The D.C. Council began debating the latest crime legislation this week, with several of the council members raising concerns about possible civil rights violations and a rollback in police accountability measures. The Secure DC Omnibus bill was introduced on Jan. 10 by Councilwoman Brooke Pinto, combining months of proposals and individual crime bills from council […]
The House passed a major bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions. The vote was 357-70, with members of both parties supporting the $78 billion legislation, H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. The bill faces some obstacles in the Senate. The White House, though, has […]
Three Southern state legislative leaders appear open to expanding health coverage to low-income residents in changes from previous rhetoric. House speakers from Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama said Republican lawmakers are looking into the expansion concept, which could result in nearly 500,000 people getting insurance in all three states combined, according to the think tank KFF. […]
The House on Wednesday passed a major bipartisan bill that would expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions. The vote was 357-70 with members of both parties supporting the $78 billion legislation, H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. The bill faces some obstacles in the Senate. The White House, though, has […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and his wife, Gisele, mocked rumors about their marriage on Wednesday evening as they posed for a photograph at the Washington Press Club’s annual Congressional Dinner. Fetterman, who was dressed in his typical hooded sweatshirt and shorts, albeit with a formal twist, spoke to the Washington Examiner during the reception. “I’m […]
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb is again under scrutiny for his response to crime after arguing that the district cannot “prosecute or arrest our way” out of the area’s rising crime levels. Schwalb responded to district residents who showed up at a panel discussion on carjacking and juvenile crime on Tuesday led by Ward […]
Barbra Streisand revealed in a recent interview that she was “afraid” to be seen as sensual when she was at the height of her fame. “I was too afraid to be seen that way at that time,” she said in an interview with the New York Times. “Now I’m too old to care.” The 81-year-old […]
A new survey has found what most Beltway travelers know to be true every day: Washington, D.C., has the second-worst traffic in the country. A survey by TomTom, a map and navigation technology company, found that it took commuters 21 minutes and 20 seconds just to travel 6 miles in the Washington area. In 2023, […]
Residents of a Boston neighborhood are fuming after Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) demanded a popular sports recreational building be used to house the state’s influx of immigrants. Healey insisted the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Roxbury, a hub for young and old residents to enjoy physical activities, would become a shelter on Wednesday for […]
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Cori Bush (D-MO) were the only House members to vote against a bill that would bar Hamas members and those who participated in the attacks against Israel last year from entering the United States. The House passed the bill, No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act, 422-2-1, on Wednesday evening. […]
