New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minnesota on Wednesday “murdered” her, as Republicans continue to defend the shooting. “I think we can all see that video and come to our own conclusions that that ICE agent murdered a woman in Minneapolis,” […]
K-12 students in New Jersey will no longer be allowed to use their cellphones in school starting in the fall of 2026. Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) signed a bill into law on Thursday establishing “phone-free” schools in the Garden State. The bill, also supported by Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), bars the “nonacademic use” of smartphones […]
The House Oversight Committee has escalated its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, threatening former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with contempt of Congress if they fail to appear for depositions. A House Oversight Committee spokeswoman said Friday that the Clintons have not confirmed their attendance to testify. The committee has scheduled the […]
Pope Leo XIV delivered his most forceful rebuke yet of abortion and surrogacy Friday, categorically rejecting both practices as offenses to human dignity in a wide-ranging address to the diplomatic corps. The first U.S.-born pope used the annual exchange of New Year greetings with ambassadors as a platform to anchor Catholic teaching on the sanctity […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that Minnesota is just the beginning of the federal government’s efforts to combat fraud, confirming that other states will eventually fall under a similar investigation. “President Trump wants accountability. I want accountability. The American people want accountability, and they will get accountability,” Bessent told reporters on a live […]
President Donald Trump broke an embargo on the closely watched employment report that was published Friday morning, posting data from it on social media about 12 hours before the report was released to the public. The monthly jobs report is one of the most closely watched sets of data that is released by the federal […]
Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called it “deeply concerning” that the Trump administration “has already come to a conclusion” about the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Frey also ripped Vice President JD Vance, calling it “pretty bizarre” that Vance asserted the ICE officer who shot Good […]
California, along with four other Democratic-led states, is suing the Trump administration over its decision to freeze $10 billion in federal funding, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced late on Thursday. Calling the administration’s decision “baseless and cruel,” Bonta said the lawsuit was filed jointly by California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, and Colorado, following allegations of widespread […]
The Supreme Court will hear a pair of cases Tuesday that could shape the future of women’s sports, as state laws limiting women’s sports to biological women come under the microscope. Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act are at the center of back-to-back arguments at the Supreme Court, […]
Ward 4 councilwoman and mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George is taking aim at Washington, D.C.’s booming rodent population with new legislation that would increase oversight of rodent subsiding efforts. George introduced the Rodent Accountability and Transparency Amendment Act, which aims to boost oversight for pest control and hold landlords to a higher standard when rats […]
