A majority of House lawmakers are in support of passing a bill to provide aid to Ukraine and Israel —they just can’t agree on how to do it. A bipartisan group of representatives is pressing forward with a plan to pressure Republican leadership to bring a foreign aid and border security bill to the floor. […]
Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) has a much higher favorability rating than Tammy Murphy in New Jersey’s Senate race, despite having less name recognition than the state’s first lady. Kim had a 48% favorable rating and a 2% unfavorable rating, while 24% expressed no opinion, and 26% reported they are not familiar with him, according to […]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is calling for term limits on the Senate GOP‘s leader — even as he runs to succeed current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). McConnell has been the Republican leader in the upper chamber of Congress since 2007 and is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. The Kentucky Republican announced last […]
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) has dropped his long-shot bid for the 2024 Democratic nomination. “I ask you join me in mobilizing, energizing, and doing everything you can to help keep a man of decency and integrity in the White House. That’s Joe Biden,” Phillips said in a Wednesday statement. Phillips, who had signaled he would reconsider […]
A small-town Illinois mayor vetoed calls for an FBI investigation into her handling of town finances on Monday, including the disappearance of millions of dollars. The Dolton Board of Trustees voted last month to call for the FBI to open an investigation into Mayor Tiffany Henyard. The U.S. attorney, Cook County sheriff, and Cook County […]
Republicans who had held off on throwing their support behind former President Donald Trump are now getting off the sidelines after his performance on Super Tuesday all but guaranteed he will be the party’s presidential nominee. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) endorsed Trump on Wednesday, making him the highest-ranking Senate Republican to back the […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) argued Wednesday that former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley suspending her Republican presidential campaign was overdue, stating it was “about time.” Paul’s statement was made about an hour ahead of Haley announcing the end of her campaign following her Super Tuesday losses. Paul had advocated against Haley being the Republican […]
Taxpayers who have yet to file their 2020 tax returns to claim money from the first two COVID stimulus checks have just over two more months to do so. The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers of the deadline in a release on Monday, saying that most taxpayers who were eligible for the first two COVID […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) are fighting back against crime in the New York City subway system by reinstating bag checks. Hochul announced Wednesday she is deploying 1,000 additional law enforcement officers to the subway, including 750 New York National Guard members and 250 members of law enforcement. […]
A Microsoft engineer has come forward to Congress and regulators, alleging that the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot was creating violent, sexual images around innocuous topics. Shane Jones, an AI engineer at Microsoft, sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan and Microsoft’s board of directors on Wednesday saying that the software giant’s image […]
