(The Center Square) – The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an administrative stay to temporarily block Harris County’s “Uplift Harris” guaranteed income pilot program from going into effect, granting a request filed earlier in the day by Attorney General Ken Paxton. This is after two lower courts, the 165th District Court and the 14th […]
(The Center Square) – An emergency bill to allow the Seattle Fire Department to conduct demolition of unsafe vacant buildings in Seattle would cost the city up to $500,000 this year before potential reimbursements. The emergency legislation was proposed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Thursday. The Seattle Public Safety Committee was briefed on the […]
Pennsylvania is the ultimate battleground for 2024 with the White House, Senate, and House all poised to flip based on how voters here cast their ballots. In this series, Pining for Pennsylvania: Unlocking the crucial Keystone State, the Washington Examiner will look at the demographics, politics, and key topics that have made Pennsylvania the must-watch state of the year. […]
As former President Donald Trump‘s New York hush money trial starts in earnest, he and President Joe Biden are grappling over how to deal with an enthusiasm gap, particularly among independent voters, for their 2024 runs before November. While Trump’s trials are likely to politically advantage him and Biden with their respective bases of support, […]
Since last September, Montana voters have heard various accusations lobbed against Tim Sheehy, a Trump-endorsed GOP Senate hopeful running to unseat Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT): he’s “shady,” a “so-called businessman,” and “cashing in on Communist China,” according to a flurry of political ads running in the Treasure State. The GOP primary ad buys were snagged […]
President Joe Biden‘s two commencement speeches next month will take on added importance with both the election and college campus protests grabbing headlines. Biden will speak at Morehouse College, a prominent historically black school in Atlanta, on May 19 and at the U.S. Military Academy on May 25. The former has drawn a larger share […]
Pennsylvania is the ultimate battleground for 2024, with the White House, Senate, and House all poised to flip based on how voters here cast their ballots. In this series, Pining for Pennsylvania: Unlocking the crucial Keystone State, the Washington Examiner will look at the demographics, politics, and key policies that have made Pennsylvania the must-watch state of the […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered an unmistakable rebuke of the Republicans opposed to further funding for Ukraine on Tuesday. He brought along 31 GOP votes for the legislation, nine more than voted for an earlier version of the legislation in February and, most significantly, a majority of his conference in the Senate. He […]
Border Patrol agents remain unable to access the border in Eagle Pass more than 100 days since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ordered the state military to fence the area to prevent federal police from cutting through state-installed barbed wire. Federal law enforcement has been locked out of a strip of the border in south-central […]
The deadline to remove pro-Palestinian supporters from the encampment at Columbia University has been extended until 8 a.m., according to a report from WCKR-FM, the student-run radio station of Columbia University. According to the New York Times, the original deadline was Wednesday at 12:00 a.m., which the university set late Tuesday. After the deadline, the New York Police […]
