The White House is sidestepping questions regarding President Joe Biden‘s position on Zyn tobacco-less nicotine pouches. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre referred reporters to the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday when asked to address Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer‘s (D-NY) pressure campaign on Zyn amid complaints the Swedish company has been pushing its product on children, […]
The Chicago Board of Ethics imposed a $10,500 fine on the campaign of Paul Vallas, who finished second in the mayoral race last year, citing violations of the city’s campaign finance rules. After a unanimous vote from the city’s ethics board, Vallas for Mayor was fined for going over the limit campaign contributions can be […]
Kentucky residents will start to see benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in eight days. Food stamps are issued to eligible residents in Kentucky between Feb. 1 and Feb. 19. Payments are sent out to recipients on odd days based on the last digits of their case numbers. Kentucky residents must meet certain income and household […]
THIS MORNING’S HEARING: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing today examining how the Environmental Protection Agency is conducting chemical reviews under the Toxic Substances Control Act. But both sides of the aisle aren’t happy – and Republicans along with Democrats are expressing concerns that the EPA is slow-walking the peer review […]
Antisemitism task forces at universities have done little to address the concerns of Jews about the pro-Hamas sentiment that has become more visible on campuses since the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel, experts say. In the wake of pro-Hamas protests on college campuses and university presidents issuing responses that critics called inadequate […]
Former Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced on Wednesday he would run for Congress in a bid to unseat Rep. Max Miller (R-OH). Kucinich said he would run as an independent, although he served in the Ohio House of Representatives and ran for president twice as a Democrat. “Service to a nation must be superior to […]
A CVS in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is finally closing its doors after surging crime and constant pillaging left its aisles bare. Located on 14th Street NW, the CVS garnered national attention earlier this year after footage of its empty shelves went viral. It was reported in October that gangs of up […]
Advocates for Texas’s efforts to place razor wire fences along the southern border say an appeals court should soon pave the way for such efforts after the Supreme Court ruled federal border agents could cut through them earlier this week. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a striking blow to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who has sought […]
A key House committee will move forward with its impeachment efforts against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with lawmakers set to mark up articles of impeachment against the Biden administration official later this month. The Homeland Security Committee will meet on Jan. 30 to debate the charges before voting on whether to advance […]
Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) bashed Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel over her calls for Republicans to unify around former President Donald Trump. In a Wednesday appearance on Fox News, Sununu said the GOP presidential primary is far from over and that such a call for all Republicans to support Trump is premature. “With all […]
