President Joe Biden spoke on the “care economy” at Washington, D.C.‘s Union Station, saying that child care and senior care workers should be paid more and that the U.S. should guarantee paid leave for people to care for family members. “You care workers represent the best of who we are as Americans,” Biden said to […]
Utah taxpayers are footing the bill for attorneys defending former state Sen. Gene Davis over allegedly violating the Utah legislature’s sexual harassment policies, according to a report by the Salt Lake Tribune. Davis was found to have “more likely than not” violated the policy over an inappropriate relationship with an intern. The intern, Sonia Weglinski, […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested in one of the Senate office buildings on Tuesday afternoon after marching in the basement hallways and one of the cafeteria areas. The protesters were arrested after demonstrating inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building, a spokesperson for the U.S. Capitol Police confirmed to the Washington Examiner. Approximately 50 of those protesters […]
Some Democrats have shied away from the “progressive” label in their bids for competitive seats, while others are ideologically aligning less with the progressive left. The progressive left label is commonly associated with members of the “Squad,” including Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who is in a high-stakes contest for the Arizona […]
British Foreign Minister David Cameron spoke with former President Donald Trump on Monday in hopes of gaining his support for Ukraine aid. Cameron, the United Kingdom’s former prime minister, met with Trump in Florida before he made the trip to Washington, D.C., to speak with officials in the Biden administration. Cameron will meet with Secretary […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the Department of Education on Tuesday, challenging the White House’s newest plan for student loan cancelation. Bailey, a Republican, was joined by the attorneys general of six other states in the lawsuit, which seeks to block a Biden plan to cancel the […]
Former Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck accused Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) of receiving talking points from Russian President Vladimir Putin, specifically over her stance against providing financial aid to Ukraine. The former congressman took issue with Greene for wanting to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), arguing that the speaker would be doing the […]
A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied a bid by former President Donald Trump to delay the start of his criminal hush money trial next week, one day after Trump sued the presiding judge over his recently imposed gag order. Attorneys for the former president on Tuesday argued at a hearing in a […]
A judge on Tuesday sentenced Aimee Harris to one month in prison and three months of home detention for stealing Ashley Biden’s diary and other items and selling them to a right-leaning group ahead of the 2020 election. Judge Laura Swain denounced Harris’s conduct as serious during a hearing in New York and criticized her for delaying her […]
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Civil War-era law that nearly bans all abortions in the state. The decision could play a major factor in the 2024 election, in which voters will likely weigh whether abortion rights should be added to the state’s constitution. Upholding the 160-year-old law, passed before Arizona’s statehood, means […]
