AMHERST, New Hampshire — Four days before the critical New Hampshire primary, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is lowering expectations for how well she will do in the battle against her onetime boss, former President Donald Trump. For months, Haley had signaled New Hampshire was the early nominating state that would boost her campaign into […]
Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney prosecuting former President Donald Trump, went on trips with the taxpayer-funded special counsel she appointed to the case, according to records revealed Friday in a divorce case involving his former spouse. A motion filed last week by a defense attorney for one of Trump’s co-defendants accused Willis of […]
The House tax-writing panel advanced the major bipartisan proposal that would expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions. The Ways and Means Committee advanced the bipartisan proposal on Friday in an overwhelming 40-3 vote. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, which was negotiated between Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron […]
President Joe Biden signed on Friday the continuing resolution to fund the government through March and avoid a weekend shutdown, according to the White House. The legislation extended four government appropriations packages through March 1 and the remaining eight appropriations packages through March 8. Both the Senate and House of Representatives voted to pass the […]
Georgia will end this month’s distribution of benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to qualified residents in four days. SNAP is issued to low-income residents in Georgia from Jan. 5 to 23. Payments will be issued to recipients’ accounts on days depending on the last two digits of a beneficiary’s client ID. For example, IDs ending in 90-99 will receive their […]
Walmart announced Thursday that a boost in base pay and redesign of bonuses are coming for managers to emphasize profits. Slated to take effect Feb. 1, the new moves arrive as one of the nation’s most significant private employers works to keep qualified managers and inspire hourly workers to reach new levels via a path […]
Talk show hosts from The View suggested that Nikki Haley appear on the program to defend her recent comments on racism. The former ambassador to the United Nations recently claimed during a television interview that the United States is not and has “never been a racist country.” This followed a previous statement Haley made surrounding […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby are holding a joint press briefing on Friday as tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate. President Joe Biden admitted on Thursday that the Houthi attacks were not stopping after the U.S. launched airstrikes against the militant group, […]
The United States Capitol Police investigated more than 8,000 threats against members of Congress in 2023, an increase of 500 cases from the previous year. The agency released data on the threat assessments on Thursday, stating that it investigated 8,008 cases. In 2022, the Capitol Police investigated 7,501 cases. The investigations looked into “concerning statements […]
President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday for the first time in nearly a month. The two leaders had shared near-weekly phone calls following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas, yet until Friday, they had not spoken for 28 days amid growing dissatisfaction with Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza. White […]
