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 […]
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic died Wednesday morning in Salt Lake City after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday night, the team confirmed. Milojevic was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday night after he had a heart attack while at a team dinner. He was in his third year of coaching with the […]
The White House issued multiple apologies Wednesday to former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) for a statement issued by the Democratic National Committee mocking the Tuesday suspension of his presidential campaign. Hutchinson had struggled to build momentum in the Republican presidential primary and dropped out of the race after earning just 0.2% support at Monday’s Iowa […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) appears to already have plans to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) if he passes a deal that provides funding to Ukraine. “I would introduce the motion to vacate myself,” Greene reportedly said on Wednesday to Axios reporter Andrew Solender. Johnson met with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders […]
