Senate candidate Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) filed a federal lawsuit Monday in New Jersey over the state’s controversial “county line” system. Kim argued the current system favors certain candidates, in this case, New Jersey’s first lady and his Senate primary opponent Tammy Murphy. The lawsuit states the current system violates the First and 14th amendments […]
Residents of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who qualified for a program for 100 entrepreneurs or small-business owners will see their next monthly payment in 18 days for March. The two-year guaranteed income pilot program, called Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, is led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team. The payments started going out in January to selected applicants, and they will be sent out on […]
McDonald’s franchise owners in California are targeting Democrats who supported a bill to give fast food workers higher wages and set new working conditions. The McDonald’s California Operators PAC is a major contributor to the California Alliance of Family Owned Businesses PAC, which has been running negative ads against Democratic Assemblymen Chris Holden of Pasadena […]
Over the last couple of months, advisers to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have had discussions with former President Donald Trump’s team about securing an endorsement of the GOP presidential front-runner, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The conversations, which were reported by the New York Times, have been underway since early January […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) avoided endorsing President Joe Biden or Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley when asked in an interview Monday who would be a better president. “Well, I’m not going to say who would be a better president,” Manchin told CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I know that Nikki Haley is in the fight, and I […]
President Joe Biden will reportedly sit for an interview with late-night talk show host Seth Meyers on Monday, continuing a string of celebrity spots while shunning sit-downs with news reporters. Though the White House has not confirmed the interview, media outlets have reported it, and Biden visited NBC Studios during his trip to New York […]
The Supreme Court appeared skeptical of arguments Monday by the states of Florida and Texas that they are justified in regulating social media content moderation in a landmark case with major implications for speech on the internet. The court heard oral arguments for two major speech-related cases on Monday: NetChoice v. Moody and NetChoice v. […]
For the first time since polling on the topic began, a majority supports the construction of a border wall on the border with Mexico. The previously fringe idea, popularized as a campaign pledge by former President Donald Trump, has gained traction amid a spiraling crisis at the border, with record numbers of immigrants crossing daily. […]
Academics are sounding the alarm that new rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could threaten important research oversight of the programs. CMS announced earlier this month that “growing data security concerns” prompted the agency to begin limiting Medicare and Medicaid patient data for private-sector researchers in universities and think tanks. Starting in […]
The son of Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), Michael “Patton” Guest, was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Patton Guest, 20 years old, was charged with disorderly conduct, underage drinking, and assault of a police officer. The arrest occurred in downtown Nashville on Broadway, a street lined with multistory bars […]
