California will start sending benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to qualified low-income residents for March in the next three days. The SNAP program will begin issuing payments on the 1st of the month and continue until the 10th. Payments are distributed to qualified low-income households depending on recipients’ case numbers. For example, California recipients with case numbers ending in 1 will […]
Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill to testify before House lawmakers on Wednesday, marking the latest and most high-profile development for Republicans’ monthslong impeachment inquiry into the president. Biden appeared for his closed-door deposition just before 10 a.m. at the Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. House Office Building, where he is expected to answer questions under […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told staff the generative artificial intelligence bot Gemini’s responses to user queries about race, politics, and current events were “completely unacceptable.” Pichai addressed Google’s team on Tuesday in a memo on the state of the Gemini chatbot and image generator, which have generated controversy over the past week. Google had to […]
President Joe Biden traveled to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday for his annual physical exam. Concerns about the president’s age and health resurfaced earlier this month with the conclusion of the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. Special Counsel Robert Hur opted not to charge the president in the matter but […]
Author Marianne Williamson announced Wednesday that she will unsuspend her long-shot bid for the White House after besting Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) Tuesday night in the 2024 Michigan Democratic presidential primary and vocal “uncommitted” protest movement in response to the Israel-Hamas war. Williamson, who has been calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, had bowed out […]
Economic output growth for the fourth quarter of 2023 was revised down by a tenth of a percentage point to a 3.2% seasonally adjusted annual rate, showing that commerce remained brisk to end the year despite the difficulties created by the Federal Reserve‘s interest rate policies. The new data, adjusted for inflation, were published Wednesday by the […]
A Texas federal judge ruled a $1.7 trillion government funding bill was unconstitutionally passed in 2022 due to a pandemic-era rule allowing the House of Representatives to vote by proxy instead of in person. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has brought multiple lawsuits against the Biden administration, asked the courts to block a […]
Voters in Michigan made their voices heard in the state’s presidential primaries, giving both parties’ front-runners victories but also a sizable protest vote in the Democratic primary. With the wins by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, in the state, the two are closer to a […]
(The Center Square) — Vermont has repealed a controversial property tax rate increase cap in a move aimed at blunting the impact of rising school costs that were projected to lead to double-digit property tax increases. The legislation, recently signed into law by Gov. Phil Scott, repeals an often-criticized property tax cap and will allow local school […]
(The Center Square) – Geography, population, media market size, and economic growth are some of the primary factors Charlotte MLB Project’s Hayden Peterson is touting to bring a franchise to North Carolina. With Major League Baseball recently finalizing situations with the Oakland A’s and Tampa Rays, league officials are expected to soon turn their attention […]
