Environmental activists damaged the glass casing of the original Magna Carta with a hammer and chisel as part of a protest. Two activists with the Just Stop Oil group, identified as the Rev. Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, used a hammer and chisel to chip at the glass protective casing around one of […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced on Friday his revised $288 billion budget for 2024-2025 that calls for spending cuts in 260 different state programs, slashing over 10,000 vacant jobs, and ending some business tax deductions. In January, Newsom estimated that California’s budget deficit was $37.9 billion, and in April, he made $17.3 billion in cuts […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) compromised with Virginia budget negotiators on a two-year state spending plan that would include 3% raises for state employees and teachers while not raising taxes. Virginia House Appropriations Chairman Luke Torian said Thursday the General Assembly’s budget leaders have reached a deal with Youngkin they hope lawmakers approve during a special […]
President Joe Biden took a stab at his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, Friday during a fundraiser in California, twisting a line he’s started using of late to attack the likely 2024 GOP presidential nominee. The president traveled to the Bay Area Thursday night for a pair of events with Democratic donors and is […]
Police dismantled pro-Palestinian encampments at more college campuses across the country Friday morning, arresting dozens of protesters against the clock to prepare for commencement and graduation ceremonies. Authorities moved in to clear the encampments in the early morning hours at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and only hours earlier, similar […]
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized President Joe Biden for not withholding weapons shipments to Israel earlier. In an appearance on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Psaki gave her thoughts on the drama surrounding Biden’s threat to withhold further offensive weapons shipments to Israel if it launched a ground offensive into […]
EXCLUSIVE — Tensions are flaring in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat amid accusations from an opponent of Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) that she’s playing politics with black voters. Hill Harper, a black actor and long-shot Democratic candidate against establishment-backed Slotkin, says she’s taking for granted the powerful voting bloc in the Great […]
It’s election season for Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), who is flip-flopping on immigration policy in a desperate attempt to protect one of his most significant electoral liabilities. This week, Tester signed on as a co-sponsor for the Laken Riley Act, a bill that, if enacted, would require the detention and deportation of all illegal immigrants […]
Barron Trump, former President Donald Trump‘s youngest son and his only scion with former first lady Melania Trump, will not be a Florida delegate at the 2024 Republican National Convention, according to his mother’s office. “While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to […]
The White House declined to comment Friday on a soon-to-be-released report from the State Department regarding Israel’s use of U.S. weaponry. News reports say that the investigation carried out by the Biden administration concluded that Israel has not violated its terms of use for American weapons. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will soon deliver the […]
