The special election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is headed to a runoff after none of the candidates reached the 50% threshold on Tuesday. California Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong, the frontrunner in the race, was unable to pocket enough votes to fend off challenges from Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux and Democrat Marisa […]
President Joe Biden is pulling out all the stops to reinvigorate his winning 2020 coalition ahead of a toss-up rematch with former President Donald Trump in 2024. No minority voting bloc is a monolith, and while polling data conducted ahead of Biden-Trump round two generally show Asian, black, and Latino voters still leaning Democratic, yet […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s influence over the GOP further solidified Tuesday evening when his candidates won their primary races. But Trump and President Joe Biden still face nagging problems within their parties as protest voters continue their ongoing snub of both candidates after Tuesday’s elections in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, and Florida. Plus, no victor emerged in a special election in […]
The next Supplemental Security Income payment, which marks April’s payment and is worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in a little under two weeks. The next installment will go out 12 days from now, on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability […]
The second of March’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the biggest income earners who retire at 70, went out to the second group of retirees on Wednesday. The payment went to beneficiaries born on or between the 11th and 20th of the month, according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar. Every […]
As national security officials prepare to brief senators on Wednesday about threats posed by TikTok, lawmakers questioned whether a forced sale of the Chinese-owned social media platform could lead to a different kind of foreign ownership. The closed-door briefing on Wednesday comes after the House passed a bill to push ByteDance to divest within six months or face […]
House Republicans will hold their second public impeachment inquiry hearing on Wednesday as they press forward with examining whether Joe Biden used his political influence as vice president to help his family profit. The House Oversight Committee will host the hearing, titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” at 10 a.m. on […]
OAKLAND, California — Oakland has always pitched itself as San Francisco’s scrappier cousin. Known as the “other city” by the Bay, it has taken a back seat in recent years and watched San Francisco become the poster child of progressive policies gone wrong. But while San Francisco was getting all the media attention, Oakland was suffering setback after […]
Voters in six states are heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a slew of races up and down the ballot. Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio cast their votes in both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, while Florida only held a GOP primary after the Democratic one was canceled. President Joe […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) floated sending Haitian immigrants who arrive in the Florida Keys to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. DeSantis has been preparing his state for a potential influx of Haitian immigrants after the country came under the control of powerful gangs. In an appearance on Dana Loesch’s podcast, DeSantis laid out the problems Florida faces […]
