San Francisco residents are not ‘lovin’ it’ after one of the city’s long-standing McDonald’s restaurants was forced to shut down for good over the weekend due to California’s minimum wage increase. The closure comes after more than 30 years of serving customers. The franchisee’s owner, Scott Rodrick, called the closing “gut-wrenching.” The state of California […]
Actor and rapper Will Smith is set to appear at the BET Awards this Sunday, which will be his first appearance at an award show since his slap at the Oscars in 2022. Smith’s performance at the show comes two years into a 10-year ban from the Academy Awards, which he received for slapping comedian […]
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) attempted to clarify Republicans’ stance on contraceptives and in vitro fertilization Sunday, claiming GOP lawmakers are not against these treatments per se, but were instead opposed to other items Democrats put in recent legislation concerning these topics. Specifically, Lankford said Senate Democrats legislation addressing contraception included language that would have undermined […]
The House is set to consider several annual spending bills as lawmakers return to Washington this week, including proposals to slash the salaries of top Biden administration officials and defund special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutions against former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers are expected to vote on three of their must-pass appropriations bills to fund the […]
Incoming White House associate communications director Tyler Cherry is under the microscope for social media posts he made that were circulated after it was announced he had got his new job. Cherry said in a post on X that the views espoused in the prior posts were from when he was younger and “do not […]
While former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden trade jabs on Thursday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was not invited, will be debating them in his own way: virtually. In front of a cardboard cutout of his father, RFK Jr.’s son Bobby Kennedy III said the Kennedy campaign would hold its […]
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will review a long-standing lawsuit from families of Holocaust victims seeking compensation from Hungary over property confiscated from them during World War II. The nine justices will hear arguments this fall over a case that concerns whether federal courts in the United States are the proper forum for the […]
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting vulnerable House Republicans who “celebrated” the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the latest move from Democrats’ campaign arm as Monday marks the second anniversary of the rollback of federal protections for abortion. The DCCC said in a release it will launch a five-figure ad buy in the form […]
A right-leaning group that opposes labor unions has come out against former President Donald Trump‘s decision to invite the Teamsters president to address the Republican National Convention. Sean O’Brien, the head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, had expressed interest in speaking at both the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention, prompting Trump, […]
Democrats will arrive in Chicago in two months to nominate President Joe Biden as their presidential candidate, but the city is under fire as it hosts the major gathering. The Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago from Aug. 19-22, and Republicans are looking to highlight several problems with the city as Democrats make […]
