In a Senate race that was never predicted to be competitive, Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) called out his own party, saying New Jersey Democratic Party elites are manipulating voters in this primary race. Kim filed a lawsuit against the majority of counties across New Jersey this week over the controversial “county line.” Kim said the […]
James Biden addressed in an interview with Congress a pair of high-dollar loans he received from President Joe Biden, his brother, saying they were not memorialized on paper but that they were still aboveboard, innocent financial exchanges between family members. Joe Biden lent his brother the money in 2017 and 2018, and James Biden testified […]
Home Depot took first place in a ranking for “most culturally inclusive” marketing. The Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing issued its second “Culturally Inclusive Brands Awards” after developing its methodology last year. Retail companies are given scores based on how “culturally relevant” their ads are by counting positive reflections, role models, celebrations, pride, and […]
President Joe Biden addressed the Israel–Hamas war Friday afternoon, saying the U.S. was partnering with Jordan and other countries to provide “air drops” of aid into Gaza, though he committed another high-profile gaffe in the process by twice referring to the Middle Eastern enclave as Ukraine. Ahead of a meeting with the prime minister of […]
California will now start sending out benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, worth up to $1,751, to qualified residents. California’s SNAP program, also known as CalFresh, will start issuing payments on Friday, and the benefits are sent from the first to the 10th of the month. Arrival dates for those who receive benefits nationwide depend on […]
The next monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in just over four weeks. April’s monthly installment will go out in 31 days, on April 1, to people who have a serious debilitating disability and limited income, according to the Social Security Administration. […]
President Joe Biden on Friday signed a bill into law averting the threat of another government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline. The stopgap measure approved Thursday by Congress will keep the government funded for just a few more weeks however, with the first batch of appropriations packages set to expire on March 8 […]
Republican legislators in Kentucky are working to ensure Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is stripped of his power to fill a Senate vacancy amid Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) decision to step down from his post as the upper chamber’s GOP leader. The state House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee voted on Thursday to […]
In 14 days, 100 low-income entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will receive monthly payments for March of $528 each as part of the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program. The University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, a two-year pilot program, started distributing payments in January to selected applicants. Kristin Seefeldt, the associate director of […]
The House Administration Committee released 5,000 hours of additional security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as part of House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) promise to make all surveillance videos available for public access. Johnson said in a statement on Friday that the committee will no longer plan to blur the faces of […]
