The House passed a resolution condemning the Biden administration over its border security policies, accusing the president of threatening national security amid record-high illegal immigration at the southern border. Lawmakers voted 225-187, with 14 Democrats voting yes, on a resolution denouncing the Biden White House over the “public safety crisis along the southwest border,” advancing […]
Senate leaders are expressing confidence ahead of Wednesday’s White House meeting that the defense supplemental spending package will be completed soon. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Wednesday that it is his “assumption” that the upper chamber would take up $106 billion legislation by sometime next week, while Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused Republicans of targeting ‘communities of color’ when sending immigrants from the border to major cities like Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. “Republicans are yelling that the states don’t have the tools to help with migrants but rather than work with Democrats, Republicans are targeting communities of color in cities like […]
EXCLUSIVE — A watchdog analysis of funds spent by the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers unions over the last year discovered millions of dollars were prioritized for political purposes instead of supporting teachers and students. Americans for Fair Treatment, a national nonprofit organization supporting public employees, found that the NEA spent $10 […]
Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin its February payments, worth up to $1,751, in 16 days. Montana‘s SNAP payments are distributed over five days each month, starting on the second. February’s payments will be disbursed from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6. The dates recipients get their payments depend on their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or […]
The House tax-writing panel has scheduled a meeting Friday to work on and advance the major bipartisan proposal that would expand the child tax credit and renew prized business investment deductions. The Ways and Means Committee will hold the session, in which members of the tax-writing committee will get their chance to weigh in on the legislation, […]
A super PAC boosting Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) presidential bid began staff layoffs on Wednesday, two days after the Florida governor placed second in the Iowa Republican caucuses. The layoffs, first reported by the New York Times, affected staffers from the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down in Iowa and Nevada — the third state […]
Shortly after Republicans took control of the House last year, GOP leaders were quick to undo a number of policies implemented by the previous Democratic majority. Among them was a COVID-era rule that allowed lawmakers to vote remotely. Freshman Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) voted with the rest of her party in January 2022 to […]
Miss America 2024 credited the U.S. Air Force for her Sunday night win of the title, along with her chance to study at Harvard University. Madison Marsh, who represented Colorado in the beauty pageant, is the first active member of the U.S. military to win the title, with many celebrating her win on social media. […]
A decades-old Supreme Court precedent seen by critics as giving too much power to federal agencies was highly scrutinized on Wednesday by members of the high court’s Republican-appointed majority. Arguments in two separate hearings on Wednesday surrounded appeals filed by two fishing companies of lower court rulings that allowed the National Marine Fisheries Service to […]
