousands of Haitian immigrants have arrived in Springfield in the last few years, and Legend took to Instagram on Thursday […]
The Alaska Democratic Party’s lawsuit to remove an imprisoned congressional candidate from November’s ballot was rejected by the Alaska Supreme Court. The court ruled Thursday that Democrat Eric Hafner, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in New York, can stay on the ballot in his bid for the state’s sole House seat. The Alaska […]
New York City is one step closer to conducting its own study into the effects of slavery and possible reparations after the city council passed legislation on Thursday. In recent years, various cities and states have approved task forces to examine the history of slavery in their jurisdiction in the past and potentially recommend reparations […]
Former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) are arguing that a Kamala Harris presidency is going to turn the country into a giant mirror of California without the nice weather. Ever since Harris jumped into the presidential race after President Joe Biden dropped out, she has been working to create […]
