The White House says President Joe Biden wants to lower the temperature in politics if former President Donald Trump will agree to it. “The president has called on lowering the temperature,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday. “But here’s the thing: It takes all of us to lower the temperature. All of us. I hope […]
The minimum wage for fast-food workers in California jumped to $20 an hour on April 1, a $4 pay bump for 553,000 fast workers. However, restaurant chain owners raised concerns that the minimum wage increases would hurt their bottom line, and owners have cut workers’ hours, raised food prices, and even shut down some locations. […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sparred with a Fox News reporter who questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in the border crisis. On Thursday, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy pressed Jean-Pierre about the vice president’s involvement at the border. The press secretary proceeded to deflect criticism from Harris while slamming conservatives for blocking immigration […]
The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding a 2020 proposition that affirmed gig workers, including Uber and Lyft drivers, as independent contractors. Proposition 22 made an exception to Assembly 5, which classified what kind of workers were entitled to employee benefits from a company, to allow gig workers, like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and […]
Speaking to a joint meeting of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday made the case for why the U.S. must support the Jewish state as it fights Hamas and other Iranian-backed militias: “If you remember one thing from this speech, remember this: Our enemies are your enemies, our fight is your fight, and […]
EXCLUSIVE — As Kamala Harris steamrolls her way toward the Democratic nomination, Republicans are now shifting their attacks to tie vulnerable Democrats to some of the vice president’s most unpopular policy stances. In a new ad being debuted by the National Republican Congressional Committee on Thursday, House Republicans are tying their Democratic opponents to Harris […]
Vice President Kamala Harris will appear in the season finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, during which she will encourage viewers to get registered to vote. Harris’s appearance on the show will be at the start of the Season Nine finale, which will debut on Friday. Notably, her cameo was filmed several weeks prior to her […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is virtually tied with former President Donald Trump, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released Thursday, just days after President Joe Biden suspended his campaign. In a hypothetical matchup among likely voters, Trump leads Harris, 48% to 47%, which is within the poll’s margin of error of plus or […]
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee, said she is ready to debate former President Donald Trump ahead of the election. When President Joe Biden was still in the race, he and Trump agreed to debate on ABC News on Sept. 10. “I’m ready to debate Donald Trump,” Harris said to reporters Wednesday. […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge in New York to deny former President Donald Trump‘s request that his hush money case be tossed out on presidential immunity grounds, according to a court filing made public Thursday. Prosecutors for Bragg told Judge Juan Merchan the Supreme Court’s recent decision that presidents enjoy some immunity […]
