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Alabama requests another nitrogen gas execution despite concern over first

Alabama is planning to conduct another nitrogen gas execution months after the state carried out the United States’s first execution via nitrogen hypoxia. The attorney general’s office has requested the Alabama Supreme Court approve an execution date for Carey Dale Grayson, who was found guilty of Vickie Deblieux’s murder in 1994. Grayson was one of […]

In-N-Out raises prices following California’s new minimum wage

In-N-Out has raised prices in California in response to the state’s new minimum wage increase. “On April 1st, we raised our prices incrementally to accompany a pay raise for all of the Associates working in our California restaurants,” the fast food chain said in a statement to KTVU. “The price increase was also necessary to […]

Norton wants to raise the profile of DC mayors to equal governors with half-staff honor

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill that will honor the death of a Washington, D.C., mayor similar to how states’ governors are honored when they die: with the president ordering flags to be at half-staff. The move is expected to be “part of a series of bills to ensure equal treatment for the […]

Blaze Pizza to move headquarters out of California in wake of state’s minimum wage hike

Blaze Pizza is the latest restaurant chain to move out of California, and it plans to relocate its headquarters to the East Coast. The pizza chain, owned partly by Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James, will move its headquarters from Pasadena, California, to Atlanta by September. The move comes after California mandated a $20 minimum […]

Trump narrowly leads Biden by 2 percentage points in Pennsylvania poll

Former President Donald Trump has a slight lead over President Joe Biden in Pennsylvania, the key battleground state Biden needs to win to ensure reelection, according to a new survey. A Marist poll released on Wednesday showed Trump with a 2-point advantage over Biden, 47% to 45%, among registered voters in the Keystone State. Third-party […]

Nevada Democrats bet on abortion as a winning message in Senate race

Nevada Democrats are aiming to focus on abortion as their winning message in November’s Senate race. Just hours after Army veteran Sam Brown won the Republican Senate primary, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) put out her first attack ad against him, going after his record on abortion. The ad, titled “Valerie,” featured a woman from Texas […]

NBA legend Jerry West dies at 86

NBA legend and Hall of Famer Jerry West died on Wednesday at 86, the Los Angeles Clippers announced. “Jerry West, the personification of basketball excellence and a friend to all who knew him, passed away peacefully this morning at the age of 86,” the Clippers said in a statement posted to social media. “His wife, […]

RFK Jr. pulls from Biden more than twice than Trump among Latino voters

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is gaining ground with Latino voters, which could prove troublesome for President Joe Biden as he tries to rebuild his 2020 coalition. Voto Latino, an election advocacy group, polled 2,000 Latino voters in five critical states — Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada, Texas, and Pennsylvania — and found around […]

WATCH LIVE: Press gaggle on Air Force One as Biden heads to Italy

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is speaking to the press on Air Force One at 11 a.m. Eastern time as President Joe Biden travels to Italy for the G7 summit. Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan will join Jean-Pierre. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The G7 summit is a critical […]

WATCH LIVE: House Judiciary hearing on anticompetitive collusion in ESG investing

The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing about environmental, social, and governance investing, otherwise known as ESG, and the alleged anticompetitive collusion by companies to promote the efforts. The hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. EDT. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER An […]
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