Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rebuked the Republican Party for trying to appeal to blue-collar workers in the election, saying the party has historically been opposed to policies that help these voters. Republicans have pushed for the working-class vote in this election cycle, such as by inviting International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien to speak […]
A woman in San Dimas, California, was charged with killing one person and injuring another with a samurai-style katana. Weichien Huang was arrested on July 18 and charged with the murder of her wife, Fei Chen Chen, and the attempted murder of her mother-in-law, according to KTLA. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon released […]
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina alleging that South Carolina‘s congressional map is a partisan gerrymander in violation of the state’s constitution. The challenge to the congressional districts for the Palmetto State comes months after the Supreme Court ruled the map was […]
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has received critical endorsements from the mayors of some of the largest towns on the Arizona–Mexico border. The Harris campaign confirmed she was supported by mayors of Bisbee, Nogales, Somerton, and San Luis, Arizona, all of which are relatively big towns on the southern border. […]
There were more than 193,000 “white dudes” in attendance on Monday night’s Zoom call rallying support for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, including a surprise appearance by the most iconic white dude of them all: Jeff Bridges. Bridges played The Dude, a mediocre Los Angeles man who sports bathrobes and flip-flops and smokes marijuana, in […]
Democrats are scheduled to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as their 2024 presidential nominee as soon as Thursday, and speculation about her potential running mate continues to boil. Former Attorney General Eric Holder is now vetting possible running mates on Harris’s behalf, and this week, the veepstakes race is shifting, including a withdrawal by one […]
FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said a social media account that the agency believes may belong to former President Donald Trump‘s would-be assassin reflected “antisemitic and anti-immigration themes.” Abbate told senators during a joint hearing with Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee members that in the “2019-2020 time frame,” over 700 comments were posted from […]
The Israeli military hit several Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight into Tuesday as the world awaits to see the extent of Israel’s response to this weekend’s Hezbollah attack that left a dozen children dead. The Israel Defense Forces “struck approximately ten Hezbollah terror targets in seven different locations in southern Lebanon,” and the targets included […]
A month after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) became the first “Squad” member to lose his House primary, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is in danger of also losing her seat, according to a new poll. A poll released on Monday of likely Democratic primary voters, conducted by the Mellman Group on behalf of the Democratic Majority […]
The DC Circulator bus service will end on Dec. 31 after a phased-in elimination beginning Oct. 1, the District Department of Transportation announced Monday. The decision was made as part of the district’s fiscal 2025 budget. “We greatly appreciate the valuable service DC Circulator provided to the District over the past 18 years,” acting DDOT […]
