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Food stamps: Georgia SNAP payments for February worth up to $1,751 to end in eight days

Georgia residents who receive assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will see their final direct payments for the month of February in eight days. SNAP is sent out starting on Feb. 5, and it will end on Feb. 23 in the Peach State. SNAP payments will be issued to recipients’ accounts on days depending on the last […]

Rosendale ends Montana Senate run less than a week after campaign launch

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) dropped his bid for Montana Senate on Thursday, less than a week after announcing a run, according to a source working on the campaign.  The conservative congressman had been testing the waters and had been publicly teasing a campaign for months. He announced his Senate run Friday, entering a primary to […]

MTG slams lack of COVID-19 vaccine injury compensation: ‘I have a PhD in recognizing bulls***’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) harshly criticized the United States government’s failure to compensate victims of COVID-19 vaccine injuries, describing it as “bulls***.” The Georgia lawmaker made the statement during a congressional hearing on Thursday, during which Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration, […]

90-year-old volunteer forced out of nonprofit group for not understanding ‘required’ pronouns

Fran Itkoff, an elderly disabled woman in California, was dismissed from her volunteer work at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society because she asked about the use of pronouns in an email signature. “I was confused. I didn’t know what it was and what it meant,” she said. When Itkoff was allegedly asked by an unnamed […]

FBI informant central to Biden family investigation indicted over false statements

An FBI informant has been charged with two counts of making false statements to federal authorities about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business with a Ukrainian energy company. A grand jury in the Central District of California indicted Alexander Smirnov, 43, as part of special counsel David Weiss’s investigation, with Weiss separately […]

Republicans face Trump turning ‘effectively bankrupt’ RNC into legal fund for indicted front-runner

Former President Donald Trump‘s proposed changes to install three allies into leadership roles at the Republican National Committee has led to some consternation that the organization will become a front to pay off Trump’s extensive legal fees. The former president endorsed North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as chair of the […]

Trump makes final pitch to Supreme Court as it prepares to rule on presidential immunity

Former President Donald Trump made his final pitch Thursday to the Supreme Court in his bid to pause a trial over the 2020 election subversion charges brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith. “There are overwhelming reasons why the case should not go to trial ‘in three months or less,’” Trump told the Supreme […]

MSNBC analyst blasts Fani Willis’s credibility: ‘Case is dead in the water’

A legal analyst appearing on MSNBC argued that special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s testimony on Thursday seriously hurt the credibility of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, putting the case against former President Donald Trump in jeopardy. Wade’s testimony revealed that he and Willis, who were romantically involved with each other, were not being truthful in legal documents, […]

Johnson sends House home with huge to-do list and little progress to avoid government shutdown

The House adjourned for its recess one day early amid disagreements over national security legislation, leaving town with a mounting to-do list and a government shutdown deadline just two weeks away.  Lawmakers left the Capitol on Thursday afternoon without making progress on several pieces of legislation the House initially scheduled to consider this week. The […]

In New York’s redistricting fight, Democrats face risks at every turn

A bipartisan commission in New York approved a newly proposed congressional map on Thursday, one that looks similar to the current one that helped Republicans pick up seats in 2022 and win the House majority. While the advancement was a surprise, the next step will be the real signal of how the state’s Democratic-dominated legislature […]
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