Former President Donald Trump’s niece isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to her famous uncle, writing on social media that he should just cut E. Jean Carroll a blank check for defaming her and then lying about it on camera. Mary Trump, the daughter of the former president’s older brother Fred Trump Jr., called […]
A coalition of nine Democratic governors have united to demand President Joe Biden and Congress give them more federal resources to help with the immigration crises in each of their states. The governors, led by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), urged Washington to pass a legislative package that would include funds for their states, along with […]
Every Alaska household receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will collect February payments in nine days. Alaska sends payments to every SNAP-participating household, regardless of case number or last name, on the 1st of each month. North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Vermont will also send out all payments on Feb. 1. About 12% […]
The share of workers in the United States who are union members dropped to 10% in 2023, a record low, even as organized labor received outsize attention. The decline was a subtle drop from the year before, when union membership sat at 10.1%. The total number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions in […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre went after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Republican lawmakers on Tuesday for “getting in the way” of negotiations in the Senate on a deal linking new Ukraine aid to border security policy reforms. President Joe Biden met with Johnson and the other “Big Four” congressional leaders at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
