The White House is not saying whether President Joe Biden will answer the call of Republicans to mention the murder of University of Georgia student Laken Riley during his State of the Union address. “I don’t have anything to share about the president’s speech as it relates to that particular question,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre […]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been charged with obstruction of justice in a far-reaching corruption case focused on whether he used his influence as New Jersey’s senior senator to enrich himself and his wife. The Justice Department first charged Menendez in September, accusing him of benefitting the governments of Egypt and then Qatar in his […]
Maryland’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will conclude the distribution of its March payments in 18 days. Roughly 13% of Maryland’s population, roughly 772,700 people, relies on food stamps. The amount received varies depending on income and the size of the household, but the average amount is $180. Food stamps are distributed in the state from March 4 to March 23, […]
The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team overwhelmingly voted to unionize, moving one step closer to being the first labor union for NCAA college athletes. The vote was announced on Tuesday, with the 15-man roster voting 13-2 in favor of joining Service Employees International Union Local 560, which already represents other Dartmouth employees. Despite the vote, […]
Florida’s “Stop WOKE” Act was ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. appeals court Tuesday for being in violation of the First Amendment. The Stop the Wrong to Our Kids and Employees Act, or the Stop WOKE Act, banned workplaces from requiring mandatory diversity training. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld a lower […]
The White House bristled at repeated questions regarding President Joe Biden‘s reliance on notecards, most recently during last week’s trip to the southern border and his meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “You’re upset because the president has notecards?” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre asked a reporter Tuesday. “You’re asking me a question about the […]
The first round of March’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest income earners who retire at 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in just over a week. Retirees born on or between the first and 10th of the month will get their payments in eight days, […]
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) led a group of Colorado Republicans in threatening to recall Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Tuesday over her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state ballot. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state could not remove Trump from the ballot over the 14th Amendment […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) provided new details on the state’s increased presence of law enforcement ahead of the spring break season, warning travelers that they will be held accountable if they create havoc while visiting. The Florida governor said he contacted Miami Beach and several other communities across the state to offer them increased state […]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announced on Tuesday she would not seek a second term, setting her Democratic and GOP challengers up for a two-way race. The independent senator’s decision not to run for reelection comes after nearly a year of speculation about her political future. Should Sinema have chosen to run, the race would have put Sinema’s theory […]
