House Republicans passed two anti-abortion measures on Thursday ahead of the 51st annual March for Life in Washington D.C. The House voted 214 to 208 along party lines to pass HR 6918, the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families act, which seeks to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from discriminating against […]
The mayor of Denver joined Colorado’s senators at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to urge Congress to support cities being burdened by the migrant crisis. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston held a press conference alongside Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO), where the three encouraged negotiators to include resources for cities facing record migrant […]
EXCLUSIVE — Derrick Anderson, a candidate to represent Virginia’s 7th Congressional District and Green Beret veteran, raised $300,000 in the fourth quarter of 2023 in what is shaping up to be a competitive race for Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-VA) seat. Since entering the 2024 contest 3 1/2 months ago, Anderson has raised over $460,000, boosting […]
E. Jean Carroll, the woman suing former President Donald Trump for defamation damages, wrapped up her testimony Thursday, telling jurors he destroyed her reputation with his outsize denials and insults about a sexual assault that took place at an upscale department store in the 1990s. Trump, who was in the New York courtroom on Wednesday, […]
House Republicans plan to question Hunter Biden in a closed-door deposition on Feb. 28, a date that comes after months of negotiations about the terms for interviewing the GOP’s star impeachment witness. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced the plans in a statement Thursday, indicating their […]
The House passed its latest temporary spending measure, narrowly avoiding a scheduled government shutdown and punting its budget deadlines for the 2024 fiscal year for a third time. Lawmakers voted 314-108 on the continuing resolution, extending the current spending deadlines set for Friday and Feb. 2 to March 1 and 8, respectively. The resolution now […]
Washington state residents collecting payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will finish receiving food stamps for January in two days. Food stamp payments are issued in the Evergreen State between Jan. 1 and Jan. 20. The state refers to SNAP as the Basic Food Program, and payments are usually sent out depending on the date that recipients applied for benefits. […]
Donald Trump Jr. claimed Thursday that commentator Tucker Carlson is still “on the table” as a potential running mate for former President Donald Trump, should he win the nomination. The statement from Trump Jr. comes after Carlson rejected the possibility of serving as Trump’s vice president when asked last month. Donald Trump Jr. explained that […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denounced the “harmful” divide on immigration to a group of mayors after declining to attend a Thursday impeachment hearing against him. Mayorkas spoke to a group of mayors as surging illegal immigration has strained communities across the country. Most of the speech focused on other topics, such as terrorism and […]
Remaining North Carolina residents who collect benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are set to receive their payments over the next three days before the program wraps up for January. SNAP benefits go out to North Carolina residents on odd days this month from Jan. 3 to Jan. 21. Food stamps are sent based on the final digit of […]
