The Department of Health and Human Services announced that adult and youth inmates on their way out of prison in Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont will be granted Medicaid and children’s health insurance programs, or CHIP, before being released. The decision by HHS made through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took into […]
A member of the Council of the District of Columbia slammed the district’s 911 call center for not answering calls and putting residents on hold in emergencies in a Tuesday letter. Ward 1 Councilwoman Brianne Nadeau accused the Office of Unified Communications, Washington’s 911 call and dispatch center, of “persistent mismanagement of emergencies and lack […]
A joint fundraising committee affiliated with Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign is teasing the first events featuring his eventual running mate during the Republican National Convention later this month. The Trump 47 committee is holding at least two fundraisers with the yet-to-be-unveiled Republican vice presidential candidate, according to copies of the invitations obtained by the Washington Examiner. […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) will be an in-person attendee at President Joe Biden‘s White House meeting with Democratic governors Wednesday evening. An aide to Moore confirmed his attendance to the Washington Examiner Wednesday afternoon. He will join Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Maura Healey (D-MA), Daniel McKee (D-RI), Gavin Newsom (D-CA), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), and Gretchen […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s lead over Joe Biden has ballooned since the president’s disastrous debate performance last week, according to a new poll. A New York Times-Siena College poll released Wednesday shows Trump leading Biden 49%-43% nationally among likely voters in the survey conducted from June 28 through Tuesday. It is a 3-point improvement for […]
President Joe Biden is doing damage control with Democratic power players following the first 2024 presidential debate, but he is quickly running out of time to tamp down the momentum to replace him atop the Democratic ticket. Biden returned to Washington, D.C., on Monday night following campaign stops in North Carolina and New York and […]
The Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to kill nearly half a million barred owls to save spotted owls from extinction by deploying trained shooters into West Coast forests. The agency released its strategy aimed at halting the decline of spotted owl populations in Oregon, Washington, and California, which will undergo a 30-day comment period […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is getting into the media business and could find a new way to connect with voters. The governor is teaming up with former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch and Lynch’s agent, Doug Hendrickson, to launch a podcast on July 15. Their podcast, Politickin, won’t be centered on policy matters but […]
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang predicted the “dam is about to break” within the Democratic Party, stemming largely from turmoil over President Joe Biden’s electability this November. Yang, who ran against Biden in the 2020 presidential primary before endorsing him, explained how Biden once said that he would be “a bridge” for the next […]
Despite earlier misgivings about Japan’s Nippon Steel buying Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, conservative economists are rallying behind the deal to stave off possible retaliation and tariffs. The Heritage Foundation and now the Committee to Unleash Prosperity have argued the deal is great for the United States, will keep U.S. manufacturing jobs, and will expand steel production. […]
