Metro released a revised budget proposal Monday that will ward off severe service cuts previously proposed in December, but it will include significant fare hikes and other service reductions following the transportation system’s $750 million budget shortfall. The proposal needs to be approved in three jurisdictions (Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia) before the transit system […]
Confusion consumed Nevada this week, with the state holding presidential primary elections Tuesday for the Democratic and Republican parties, while the Nevada Republican Party is holding separate caucuses on Thursday. Republicans can vote in both the primary and caucuses if they choose, but only Thursday’s caucuses will count toward awarding delegates. What’s more, the candidates […]
A complaint has been lodged with the Federal Election Commission, accusing a group aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), which has spent millions in targeting Tim Sheehy, a Republican candidate vying for Montana’s Senate seat, of failing to file independent expenditure reports. On Monday, the Americans for Public Trust filed an FEC complaint […]
A veteran nurse slammed the Virginia General Assembly’s latest bill that would force nurses across the commonwealth to receive implicit bias training in order to obtain and keep their medical licenses. “The bill proposes that without the implicit bias training, that licenses will not be able to be renewed, and this is a little surprising […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) vowed Monday that no city in Florida would become the next San Francisco, citing the California city’s homelessness problem. The Florida governor listed several new proposals he aims to work on with the state legislature, including forbidding camping on city sidewalks and in parks. DeSantis also proposed additional funding for homeless […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s name will appear on early voting ballots for Maine residents choosing to participate despite Secretary of State Shenna Bellows disqualifying the former president from the ballot under the 14th Amendment. Early voting in the state began on Monday, one month before Super Tuesday on March 5. Republicans and Democrats will be […]
Kellyanne Conway, who served as a White House adviser to former President Donald Trump, suggested the Republican front-runner pick a person of color as his running mate. In a New York Times op-ed published Monday, Conway rejected popular calls to pick a woman as his vice president, urging Trump not to play into identity politics. […]
A campaign to recall Washington, D.C., Councilman Charles Allen, a Democrat in Ward 6, has gained momentum in fundraising across the district. Last week, organizers said they raised more than $54,000 in donations for the effort in two weeks from close to 400 individual donors. “What started as a group of fed-up parents, neighbors and […]
Senate leadership is mounting an all-out offensive to pitch Ukraine border legislation that will be brought to the floor this week. But no sooner had the legislative text been released Sunday night than the bill ran into a bipartisan pileup of opposition. The Republican dissent has been loudest, particularly over its border provisions. The bill […]
This week’s Liberal Media Scream features a look at new Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker’s treatment of Republican leaders. And surprise — not — she continues to be just as biased as former host Chuck Todd. First, she lectured House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the border bill released by the Senate on Sunday. […]
