White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council spokesman John Kirby are holding a press briefing on Wednesday. The briefing comes after the Biden administration announced it intends to brand the Shiite Islamist Houthis a “specially-designated global terrorist” but not a foreign terrorist organization. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER […]
Podcast host Russell Brand has criticized MSNBC for opting not to air former President Donald Trump’s victory speech following the Iowa caucuses. Brand was discussing footage of MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow explaining on Monday night that the network would not air Trump’s speech, referring to the former president as “the projected winner.” Brand joked that […]
Georgia will wrap up sending out benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to qualified low-income residents for January in six days. SNAP is distributed from Jan. 5 to Jan. 23 in the Peach State. SNAP payments will be issued to recipients’ accounts on days depending on the last two digits of a beneficiary’s client ID. For example, IDs ending […]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) is offering additional funding to Chicago suburbs to support their communities, but with a catch: The suburbs will only receive the money if they agree to house immigrants who have been bused to the Windy City and neighboring towns since last year. The state announced $17 million to address the migrant […]
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will stop issuing food stamps to Washington state residents for the month of January in three 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 […]
Disgraced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo collected roughly $565,000 worth of tax-funded legal fee reimbursement from the Empire State. The $564,918 was made out to Cuomo’s campaign, the byproduct of a state law that mandates the coverage of legal costs for state-elected officials who failed to be convicted of a crime, according to a report. […]
A Colorado man who lost his eye after Denver police struck him with a pepper ball while walking to his car during a 2020 George Floyd protest was approved to receive a $2.3 million settlement. Jax Feldmann alleged that as he was walking away from work on May 30, 2020, he was hit by a […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has raised more than $650,000 in connection to a legal defense fund he launched amid a federal corruption investigation into the Democrat. The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating whether the Adams campaign in 2021 unlawfully conspired with the Turkish government to receive contributions, an allegation that came under […]
In one day, Alaskans who have yet to receive their check from the 2023 Permanent Fund Dividend and are eligible to get one will receive their payment from the state. Those who had the “Eligible-Not Paid” status on Jan. 10 and have not received a PFD payment from 2023 or earlier will receive a check […]
State Republicans are pushing back against a provision of the Illinois gun ban that enforces a firearm registry, with several arguing that the rules are punishing lawful gun owners. A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules approved guidelines on enforcing the registry for the state police on Tuesday. Republicans on […]
