Congressional Democrats are being forced to reckon with revived concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and acuity after being accused of severe memory lapses in special counsel Robert Hur’s report on his handling of classified materials. Hur’s report included examples of the president’s memory lapses during his interview with investigators, which were featured while explaining […]
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley fended off repeated calls from those in the GOP for her to bow out of the presidential race, saying that by remaining, “she was strengthening the party.” When asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal earlier this week if she was harming the party’s outcome in November, the […]
Special counsel Jack Smith is asking the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump‘s criminal classified documents case to reconsider a ruling that would publicly disclose witness identities and their testimony, citing online threats that are now under federal investigation. Smith asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday to block Trump from attaching discovery […]
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-SC) condemned Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and called for his resignation over his reaction to rising antisemitism in schools. The Education Department gave a statement to Newsmax regarding the phrase “from the river to the sea,” which is often chanted by pro-Palestinian protesters. It implies that Palestinians deserve all of Israel’s land […]
After an academic journal retracted two scientific papers this week that are central to the pending Supreme Court case on the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, the authors are calling the move a purely political corruption of science. “[Scientific journals] are unfortunately allowing themselves to become a political arm,” lead […]
Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back on the special counsel report that cleared her boss of classified documents charges but severely questioned his mental competency. Harris called special counsel Robert Hur’s report a “politically motivated” document that “could not be more wrong on the facts.” “What I saw that report last night, I believe is, […]
Residents of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who qualified for a program for 100 entrepreneurs or small business owners, will see their next monthly payment in six days. The two-year guaranteed income pilot program, called Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, is led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team. The payments started going out in January to selected applicants, and they will be sent out on the […]
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in California, known as CalFresh, will wrap up distributing payments for February in one day. SNAP began issuing payments on the 1st of the month and will end on the 10th. The exact day benefits are sent to qualified low-income households is dependent on recipients’ case numbers. California recipients with case numbers ending in 1 should […]
Two Democratic candidates running for Cook County state’s attorney in Illinois have vastly different approaches to prosecuting retail and motor vehicle crimes, particularly those involving juveniles, as the Chicagoland area looks to find a replacement for Kim Foxx. Foxx, who was praised by supporters for her work toward criminal justice reform and criticized by opponents […]
Labels were the rage this week as partisans dueled over failed border and immigration legislation. President Joe Biden tried to blame former President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans” for the failure. That prompted the National Republican Congressional Committee to swat back at “extreme Democrats” who foiled passage. The best was from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), […]
