Denver officials are searching for housing alternatives for immigrants after Mayor Mike Johnston announced multiple shelters will be closing as the city addresses a major budget deficit. Johnston announced last week that the city will close one immigrant shelter a week over the next four weeks, aiming to generate savings of up to $60 million […]
California will finish distributing March’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments to low-income households in three days. Payments are distributed starting on the first of a month and continue until the 10th. The dates benefits are sent out to qualified low-income families and individuals depend on recipients’ case numbers. For instance, California recipients with case numbers ending in 1 received […]
President Joe Biden will ask Congress to raise taxes on corporations during his annual State of the Union address, laying out his tax agenda as the election fast approaches. Biden will speak before both chambers of Congress and make the case that he should get another term as president. The corporate tax hikes that Biden […]
Republican lawmakers have criticized a fence set up around the U.S. Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, pointing out how the government will secure the Capitol but not the southern border. The president will be delivering his annual State of the Union speech on Thursday evening, ahead of which a […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton pushed White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday on how President Joe Biden plans to address abortion and race relations in his fourth State of the Union address. “Two of the issues that are burning in this country, among others, are the right of women to choose and where we […]
Abortion is the top subject for 1 in 8 voters in the 2024 election following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll from the healthcare policy think tank KFF. “In the two years post [Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization], there seems to be a new generation of abortion […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) expressed support for the thousands of Democratic voters in Minnesota who voted “uncommitted” this week but said she didn’t vote at all. Omar, who has been critical of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, said voters were now showing their anger over the war at the ballot box. “People […]
Sen. Mike Braun’s (R-IN) path to win the GOP nomination for governor appears clear, according to a new survey of Hoosier State Republicans. Braun, a one-term senator and budget hawk, leads with 34% in a four-way race. None of his competitors controls more than 7% of the GOP vote in the latest Emerson College Polling […]
The White House is aware of the significance of the State of the Union address, acknowledging it as a high-stakes moment for President Joe Biden. Biden is approaching a rematch with former President Donald Trump in November with a persistently low job approval rating. Thursday’s address offers an opportunity for the president to address voter […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis‘s case against former President Donald Trump could end up crumbling despite her record of success in turning his former allies against him. A Georgia state Senate panel provided a platform for a defense attorney to discuss allegations regarding Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. The Republican-led committee heard […]
