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House Democrats’ campaign arm adds four candidates to ‘red to blue’ program as party looks to flip chamber

House Democrats‘ campaign arm announced on Thursday that it is adding four Democratic candidates to its “Red to Blue” program as the party seeks to retake the House majority in 2024. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added Derek Tran in California, Dave Min in California, Sue Atlman in New Jersey, and Laura Gillen in New […]

San Francisco mayoral hopefuls vow to call in National Guard to handle fentanyl

Two challengers to San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s reelection bid said they would declare a state of emergency to address the city’s fentanyl crisis and call in more National Guard troops to combat its out-of-control open-air drug dens if they won. Mark Farrell, a venture capitalist who served as interim mayor of San Francisco for […]

Cutting the red wine tape: DeSantis signs bill allowing Florida drinkers to buy 15-liter bottles

Floridians can now buy wine bottles holding 15 liters, or roughly four gallons. Under the law, it is illegal for a person to sell wine in a container holding more than one gallon unless it is in a reusable container holding 5.16 gallons or a glass container holding 4.5, six, nine, 12, or 15 liters. […]

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore submits first bill for Baltimore bridge cleanup

Maryland’s Department of Transportation is asking the Biden administration for $60 million to clean up the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore that collapsed after a cargo ship ran into it early Tuesday morning.  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency Tuesday, which will allow the state to receive federal aid, but on […]

Jill Biden to release children’s book about White House cat

First lady Jill Biden will be publishing a book about the White House cat Willow in June. Simon & Schuster’s children’s publishing branch, Paula Wiseman Books, will publish the first lady’s book. Willow, The White House Cat was coauthored by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrated by Kate Berube. This will be Biden’s third children’s book, […]

Florida congressional map championed by DeSantis upheld by federal court

A federal court upheld Florida‘s congressional map, which was championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), rejecting claims that district lines were racially gerrymandered. The three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida sided with the state after it eliminated a previous black-majority district that stretched across much of the length […]

Wisconsin Democrats crushing GOP in key metric as Republicans scramble to shore up swing states

Wisconsin Democrats are far outpacing their Republican counterparts in terms of fundraising, mirroring a national trend of Democrats raising more money than the GOP. Democrats in Wisconsin have raised $5.4 million dollars so far this year, thirteen times more than the Wisconsin GOP has, at $395,000. Wisconsin is a must-win swing state for both candidates, […]

King Charles III says Jesus set example on how to serve in Easter message

King Charles III said that Jesus Christ had set an example on how to serve in a prerecorded message shared on Thursday. The message had been recorded in mid-March, roughly a month after it was revealed that Charles had been diagnosed with cancer. For his Easter message, Charles read the King James Version of John […]

First Amendment protects Trump from Fani Willis’s election interference charges, attorney argues

A judge held a hearing Thursday to examine former President Donald Trump’s argument that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s case against him in Georgia should be dismissed because Trump’s actions cited in her indictment were protected by the First Amendment. Judge Scott McAfee heard arguments from both Trump’s attorney and prosecutors about the matter, […]

Comer invites Joe Biden to testify on family’s ‘pay-for-influence schemes’

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) offered President Joe Biden on Thursday an opportunity to testify at a public hearing about any involvement the president had in the business schemes of his family members. Comer said in a lengthy letter to Biden, obtained by the Washington Examiner, that the hearing would allow the president […]
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