Republicans raged against earmarks littered throughout the latest government spending legislation, unveiled overnight Thursday, that fund “pet projects” in lawmakers’ districts. The deal includes the remainder of fiscal 2024 funding for the departments of Defense, Labor, State, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and other parts of the government. While those federal agencies are scheduled […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced a new effort for public housing under the “Green New Deal” banner, claiming the effort is necessary because of various “crises facing us today.” The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act was reintroduced on Thursday after being previously proposed in April 2021 during the […]
TikTok lobbyists sprinkled cash into the campaign coffers for some House Democrats who later voted against a bill that could lead to the popular social media app being banned in the United States, records show. In March, Reps. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Greg Casar (D-TX), and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) opposed the bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is relaunching a Latino outreach program pioneered by his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, potentially throwing a wrench in President Joe Biden‘s efforts to shore up his winning 2020 coalition. According to Axios, Kennedy plans to relaunch the “Viva Kennedy” program, an initiative his father, former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, […]
Porn star Stormy Daniels compared supporters of former President Donald Trump, specifically the supporters who harass her, to suicide bombers. Daniels discussed how she was greatly criticized by Trump supporters when she first spoke out against the former president, noting how the number of people who harass her has gone down since then. However, she […]
Former President Donald Trump reportedly had little reaction to the reported violence in the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, according to testimony from one of the former president’s valets. The transcript of testimony given to the now-dissolved House Jan. 6 committee in 2022, obtained by the New York Times, was from an unnamed White […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity Action will play in Ohio‘s most competitive races this election cycle, announcing endorsements of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, in addition to GOP congressional candidates Derek Merrin and Kevin Coughlin. Moreno’s race against third-term incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is a top-tier toss-up contest that could flip […]
Democrats are attacking the GOP’s plans to bring Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman whom the former president pardoned for tax fraud in 2018, to its national convention by painting the former president as being “soft on crime.” The Democratic National Committee is planning on painting Trump as someone who pardons criminals and brings […]
The school board for the largest district in Manhattan passed a resolution Wednesday night asking the New York City Department of Education to consider banning athletes from playing on sports teams that do not align with their biological sex. The Community Education Council District 2 resolution asked city school officials to create a committee to […]
Sports betting during this year’s March Madness might break records as more states legalize wagers on the most-anticipated tournaments in college basketball. Adults will legally bet some $2.72 billion on the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, which started Thursday and will run through early April, according to an estimate by the American Gaming Association. […]
