Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) signed an executive order that bars state agencies from purchasing “lab-grown” or “fake meat.” Pillen, alongside the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, announced three initiatives on Thursday that he said would protect Nebraska’s agriculture industry from lab-grown meat. The executive order bans state agencies from obtaining lab-grown meat, requires state contractors to commit to not […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has long described the moment in 2004 that inspired him to run for public office. In Walz’s telling, the “folksy” high school teacher and two of his students attended a campaign rally for President George W. Bush as an educational experience. However, Walz says, all three of them were denied entry […]
More than a dozen Jewish House Democrats criticized the United Nations in a letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over the exclusion of Israeli and Jewish victims, including the casualties of the Oct. 7 attack, from a recent exhibit honoring victims of terrorism globally. The U.N. commemorated the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to Victims […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign is forcefully rebuking former President Donald Trump‘s newest call for the government or health insurance companies to fully fund in vitro fertilization treatments under a hypothetical second administration. Her campaign announced the launch of a 50-stop “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour beginning Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago […]
Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to intervene in his New York hush money case, seeking to overturn his felony conviction and indefinitely delay his sentencing. Trump attorney Emil Bove filed the request late Thursday, arguing that the prosecution violated his constitutional rights and contradicted a recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) confessed to making “an honest mistake” after it was revealed he misrepresented his military record years ago. Moore claimed the military “awarded me the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge” on an application to join a prestigious White House fellowship in 2006, according to a New York Times report […]
Former President Donald Trump is urging congressional Republicans to risk a government shutdown over the border and voting restrictions weeks before the November election. On Thursday, he joined House conservatives in pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to attach the SAVE Act, a proof-of-citizenship voting bill, to a must-pass measure that would extend government funding beyond the […]
Vice President Kamala Harris invoked a wave of Democratic admiration after her first sit-down interview since being named the Democratic presidential nominee. Former President Donald Trump and his allies were not among her fans. “Boring,” Trump proclaimed in a Thursday evening reaction on Truth Social to Harris’s long-awaited debut. A host of Republicans joined the […]
Three libertarian candidates for congressional races in Iowa were removed from the ballot after Republican-aligned groups challenged their candidacies. The three-member State Objection Panel, which is composed of one Democratic and two Republican elected officials, voted 2-1 Wednesday in favor of removing the libertarians from the ballot and upholding a previous decision that said the […]
In a tense interview with CNN, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) defended his and former President Donald Trump’s use of jokes and memes. As part of a series of 30 reposts of memes over about a half-hour period on Wednesday on Trump’s Truth Social account, the former president reposted a crude sexual joke about Vice President […]
