Six inmates at a New York prison filed a lawsuit against the state corrections department for implementing a lockdown the evening of the April 8 solar eclipse. The lockdown, which will take place across 23 state prisons in the path of totality, is a violation of the six inmates’ religious freedom to be unable to […]
With Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) cutting $3.3 billion worth in infrastructure projects last year due to inflation, and now dealing with a state assembly that is struggling to pass a balanced budget, covering the costs of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge and reestablishing shipping at the port is just another problem for him. While […]
President Joe Biden is “heartbroken” by the Israeli airstrike that killed multiple humanitarian aid workers, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. The Monday drone strike in question killed at least seven workers with World Central Kitchen, a humanitarian organization founded and operated by celebrity chef Jose Andres. Both Jean-Pierre and National Security Council spokesman […]
The first of April’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest income earners who retire at 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in just over one week. The payment will go out to beneficiaries in eight days, on Wednesday, April 10, to people who were born on […]
The Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe Doescher said Tuesday that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will need to be wise in who he selects as his running mate, which could help him in winning back the White House. The topic of whom Trump will select to be his 2024 vice presidential candidate has been a […]
A founding member of a powerful network of wealthy Democratic donors that has included George Soros and environmental activist Tom Steyer is sounding the alarm over how the group contributed to “the decline of democracy” and “mounting gridlock and toxic partisanship.” The Democracy Alliance has long kept its operations largely secret as it works to […]
There are just over four weeks until the first of two Supplemental Security Income payments in May, worth up to $943 for individual filers, goes out to millions of beneficiaries. The first installment goes out in 29 days, on May 1, to people with a serious debilitating disability that results in a limited income, according […]
Republicans opposed to returning former President Donald Trump to the Oval Office fanned out in Wisconsin and Michigan on Tuesday ahead of rallies featuring the likely 2024 Republican nominee. The group Republican Voters Against Trump said it booked digital and TV ad time to run negative ads during the former president’s speeches in the two […]
Riley Gaines spoke out against the recent veto Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) made against legislation on transgender athletes in school sports, encouraging state residents to contact their local lawmakers to override his veto. The veto by Evers was on a bill that would have required transgender students not conforming to a specific gender to play on […]
House Democrats are launching a billboard campaign targeting Republicans in competitive districts over in vitro fertilization, the latest sign that reproductive care will be central to their efforts to retake the lower chamber in November. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has announced a five-figure campaign focused on six House GOP lawmakers and two former members […]