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DC Area Educators for Social Justice to host curriculum fair ahead of BLM ‘Week of Action’

EXCLUSIVE — DC Area Educators for Social Justice, an activist network of teachers and school administrators, is hosting a curriculum fair next week to push public schools into “national demands based in the Black Lives Matter guiding principles.” The fair comes in the lead-up to the seventh annual Black Lives Matter at School Week of […]

Trump holds New Hampshire rally on night of CNN primary debate

Former President Donald Trump is set to hold a Jan. 21 evening rally in Rochester, New Hampshire, a move that directly conflicts with CNN‘s primary debate on the same night. Trump’s campaign announced the New Hampshire rally scheduled for 7 p.m. in an email Friday afternoon. It comes just two days before the Granite State’s primary, the […]

Jim Jordan launches investigation into Fulton County special prosecutor

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Friday sent a letter to the man with whom Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis hired to work on the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump: Nathan Wade, who is allegedly Willis’s romantic partner. Wade is accused in the letter of receiving large sums of […]

House Democratic leaders lay down gauntlet to GOP over shutdown fears: ‘Do your job’

House Democratic leaders are calling on House Republicans to “do your job” and pass a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown next week, as conservatives continue to hammer Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over making a deal with Senate Democrats. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) said in a post to X, formerly Twitter, on […]

Social Security update: February direct payment worth $943 goes out in 20 days

The first Supplemental Security Income payment of 2024, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in just under three weeks. The payment will be released in 20 days, on Feb. 1, and it marks the first payment of the new year because no payment was issued in January. Recipients were […]

DeSantis leans into Trump criticism days before Iowa

URBANDALE, Iowa — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took fresh swipes at former President Donald Trump days before the 2024 Republican primary‘s opening contest in Iowa. As snow continued to fall on the first-in-the-nation state, DeSantis criticized Trump for not debating and for only speaking to friendly news outlets, which, he complained, had not pushed him […]

New reality show on polyamory sparks discussion and interest online

Streaming service Peacock’s newest reality television show is putting “throuples”, the phrase for three romantic partners, on the map. Hosted by Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans, Couple to Throuple will debut on Feb. 8. The show’s premise: Four couples have been brought to a tropical island resort to have sexual relations with 14 “open-minded singles,” according […]

Manchin suggests Biden was ‘pushed to the far Left’

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) expressed disappointment about President Joe Biden‘s shift “to the far Left” during his first term in office. Manchin spoke to the New England Council in New Hampshire’s St. Anselm College on Friday. Those present were able to participate in a question-and-answer session in which Manchin offered criticisms regarding the president. “He’s […]

Oil jumps above $80 amid fears of broader Red Sea conflict

Oil prices jumped past $80 per barrel Friday for the first time this year as violence in the Red Sea prompted more vessels to change course and sparked new fears of broader disruption. Prices for international benchmark Brent crude and U.S.-based West Texas Intermediate each jumped by more than 4%, rising as high as $80.57 per […]

Social Security update: Second round of January payments worth $4,873 goes out in five days

The second round of January Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, will go out to the next group of retirees in a little under one week. Retired seniors born between the 11th and 20th of a month should receive their first payment of 2024 in five days […]
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