Senate Democrats are padding their war chests, raising significantly more money than many of their Republican counterparts in the first three months of this year, according to campaign finance records. The Democratic incumbents who are most at risk of losing their seats this November, such as Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jon Tester (D-MT), posted […]
A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 daily until the state can prove it can properly handle allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s foster care system. The hefty fine comes as U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack has decided to hold the Texas Health and Human Services Agency in contempt […]
Hecklers stormed a stage where New York City Mayor Eric Adams was speaking, accusing him of being bought by the rich. On Tuesday, during a “power breakfast” held by the Association for a Better New York, Adams gave a speech outlining updates on progress made by the city under his tenure. In the middle of […]
The tense back-and-forth occurred during Granholm’s appearance before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday to review the Energy Department’s 2025 budget request.
For the longest time, it was generally assumed that high-turnout elections would benefit the Democratic Party. But recent polling and election data suggest that this conventional thinking is disconnected from reality. According to a recent poll of the 2024 presidential election, those who had voted in multiple elections since 2018 were more likely to vote […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) spoke out against the various public disruptions that pro-Palestinian protesters have conducted over the last few days, claiming that they are not acting “righteous.” Fetterman made his statement on X, where he reposted video of several protesters chanting inside a Starbucks in Ann Arbor, Michigan. One of the protesters was seen […]
President Joe Biden repeatedly lambasted former President Donald Trump over his tax policies during a campaign stop at his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday afternoon. The speech sought to contrast Biden’s middle-class hometown of Scranton with Trump’s ritzy Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, his inheritance, and his friendliness with the billionaire class. Biden’s three-day […]
The criminal hush money trial against Donald Trump inched forward with jury selection on Tuesday after six people were sworn in to serve as jurors in the case against the former president. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said he would ask the six jurors selected to return on Monday, though he cautioned that […]
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday there have been 130 direct attacks on American warships in the Middle East over the past six months and that the Navy is out $1 billion in critical munitions because of it, a funding shortfall he is hoping Congress will soon cover. “All roads lead back to Iran,” he […]
Columbia University President Nemat Shafik is set to testify before Congress about antisemitism on Wednesday in a sequel to the December testimony in which two Ivy League presidents sparked outrage in refusing to say that calls for genocide against Jewish students violate school policy. Shafik will be grilled by the Committee on Education and the […]
