Washington Examiner senior columnist Salena Zito predicted that New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s policies won’t work for other Democratic candidates across the country. Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary last month. The 33-year-old has promised his supporters rent freezes, free child care, and free bus transportation. Zito appeared on Fox […]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) was pulled from camera view after she was caught snoozing in the background while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) gave an impassioned speech. On Thursday, Jeffries gave his “magic minute” speech to delay the passage of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The speech began at 4:53 a.m. after an […]
The Supreme Court declined on Thursday to revive a Montana law that would have required minors to obtain notarized parental consent before getting an abortion, leaving intact a state court ruling that struck down the measure under Montana’s constitution. The justices turned away a petition from Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, a Republican, who argued the parental consent […]
(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed nine bills from this session with only a few measures remaining for a decision, along with $590 million in line items from the state budget. To override any vetoes, including line items, lawmakers would need a two-thirds vote in both chambers. Among some of the […]
Seven people are missing after a massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse shook a rural California community, upending Fourth of July celebrations and leading to an investigation into the incident. The fiery blast occurred Tuesday evening at a Yolo County property used by Devastating Pyrotechnics, a San Francisco-based company known for staging large-scale fireworks displays. […]
(The Center Square) – Federal court approval has been given in a free speech case involving a North Carolina school board and a student no longer in the respective district. Christian McGhee, then 16 and a student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, and his parents Leah and Chad, sued the Davidson County School […]
Democratic lawmakers filed an amicus brief Thursday to assert President Donald Trump doesn’t have the authority to “abolish the Department of Education.” This brief was added to the NAACP’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over its changes to the Education Department. The NAACP is legally challenging the department’s recent layoffs and the cancellation of some […]
MADRID (AP) — Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday. The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed to the Associated Press that the 28-year-old Jota and his 25-year-old brother, Andre Silva, were […]
Four Republican fiscal hawks flipped their votes in the early hours of Thursday morning to advance President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill, allowing it to come to the House floor for a final vote in the lower chamber. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), and Keith Self (R-TX) backtracked after facing […]
EXCLUSIVE — Conservative advocacy group the Advancing American Freedom Foundation published its “Independence Index” on Thursday, assessing the health of the U.S. “national character” ahead of the 249th anniversary of the nation’s independence, depicting a country facing a cultural crisis. AAFF, founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, evaluated the country’s cultural health using three […]
