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Harris weighs how closely to embrace Biden agenda

Vice President Kamala Harris is juggling a difficult task almost a month into her 2024 run: keeping President Joe Biden far enough away to establish her independence while taking credit for the shared accomplishments of their administration. Harris will continue to push for bipartisan policies yet to be realized from the Biden agenda, her campaign […]

House Democrats expand ‘red to blue’ program with Harris at top of ticket

EXCLUSIVE — House Democrats’ main campaign arm is expanding its “Red to Blue” fundraising program as the 2024 primary cycle comes to a close, with the party looking to flip several competitive seats and take control of the lower chamber next year.  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is adding three candidates to its program, which […]

Harris ties her own hands with $400,000 tax pledge

Congress faces a major “tax cliff” in 2025 with the expiration of the individual components of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Trump tax cuts. This year’s elections will largely determine the fate of trillions of dollars in tax cuts and the course of policy for years to come. At […]

Harris tries to put Trump on his heels in swing state North Carolina

Vice President Kamala Harris is giving Democrats hope they can pull off an upset in North Carolina, a state that seemed out of reach just weeks ago with President Joe Biden leading the ticket. Democrats have not won North Carolina since former President Barack Obama took it by less than a percentage point, or 14,000 […]

Gas prices: Slight increase at the pumps for the second consecutive day

Gas prices rose again on Wednesday, marking the second consecutive day the average cost for a gallon of regular gas in the nation increased. On Wednesday, the average price for a gallon of regular gas increased to $3.445, a very slight increase from the prior day. Wednesday’s pricing was a slight decrease from a week […]

Democrats using Google search ads to falsify news headlines extends past Harris campaign

The campaigns of two Democratic candidates for Senate and the campaign arm of Senate Democrats have used Google Search ads in the past year to manipulate news headlines and article descriptions presented to internet users. A Washington Examiner analysis of Google’s Ad Transparency Center reveals the Senate campaigns of Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Adam […]

Kamala Harris seeks to unburden herself of Biden record

One of the defining issues of the 2024 campaign will be whether Vice President Kamala Harris can successfully escape President Joe Biden’s shadow. Harris is running as Biden’s successor. The reason she has been anointed the Democratic nominee without going through the primary process and has inherited the Biden-Harris campaign funds is that she is […]

Employee civil rights protections at risk under AI DEI hiring discrimination

Despite a growing perception that artificial intelligence-powered hiring tools are being used to discriminate against certain races and genders, the civil rights framework around employment discrimination may not be equipped to take on the technology. AI platforms are well known for having diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology written into their algorithms. If a user asks […]

Murphy planning to appoint former chief of staff George Helmy to Menendez’s Senate seat

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) will appoint his former chief of staff, George Helmy, to New Jersey’s vacant Senate seat after Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) resigned following his conviction in a corruption case. Menendez will officially resign on Aug. 20. Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ), who is running for Menendez’s Senate seat for the full term, was […]

House GOP candidate cost NYC $120,000 in misconduct settlements including for alleged detainment of infant

Alison Esposito, who is running for Congress in New York, cost New York City $120,000 in misconduct settlements while she was a New York police officer. One allegation said Esposito, who was former GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin’s running mate in the 2022 gubernatorial elections, “did unlawfully stop, assault, frisk, handcuff, detain, arrest and imprison” an […]
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