The Senate voted on Friday evening to start work on the defense supplemental spending package, teeing up a marathon of amendment votes in the coming days. The upper chamber voted 64-19 on a motion to proceed to the $95 billion package, which includes aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Senators are facing a partial cancellation […]
Instagram announced Friday it won’t recommend political content on its platform or on its Threads platform. The app is following in the footsteps of its parent company, Meta, which has similarly responded to political posts across its other platform, Facebook. Meta claimed to have received feedback from users requesting to see less political content. It […]
Biden administration officials did damage control against a special counsel report questioning the president’s memory and handling of classified documents while promising to make changes going forward. The White House rolled out General Counsel’s Office spokesman Ian Sams for a rare briefing room appearance Friday, during which he said a new “task force” would be […]
The Georgetown University College Democrats have been lobbying the D.C. Council to end legacy admissions at public and private schools in the city. The group’s Furthering Admissions Inclusion and Representation proposal would ban admissions preferences for applicants who are related to former students as well as those related to major donors. Historically black colleges and […]
As Democrats defend President Joe Biden against accusations of memory loss, transcripts are likely to be one of the next battle lines. White House spokesman Ian Sams, many prominent Democrats, and President Joe Biden himself have said the special counsel report’s accusations that he could not remember when he became vice president and the year […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), an influential member of the Senate Committee on Finance, trashed the bipartisan child tax credit and business tax bill on Friday and said he hopes it never comes to a vote. The bill in question passed the House in a 357-70 vote but is facing an uphill battle in the Senate, […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), seen as a possible 2024 running mate for former President Donald Trump, burnished her loyalty credentials Thursday when she claimed she would not have certified the 2020 election results if she were vice president on Jan. 6, 2021. Stefanik said on Thursday she did not think former Vice President Mike Pence […]
More gains for U.S. stocks on Friday sent Wall Street to its latest record, milestone and winning week.The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and finished a day above the 5,000 level for the first time. It’s the 10th record in less than a month for the index, which closed its 14th winning week in the last […]
Arizona legislators passed a bipartisan bill Thursday that would change the date of the state’s primary to allow more time for votes to be counted in an effort to avoid electoral complications ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Arizona enacted a law in 2022 that raised the threshold for an automatic recount from 0.1% to […]
Former President Donald Trump gave his coveted endorsement to Republican Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy on Friday, just hours after Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) announced his bid for the Montana seat. Trump praised Sheehy as an “American hero” who is in the best position to beat Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) in November because he has the […]
