The White House declined to comment Friday on reports that President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he couldn’t back a year of war, instead suggesting that Biden isn’t concerned about the ramifications Israel’s offensive in Gaza will have on the 2024 election. Axios reported Friday that Biden said during last Friday’s […]
Former President Donald Trump exited a Manhattan courtroom in a huff on Friday as an attorney for writer E. Jean Carroll made her closing arguments in a defamation case against him. Trump, according to multiple reports, stormed out of the room on the final day of the trial just as Carroll’s attorney said Trump believes […]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) announced he would not run for another term in the House, making him the latest member of Congress from Maryland to retire after the 2024 cycle. “This was an incredibly difficult decision for me because, now more than ever, Congress needs thoughtful, end-game representatives like me — members who care more […]
Unanswered pleas for help amid a historic influx of illegal immigrants at the southern border have sparked a federal-state battle three years in the making, a feud that has been teased as potentially laying the ground for a civil war. Two thousand miles apart, Biden administration leaders in Washington, D.C., and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s […]
Monthly payments of $528 started going out to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this month, and the next payment will be sent in 20 days. The Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, a two-year guaranteed income pilot program led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, selected 100 participants randomly from […]
The United States Postal Service will commemorate the Lunar New Year with a dragon stamp in homage to the Chinese Zodiac for this year. Artist Camille Chew created the design by first cutting and folding a paper dragon mask and then digitally rendering the mask. Chew has designed the USPS stamp for the holiday since […]
A group of Colorado voters called on the Supreme Court on Friday to block former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, telling the justices in their brief that he is ineligible to run for the presidency for bringing a mob to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court will hold oral […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced social media was an “environmental toxin” on Wednesday, making it the first major city in the United States to categorize social media as a risk to public health. During Adams’s State of the City address, he highlighted the dangers of social media and slammed Big Tech companies for […]
Kentucky residents will start to see benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, in six days. Food stamps will be issued to eligible residents in Kentucky between Feb. 1 and Feb. 19. Payments are sent to recipients on odd days based on the last digits of their case numbers. Kentucky residents must meet certain income and household requirements […]
The Justice Department announced a boost in resources to tackle the rise of violent crime in Washington, D.C., focusing on measures to combat carjackings. “Last year, we saw an encouraging decline in violent crime in many parts of the country, but there is much more work to do — including here in the District of […]
