President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will hold the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony around 6 p.m. ET on Thursday. TRUMP CAN’T SHAKE THE AFFORDABILITY ‘HOAX’ The ceremony will be held at the Ellipse, south of the White House. The ceremony is a presidential tradition that began in 1923.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has emerged as the front-runner in the race to claim the Democratic nomination in California’s gubernatorial race, dethroning former Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), according to a poll released Thursday. Swalwell joined a crowded field of Democratic candidates vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in late November, months after Porter declared […]
(The Center Square) – A Latino political action group helped with the purchase of $133 million in medical debt among Nevada residents in Clark and Washoe counties. The joint debt relief effort by Latino group Somos Votantes and the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt drew attention to a national trend of mounting health care costs. “There […]
(The Center Square) – Enhanced enforcement of immigration laws in North Carolina’s largest city resulted in more than 400 arrests. Led by Gregory Bovino, chief patrol agent of the El Centro Sector of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Charlotte’s Web began in earnest on Nov. 15 and carried through most of the next week. Conflicting […]
(The Center Square) – Arizona is the 20th most dependent state that relies on the federal government, according to a new report. The Center for Practical Federalism recently released the report detailing how reliant states are on federal officials. Steve Johnson, a fellow at CPF, told The Center Square this week that rankings are based on measurements […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is promoting a new government assistance program open to illegal immigrants in Minnesota, as he faces scrutiny for allegedly allowing statewide welfare fraud, reportedly committed primarily by Somali immigrants, to happen on his watch. The Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, which Walz signed into law and is publicly praising […]
The California National Guard broke a state record in October for the number of narcotics seized in a single month after it confiscated 1,238,281 fentanyl pills worth an estimated $64.5 million. The narcotics were seized by the National Guard‘s specialized narcotics team, which was created through a $30 million investment approved in the 2022 state […]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will take up a case over whether local jails detaining illegal immigrants at the request of federal authorities violates state law, in a case that could hinder federal immigration operations in the state. The lawsuit the justices will hear targets the sheriffs of Walworth, Brown, Marathon, Kenosha, and Sauk counties, over […]
Everybody has an opinion on what happened in the 2024 election and how Donald Trump pulled out a win over media darling Vice President Kamala Harris. But Cygnal poll founder Brent Buchanan has done extensive research to nail what he believes happened a year ago and has boiled it down to a couple of basic […]
The race to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has its first heavyweight: Brooklyn President Antonio Reynoso. Reynoso announced his campaign for New York‘s 7th Congressional District on Thursday in an ad, speaking mostly in Spanish. He said “no one” could ever replace Velázquez, who has served the district for more than a decade, but […]
