House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blasted President Joe Biden ahead of his State of the Union address Thursday evening, lambasting the White House’s record on top issues. Johnson’s office released a video on Thursday morning that combined clips of Biden’s comments about the border, economy, and other policy matters with his worst moments, including tripping […]
In eight days, 100 low-income entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, are slated to start receiving monthly payments of $528 as participants in the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program. Administered by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, this two-year pilot initiative began distributing payments in January to individuals who had been selected beforehand. Kristin […]
Social media sensation-turned-professional boxer Jake Paul is set to fight former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Paul, 27, will face a 57-year-old Tyson on Netflix, the streaming platform’s first major live boxing event, the company announced Thursday. “The event marks Paul’s most anticipated fight to date […]
A federal judge in Texas ordered a federal agency, created 55 years ago to assist minority business owners, to open business to all races. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman said the agency violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause through the agency’s basis that some races are “’socially or economically disadvantaged’ and … thus entitled […]
Denver officials are searching for housing alternatives for immigrants after Mayor Mike Johnston announced multiple shelters will be closing as the city addresses a major budget deficit. Johnston announced last week that the city will close one immigrant shelter a week over the next four weeks, aiming to generate savings of up to $60 million […]
California will finish distributing March’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments to low-income households in three days. Payments are distributed starting on the first of a month and continue until the 10th. The dates benefits are sent out to qualified low-income families and individuals depend on recipients’ case numbers. For instance, California recipients with case numbers ending in 1 received […]
President Joe Biden will ask Congress to raise taxes on corporations during his annual State of the Union address, laying out his tax agenda as the election fast approaches. Biden will speak before both chambers of Congress and make the case that he should get another term as president. The corporate tax hikes that Biden […]
Republican lawmakers have criticized a fence set up around the U.S. Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, pointing out how the government will secure the Capitol but not the southern border. The president will be delivering his annual State of the Union speech on Thursday evening, ahead of which a […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton pushed White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday on how President Joe Biden plans to address abortion and race relations in his fourth State of the Union address. “Two of the issues that are burning in this country, among others, are the right of women to choose and where we […]
Abortion is the top subject for 1 in 8 voters in the 2024 election following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll from the healthcare policy think tank KFF. “In the two years post [Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization], there seems to be a new generation of abortion […]
