Congressional Democrats are growing less keen to speak out against President Joe Biden’s reelection candidacy after leadership began cracking down on leaks of private meetings. Democrats have scrambled as to how to respond following Biden’s disastrous debate performance, with most closing ranks behind Biden. Some dissent and concern voiced by members in closed-door meetings were […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is orchestrating “terrorist attacks” against NATO countries, according to a pair of allied foreign ministers, citing a spate of arson incidents and other violence. “It’s quite clear[ly] a terrorist attack sponsored by a hostile neighboring country against one of the NATO, NATO countries,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Wednesday on […]
The Food and Drug Administration enacted a recall of psychedelic mushroom candies covered in chocolate or in the form of gummies and cones following the hospitalization of 30 people who ingested the product. Diamond Shruumz which offers a variety of flavors from fruit punch to birthday cake have been linked to 58 illnesses across 27 […]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) is using a new artificial intelligence tool to find her voice as she battles a brain disorder that affects her ability to speak. Last year, Wexton was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, which prohibits some of her ability to speak, hear, and move. “For those of you who heard me speak before […]
Kroger and Albertsons are set to close almost 600 stores as part of a proposed merger. Should the merger go through, multiple states will experience closures within the double digits, and there would be even more in Washington and Arizona, with 124 and 101 closures, respectively. There would be 63 closures in California, meanwhile, and […]
A Democratic congressional candidate in New York invests in a distillery in Washington, D.C., that hosted an event with an anti-Israel chef who has sympathized with Hamas. Republic Restoratives, a distillery that calls itself “women-owned, LGBTQ-led, and the largest crowdfunded distillery in U.S. history,” brought in chef Marcelle Afram, who recently called those who condemn […]
A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday unveiled a plan to block members of Congress and the president from trading stock while in office. The legislation would make it a penalty for representatives, senators, the president, and the vice president, as well as their spouses, children, and dependents, from engaging in such investments. The proposed […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unveiled her impeachment articles against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Wednesday, following through on a threat from the beginning of the month to do so after the high court’s presidential immunity ruling. Ocasio-Cortez said she introduced the articles as a response to the “unchecked corruption crisis on […]
President Joe Biden‘s efforts to coalesce doubting Democratic officials after the first debate bear a surprising resemblance to a campaign strategy previously employed by his 2024 general election opponent, former President Donald Trump. In recent days, the president has found himself in a position not totally dissimilar to that of Trump throughout the 2016 election cycle. […]
While former President Donald Trump has attempted to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind the policy plan, is on full display at the Republican National Convention. The Heritage Foundation signed on to the RNC as a convention sponsor, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The group plans to […]
