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Democrat in Alabama congressional runoff lives hundreds of miles from district

With a runoff election in just under a month for Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District, one of the candidates competing for the Democratic nomination lives more than a five-hour drive away from the region he’s working to represent.  State Rep. Anthony Daniels is running against former Justice Department official Shomari Figures in the April […]

Ketanji Brown Jackson snipes at Alito’s question in Supreme Court abortion pill fight

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to snipe at her colleague Justice Samuel Alito‘s line of questioning on Tuesday during consequential oral arguments over the fate of access to the common abortion drug, mifepristone. The justices heard oral arguments over whether a group of doctors who oppose the use of the abortion drug can […]

Virginia port offers support as alternative for ship traffic affected by Baltimore bridge collapse

The Virginia Port Authority offered its port in Norfolk as an alternative for ships that were previously expected to travel through Baltimore before a large container ship caused a bridge to collapse early Tuesday morning.  The ship rammed into one of the support columns for the Francis Scott Key Bridge at approximately 1:30 a.m., which […]

Biden responds to pro-Palestinian protesters in North Carolina: ‘They have a point’

President Joe Biden conceded that pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted his healthcare speech in North Carolina have a point with their appeals about the lack of medical care in the Gaza Strip amid the Israel–Hamas war. After encouraging his supporters to be patient with the protesters as security removed them from Raleigh’s Chavis Community Center, Biden […]

Troy Nehls facing House Ethics referral related to campaign finances

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) is facing an ethics referral in the House Ethics Committee, with the congressman claiming it is related to campaign finances. The House Ethics Committee announced on Tuesday that it decided to “extend the matter” regarding an ethics referral against Nehls. The committee said the referral was transmitted from the Office of […]

NASA’s Hubble captures ‘cosmic lightshow’ of multistar system

NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope offered a view of a “cosmic lightshow” with its latest image of a multistar system released by the space agency. The image of FS Tau released on Monday shows FS Tau A and FS Tau B as the 2.8 million-year-old system is surrounded by gas and dust in space. Welcome to […]

Possible next House appropriations chairman floats reforms while weighing bid

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), who is mulling a bid to succeed House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX), said the appropriations process “cannot continue” to operate the same in the aftermath of the uphill battle to pass the fiscal 2024 spending bills. A spokesperson for Aderholt, the senior Republican on the appropriations committee, told the […]

‘Squad’ member Bowman backtracks comment calling accounts of rape in Israel on Oct. 7 ‘propaganda’

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D–NY) is walking back some of his inflammatory rhetoric about the accusations of sexual assault during Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks. At a rally after the attack on Israel, which claimed the lives of more than 1,100 people, Bowman accused Israel of fabricating details, including that babies were beheaded and victims were raped. “There […]

California Democrats play a corrupt game of fast-food winners and losers

Part of California’s decay can be attributed to the corrupt governance and legislating that comes from the Democratic Party’s single-party rule, and that continues to be on display with the state’s new fast food regulations. California approved exemptions from its fast food minimum wage and oversight board law on Monday for locations in places including […]

Baltimore bridge collapse will have ‘ripple effect’ on economy and global supply chain

The early-morning catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, has brought one of the most important trade hubs in the United States to a halt — indefinitely.  A 948-foot container ship called the Dali hit a support column on the Baltimore bridge around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, causing it to fall and sending at least […]
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