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White House chastises House Republicans for ‘civil war’ border talk

The White House is scolding House Republicans who are encouraging Texas to ignore the Supreme Court‘s decision regarding the use of razor wire along the border. Reps. Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Chip Roy (R-TX) are among the lawmakers who have criticized the Supreme Court for siding with President Joe Biden‘s administration in permitting Border Patrol […]

Stimulus update: Michigan to start sending monthly payments of $528 to low-income small business owners in 23 days

Starting in January, monthly payments of $528 will be sent out to 100 entrepreneurs with low incomes in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  The two-year guaranteed income pilot program, called Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, is led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team. The program has been allocated $1.6 million in federal American Rescue […]

Ohio Senate poised to override DeWine’s transgender veto

The Ohio Senate is poised this week to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R-OH) veto of legislation that would ban puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone treatments for minors with gender dysphoria. A spokesperson for the office of Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman confirmed for the Washington Examiner that the question of overturning DeWine’s veto would be […]

Food stamps: Kentucky February SNAP payments worth up to $1,751 to start in nine days

February benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Kentucky will be sent out in nine days. Food stamps are issued to eligible residents in Kentucky between Feb. 1 and Feb. 19. Payments are sent out to recipients on odd days, based on the last digits of their case numbers. Bluegrass State residents must meet […]

Minnesota Supreme Court to hear arguments about law loosening restrictions on convicted felons voting

The Minnesota Supreme Court is set to hear arguments for a new law that would restore voting rights to convicted felons who are on parole, probation, or work release. Initially, the state restored voting rights to felons after they were off parole or probation and had paid their restitutions. In March 2023, Gov. Tim Walz […]

Louisiana governor signs new congressional map into law, likely costing GOP a seat

Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) gave final approval to a congressional map that creates a court-ordered second majority-black district and likely costs Republicans one of its five seats in the Louisiana legislature. The new map protects the partisan lean of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) districts, but reshapes Rep. […]

Pennsylvania high school reclaims ‘Warriors’ mascot following cancellation

A Pennsylvania district has a sense of its community back after Susquehannock High School reclaimed its “Warriors” mascot following its cancellation. The Southern York County School District school board voted 7-2 Thursday to bring back the name. Prior to the vote, there was a roughly two-hour-long session for public comment and a presentation from the Native […]

No Labels in legal hot water with big donors

New York megadonors have sued third-party organization No Labels over an alleged bait-and-switch situation, accusing the group of seeking donations as a bipartisan governing group and then looking to finance a third-party presidential campaign. Two members of the Durst Organization, chairman Douglas Durst and president Jonathan Durst, filed a breach-of-contract and “unjust enrichment” suit on […]

Court denies Trump’s request to rehear gag order in Jan. 6 case

An appeals court denied former President Donald Trump‘s request on Tuesday that the court’s full panel of judges reconsider a gag order in the election subversion case against him in Washington, D.C. The announcement comes after a panel of three Democrat-appointed judges largely rejected Trump’s initial appeal of the gag order in December. Trump then […]

New Hampshire primary: Nikki Haley says she won’t drop out if she loses: ‘We aren’t going anywhere’

Nikki Haley is refusing to suspend her presidential campaign even as the race has largely shifted into a two-way contest between her and Donald Trump — and many in the GOP are falling in line behind the former president.  In a memo released just hours before the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire, Haley’s campaign shared […]
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