The full Senate will move toward a vote on a long-stalled bipartisan plan to expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions. The vote, which comes after months of uncertainty about the proposal, is expected not to succeed, but it will put Republicans on the record on the matter. Some Republicans in […]
President Joe Biden appeared to put personal grievances aside to shake hands with the first member of Congress to implore him to step down as the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee. Biden appeared friendly toward Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who represents Austin, Texas, in Congress, when Doggett greeted Biden in his hometown Monday before the president’s address at […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign is benefiting from Zoom calls organizing every kind of voting bloc — including one for “childless cat ladies,” a knock at Sen. J.D. Vance‘s (R-OH) recent comments that have drawn ire and donations from Democrats. Within the week since President Joe Biden dropped out of the election and quickly endorsed […]
There are just 11 days left for Costco customers to submit a claim to receive money from a class-action lawsuit settlement if they purchased Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes between 2011 and 2017 in New York. The lawsuit claims that Costco falsely advertised the wipes as flushable when they actually weren’t, and the wipes damaged […]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and several county supervisors are pushing back against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) executive order to start clearing homeless encampments, arguing it’s only a temporary fix to a decades-old problem. Bass, whose first act after taking the oath of office as Los Angeles’s mayor in December 2022 was to declare a state of emergency […]
Tech conglomerate Meta said it mistakenly fact-checked the image of former President Donald Trump raising his fist moments after being shot during an assassination attempt at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Meta spokeswoman Dani Lever said the company’s fact check warning was supposed to apply to an altered version of the image […]
It’s the summer of “weird” in the battle for the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris and her allies are painting the Republican ticket of former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as “weird” and “extreme” in a strategy that diverges from the Democrats’ “threat to democracy” attack line. Vance and his allies […]
Former President Donald Trump has again partnered with social media influencer and boxer Jake Paul on TikTok, during which he promoted delivering “another knockout.” Trump posted a couple of videos featuring Paul on Sunday, with the two receiving a combined total of 5 million views. The first video shows the two taking boxing stances against […]
The Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona, John Giles, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumed Democratic nominee, for president. Giles, who has been the mayor of the Phoenix suburb for 10 years, said he plans to put “country over party” this election instead of backing the top of the Republican ticket: former President Donald […]
Virginia shoppers can save money on back-to-school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday this weekend. The 3-day tax holiday on certain items will take place from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4. This year’s eligible goods include qualifying school supplies, clothing, hurricane and emergency preparedness items, and Energy Star or WaterSense products. Here’s a complete […]
