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Gas prices: Average cost for regular gas now under $3.20 per gallon

Gas prices continue to fall across the country as the national average for regular gas decreased to $3.19 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. This is the lowest average cost for a gallon of regular gas since Jan. 2024, when it was $3.075. Other than slight increases at the pumps a week ago, gas […]

Senate Democratic policy shop attacking private equity relies on donors with large investments

A progressive watchdog group shaping Senate Democratic-led proposals targeting the private equity industry fills its war chest with millions of dollars from donors who get rich off lucrative investment funds, documents show. Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a group based in Chicago, has established itself as one of the top outside allies of Sen. Elizabeth Warren […]

Walz debate prompts questions about Harris decision to snub Shapiro for VP

YORK, Pennsylvania — With Gov. Tim Walz‘s (D-MN) wobbly performance during his one and only debate and former President Donald Trump regaining ground in Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris could come to regret not choosing Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) to be her running mate. The Harris campaign is adamant Walz won his debate against Sen. J.D. […]

Post-McCarthy House GOP sheds chaos, but fundraising threatens hold on power

One year after the dramatic ouster of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, lingering doubts over the dysfunction and chaos that engulfed the party have hurt fundraising and the question remains if House Republicans have done enough to hold onto power. Since little-known Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) rose to the top, House Republicans have been able […]

Houthis claim credit for drone attack on Israel

Violence in the Middle East continued on Thursday morning as Iranian-backed Houthis claimed credit for a series of drone attacks against Israel. In a statement released on the social media messaging platform Telegram, the Houthis announced they launched a “military operation targeting a vital target” in Tel Aviv.  “In continuation of the victory for the […]

US bans certain imports from China due to accusations of forced labor

The United States will prohibit imports from two companies in China that are accused of using forced labor of Uyghurs in the country’s Xinjiang region. The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that it added Changzhou Guanghui Food Ingredients Co., Ltd. and Baowu Group Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., companies that manufacture […]

Melania Trump says she ‘always’ fears the worst with threats against husband: ‘And it happened’

Former first lady Melania Trump said that she “always” fears the worst regarding the threats her husband faces, a worry confirmed by the assassination attempts against him. In a rare sit-down interview on Fox News’s Hannity, Melania Trump said that the attempts against her husband’s life didn’t come as a surprise. She began by speaking […]

Vance-Walz debate draws 25% fewer viewers than 2020

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) faced off on Tuesday night in front of 43.2 million viewers, a 25% drop in ratings from 2020’s vice presidential debate between then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence. The 2020 vice presidential debate garnered close to 58 million viewers. Tuesday’s simulcast debate between Vance […]

Takeaways from Virginia Senate debate between Kaine and Trump-endorsed Hung Cao

The Virginia Senate race had its likely only debate Wednesday night between Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Republican Hung Cao in a once-purple state that the GOP seeks to tip back into the battleground column. Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s former vice presidential running mate, is seeking to retain his seat for a third term against Cao, […]

Harris campaign looks to Nevada Filipino vote to capture the state

Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is aggressively courting Filipino voters in the key swing state of Nevada. The Asian American population has risen in the state in recent years, coming to make up 12% of the total state population, NBC News reported. Of these, an overwhelming majority are Filipinos, many of whom fled Hawaii and […]
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