Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was heavily criticized after a report emerged that he asked for a picture of himself with a Jewish leader, ostensibly to showcase he has good relationships within the Jewish community. In a wider report for Jewish Insider, an anonymous Jewish leader recounted an incident in the spring of 2022, where Bowman […]
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden won’t be able to practice law in Washington, D.C., after a jury convicted him on felony gun charges last week, according to a new letter sent by disciplinary counsel in Washington. Last week, a jury in Wilmington, Delaware, found the first son guilty of three felony counts for lying […]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Gov. Tony Evers’s (D-WI) use of his veto powers, which enabled him to secure funding for K-12 public schools for the next 400 years. The state’s high court will bypass lower courts and take up the issue directly with its new 4-3 liberal majority. In April, […]
Senate Republicans shot down Democrats‘ attempt to reimpose a ban on bump stocks for semiautomatic rifles Tuesday. The move came just days after the Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms prohibiting the device in the wake of the 2017 mass shooting at a Las Vegas music […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is offering up to $10,000 in reward money for information about a fatal shooting carried out at a Juneteenth celebration in an Austin suburb over the weekend. Abbott announced Tuesday afternoon that the Public Safety Office had approved a five-figure payout for anyone who provides information that leads to the identification […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has called for a government investigation into why some health insurance plans are charging women for contraception that is supposed to be free under federal law. In all 50 states, the Affordable Care Act guarantees coverage of women’s preventive services, including all Food and Drug Administration-approved birth control methods. In a […]
The shooter who killed five people and injured 19 more at a Colorado Springs nightclub in 2022 was sentenced to 55 life sentences and another 190-year sentence without the possibility of parole. Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to 74 federal hate crime and gun charges on Tuesday as part of a plea deal that allowed […]
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow said she believes President Joe Biden’s backup plan for the 2024 election is to “run a better campaign” and “fight harder.” The View host Alyssa Farah Griffin prompted the comments when she asked if replacing Biden as the presidential nominee was an option for the Democratic Party. Maddow argued that Biden’s […]
A reporting intern for a broadcast news network passed out and needed medical attention during a White House press briefing on Tuesday amid dangerously hot temperatures in Washington, D.C. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre paused the briefing and rushed to check on the person, who was affected by the heat and is now being […]
Former President Donald Trump is attempting to increase the odds that Republicans control Congress next year as he eyes a return to the White House, aligning himself with GOP leadership with the endorsements he’s doled out in dozens of primaries. The approach, which follows GOP leaders blaming a spate of losses in the midterm elections […]
