Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) jabbed President Joe Biden on Thursday over his consideration of issuing an executive order that would make it harder for immigrants to seek asylum at the southern border. The order would close the border daily after 8,500 crossings. “Doing Trump impressions isn’t how we beat Trump,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested borrowing more than $1 billion to fund affordable housing and other economic initiatives. Shifting away from the city’s current funding methods, the proposal allows for dozens of tax increment financing districts to expire with the goal that revenue will increase the city’s funds. TIFs currently give developers breaks in their […]
It’s more bad news for San Francisco Democratic Mayor London Breed’s reelection efforts. A new poll shows the California mayor is at serious risk of losing her competitive reelection race and that a majority of San Francisco voters hold a negative view of her while her closest competitor, Mark Farrell, would have the most support […]
The hospital system involved in the controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling on in vitro fertilization, or IVF, announced on Thursday that it would suspend all IVF procedures. The Center for Reproductive Medicine at Mobile Infirmary is “pausing IVF treatments to prepare embryos for transfer” effective Feb. 24, it said in a press statement sent to […]
Former talk show host Wendy Williams was diagnosed with aphasia and dementia last year, according to her care team. The announcement on Thursday came “after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy, but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.” Aphasia is a condition that deteriorates language and communication abilities, […]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued that President Joe Biden is only running for reelection so that he can “stay out of jail.” Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Tuberville predicted that Biden would drop out of the race within a few months. His only reason for staying in the race for so long, he […]
The majority of teachers said they do not have enough control over what they teach in public schools, according to a survey released Thursday, while the federal and state governments have too much. In a Pew Research Center poll, 71% of K-12 teachers claimed they do not have enough say over what is taught in […]
Georgia families collecting payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of February who have not received their money can expect it to arrive tomorrow. Roughly 15% of the state’s population, or about 1.6 million people, receive SNAP benefits in Georgia. The average payment per household member per month is $188. Food stamps are sent out from […]
Nvidia’s stock skyrocketed on Thursday, and it is on track to set the biggest single-day increase in market value in history, pulling the overall stock market to new highs. The value of Nvidia, a U.S. computer and software company, increased by nearly 15% in one day of trading alone, a day after it released an […]
Thursday’s sporadic interruption of national cellular phone networks has raised new concerns about how a large solar flare event or an atmospheric nuclear attack could shut down a wider network of phones or even the electric grid. While the number of phone outages was small, they showed up coast to coast, and some media spun […]
