Six months after New York City banned nearly all short-term rentals, such as Airbnb and Vrbo, neighboring New Jersey is reaping the benefits New York lost. Demand for short-term rentals increased by 84% in Jersey City in February 2024 compared to February 2023. Short-term rental demand also increased in nearby cities by 59% in Weehawken, […]
President Joe Biden‘s secretary of housing and urban development, Marcia Fudge, will step down from her post next week, making her just the fifth Cabinet official to depart since Biden entered the White House. Fudge first announced her decision Monday in an email sent to HUD staff. Deputy HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman will begin serving […]
The president of Chicago’s bus driver union is calling for the Illinois National Guard to patrol the city’s transit system. President of Amalgamated Transit Union 241 Keith Hill made the call following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) decision to send National Guardsmen to perform bag checks on New York City’s subway system, according to a report. […]
April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in three weeks. The next installment will go out on April 1 to people who struggle with a serious disability that results in a limited income, according to the Social Security Administration. In order to […]
A majority of Democrats would back efforts by lawmakers to stop former President Donald Trump from entering the White House by blocking his congressional certification of victory. In a poll that suggests a Democratic-style Jan. 6 protest, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that 57% of Democrats would support “refusing to certify the election results […]
Former President Donald Trump believes President Joe Biden‘s “terrible performance” during the State of the Union will be enough for him to secure the Democratic nomination. Trump attacked Biden as a “very angry and confused man” but expressed his belief that Biden will be the nominee while speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday. “I […]
President Joe Biden’s apology for calling Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s alleged murderer an “illegal” illustrated two major dilemmas for his reelection campaign. The most obvious is that worrying about the correct terminology for describing someone believed to have murdered a U.S. citizen itself exemplifies Biden’s timorous and largely disastrous approach to the border. But […]
A former Democratic senator from Michigan running for the seat Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is vacating said he opposes the state’s local governments reporting illegal immigration and commended Lansing’s “sanctuary city” status. Curtis Hertel Jr. served as a state senator in Michigan from 2015 to 2023, representing parts of Lansing. Hertel is the only Democrat […]
EXCLUSIVE — A left-wing group linked to Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias appears to have violated federal law, a watchdog alleged in a complaint. The complaint, which the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust filed on Monday with the Federal Election Commission, requests an immediate investigation into whether the American Mainstream Policy Leadership Institute “made […]
The White House on Monday released a proposed budget for fiscal 2025 that contains a wish list of tax increases and spending proposals favored by Democrats. The budget includes $7.3 trillion in spending and a $5.5 trillion in tax revenue, bringing the deficit for 2025 to nearly $1.8 trillion. The proposals for new federal spending […]
