The D.C. Council passed legislation aimed at addressing the growing crime crisis on Tuesday after councilmembers unanimously passed the bill during a first vote in February. The Secure D.C. Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 was introduced last year by Public Safety Committee Chair Councilwoman Brooke Pinto. The crime legislation includes 12 bills crafted by Mayor […]
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) said he’ll be ‘making decisions’ about his Democratic presidential campaign in the days ahead, as he’ll likely lose in his home state of Minnesota. “As the only candidate not losing to Donald Trump in any poll, I’m grateful for the beautifully orchestrated outpouring of wishes to end my mission to ensure […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the retirement of Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, a career diplomat-turned-top political appointee who emerged over the last decade as one of the faces of U.S. foreign relations with Ukraine. “It’s Toria’s leadership on Ukraine that diplomats and students of foreign policy will study for years to come,” Blinken said in a Tuesday statement. […]
A co-defendant in former President Donald Trump‘s Georgia election subversion case asked a judge on Tuesday to allow at least one more witness to testify in a bid to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over alleged impropriety and corruption. Co-defendant Cathy Latham, a former Coffee County Republican chairwoman accused of being a “fake […]
A coalition of United States businesses is aiming to do away with some of the Biden administration’s biggest labor legislation. Businesses that employ ride-hailing drivers, home health aides, janitors, truckers, and other professionals filed a legal challenge on Tuesday challenging a provision from the Biden administration that guides the categorization of workers. The companies behind […]
Congressional leaders revealed this week they plan to narrowly decrease the FBI’s annual funding as part of a newly released government spending bill, and the House and Senate are expected to vote on the legislation before Friday evening to prevent a partial government shutdown. When the bill was made public, Republicans touted that the FBI […]
California climate groups on Tuesday filed a motion to intervene in the relicensing process for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, citing concerns over safety and environmental hazards at the plant that they say could risk disaster. The motion, filed by Friends of the Earth, Mothers for Peace, and the Environmental Working Group, comes less […]
Former NBA star and CNN host Charles Barkley said he would punch any black person he sees wearing former President Donald Trump’s mug shot merchandise, citing recent comments that Trump made at an event aimed at black Republicans. The comments Barkley took issue with were made by Trump at the Black Conservative Federation Honors Gala […]
Voters across 16 states and one U.S. territory are heading to the polls on Tuesday for what is set to be the biggest primary election night of the 2024 cycle. The elections are expected to all but determine who the candidates will be for both Republicans and Democrats, with about one-third of the delegates at […]
April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in less than four weeks. The next installment will go out in 27 days, on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a debilitating disability and have a limited income, according to the Social […]
