Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) is using a new artificial intelligence tool to find her voice as she battles a brain disorder that affects her ability to speak. Last year, Wexton was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, which prohibits some of her ability to speak, hear, and move. “For those of you who heard me speak before […]
Kroger and Albertsons are set to close almost 600 stores as part of a proposed merger. Should the merger go through, multiple states will experience closures within the double digits, and there would be even more in Washington and Arizona, with 124 and 101 closures, respectively. There would be 63 closures in California, meanwhile, and […]
A Democratic congressional candidate in New York invests in a distillery in Washington, D.C., that hosted an event with an anti-Israel chef who has sympathized with Hamas. Republic Restoratives, a distillery that calls itself “women-owned, LGBTQ-led, and the largest crowdfunded distillery in U.S. history,” brought in chef Marcelle Afram, who recently called those who condemn […]
A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday unveiled a plan to block members of Congress and the president from trading stock while in office. The legislation would make it a penalty for representatives, senators, the president, and the vice president, as well as their spouses, children, and dependents, from engaging in such investments. The proposed […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unveiled her impeachment articles against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Wednesday, following through on a threat from the beginning of the month to do so after the high court’s presidential immunity ruling. Ocasio-Cortez said she introduced the articles as a response to the “unchecked corruption crisis on […]
President Joe Biden‘s efforts to coalesce doubting Democratic officials after the first debate bear a surprising resemblance to a campaign strategy previously employed by his 2024 general election opponent, former President Donald Trump. In recent days, the president has found himself in a position not totally dissimilar to that of Trump throughout the 2016 election cycle. […]
While former President Donald Trump has attempted to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind the policy plan, is on full display at the Republican National Convention. The Heritage Foundation signed on to the RNC as a convention sponsor, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The group plans to […]
Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) is facing attacks from Democrats over his up to $50,000 Boeing stock sale in August 2020, which he failed to disclose before the deadline. In an attempt to strip voter support from the incumbent Republican, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a new ad highlighting several news reports that cited Garcia […]
The Department of Justice provided a glimpse in a court filing on Tuesday night of how it will attempt to preserve Jan. 6 cases that a pivotal Supreme Court ruling last month threatened to upend. DOJ prosecutors wrote that in the case of Tara Stottlemyer, a North Carolina farmer and mother to a one-year-old, the defendant should continue to […]
NATO leaders and member states have shared new updates on their short and long-term support for Ukraine during this week’s summit. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday night that the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Romania will provide Ukraine with much-needed long-range air defense systems. On Wednesday morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said […]
