The White House reiterated its commitment Wednesday to protecting “voting rights” and safeguarding election workers from threats of violence but did not specifically outline any new federal resources devoted to the topic heading into this year’s general election. Since entering office, President Joe Biden has forcefully condemned violent rhetoric targeting election workers, including during recent […]
The White House refused to say whether Hunter Biden stayed at the executive mansion this week and whether President Joe Biden was aware of his son’s surprise visit to Congress Wednesday. During repeated questions at the press briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to provide any insight into the president’s knowledge or role in his […]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Wednesday filed a motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with bribery and acting as a foreign agent to benefit the Egyptian government. Menendez and his wife, Nadine, were charged in September with bribery for allegedly accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in exchange for using the Democratic senator’s influence […]
A new income program focused on lifting families and infants from poverty in Flint, Michigan, will give a monthly stipend to expecting mothers and babies in their first year. Rx Kids is the first program of its kind in the United States to supply $1,500 for women during pregnancy and an additional $500 every month during […]
Hard-line conservatives tanked a procedural rule vote in revolt against Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) top-line spending deal, effectively leaving the House at a standstill just nine days ahead of a government shutdown deadline. The House met for its first votes of the year on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to advance a slate of bills on a […]
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will wrap up distributing payments to New Mexico low-income residents for the month of January in less than two weeks. Food stamps are sent out to New Mexicans beginning on the 1st of the month and ending on the 20th. The exact day SNAP benefits are sent out is based on the last […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made a detailed case for House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, accusing the Cabinet member of lying 20 times about the border crisis as 10 million immigrants have illegally entered the country. Greene, who has led the GOP effort to force out the DHS secretary and introduced […]
The trial for the accused Highland Park parade gunman, Robert Crimo III, has been postponed and agreed to in court on Wednesday. Crimo is accused of opening fire at a 2022 Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago, killing seven people and wounding dozens of others. Crimo appeared in court on Friday, requesting a public […]
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not appear on The Pat McAfee Show for the remainder of the NFL season following his feud with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Rodgers’s absence for the remainder of the football season was announced by Pat McAfee on Wednesday, with McAfee acknowledging that the feud between Kimmel and Rodgers […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dodged conversation on a stopgap measure to avoid a government shutdown next week as the speaker comes under fire from multiple members of his own party. During a closed-door meeting on Wednesday with House Republicans to walk through the $1.59 trillion spending deal brokered with Senate Democrats over the weekend, Johnson neglected […]
