New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling for the release of activists detained after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla. Israeli forces boarded more than 20 vessels carrying about 175 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea near Crete. The group had sailed from Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month, aiming to […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said COVID-19 was the “biggest scandal” of the 21st century, after a Senate report revealed Wednesday that the Biden administration failed to detect safety issues with the vaccines. “You hear there were dangers with the COVID shot, but because the auto-pen administration politically thought it wouldn’t be a good idea […]
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) said on Friday he will not require Georgia to redraw its congressional map before the midterm elections, taking the opposite stance of his Republican counterparts in other states. The governor’s rationale is that because the state’s elections are already underway, he won’t cancel the May 19 primary. His decision comes after […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has moved to defer an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, escalating a dispute over alleged fraud and oversight failures in the state’s health programs. In a video announcement, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said the agency notified Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and state officials […]
Democrats are increasingly anxious that a slate of insurgent, left-leaning nominees could jeopardize their chances of capitalizing on a favorable political environment in the 2026 midterm elections, with Maine emerging as an early test case after Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) abruptly exited the state’s Senate race. Mills’s decision to suspend her campaign cleared a path […]
Time is running out for the Virginia Supreme Court to make a decision on the redistricting referendum. The court ruled to block the redistricting map while it makes a decision on the case. According to House Bill 1384, the election must be certified no later than 14 days after the day of the election. This […]
The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it filed a complaint against New Jersey laws for allowing illegal immigrants to receive in-state rates for college tuition as well as other financial assistance related to higher education. The DOJ contended that doing so “rewarded” illegal immigrants with financial benefits at the expense of U.S. citizens. […]
President Donald Trump’s push to build a White House ballroom is getting a morbid boost. In the aftermath of the April 25 assassination attempt against Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, congressional lawmakers have begun offering their policy reaction. So far, it all points in one direction: building Trump’s ballroom. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, members […]
In the long-running battle between congressional Republicans and the local government of Washington, D.C., GOP lawmakers have found a new target: the city’s ban on making a right turn when there’s a red light. The attempt to force the nation’s capital to allow such turns mirrors a traffic policy dispute that erupted a half-century ago. […]
The 2022 general railroad strike is widely regarded as a low point of national labor relations in recent memory. It was put down by an act of Congress to avoid massive supply chain disruptions at Christmastime. In contrast, the latest round of negotiations was all but over by the end of last year, and with […]
