Democrats flipped an Iowa state Senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, breaking the GOP supermajority in the state. Democrat Catelin Drey beat Republican Christopher Prosch to fill the seat of the late Republican state Sen. Rocky De Witt. With the win, Democrats now have 17 state Senate seats to 33 Republican seats. The Democratic […]
The NAACP and a lawyers’ civil rights group sued Texas, alleging the state’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act prohibits a practice known as “racial gerrymandering,” or the act of redistricting to dilute or concentrate the voting power of minority voters based on their race. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. —The Democratic National Committee‘s Rules and Bylaws Committee passed an amendment Tuesday evening prohibiting officers and staff from meddling in Democratic primary elections. The vote was previously meant to rebuke and block David Hogg, a former DNC vice chairman, from endorsing younger candidates against elder incumbents. But before the DNC summer gathering this week, […]
Israel claimed that a strike that hit a hospital, killing 20 people, including five journalists, was targeting a Hamas observation camera. Israel faced intense international scrutiny after footage emerged of what initially appeared to be a double-tap strike targeting Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, resulting in one of the single greatest losses of life of […]
Cracker Barrel is returning to its old logo, which featured an old man leaning on a barrel, after its simplified logo was met with backlash from the public and President Donald Trump. The company announced the move in a statement Tuesday. “We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel,” the […]
The Trump administration has given United States Customs and Border Protection the green light to move forward with border wall projects in South Texas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem instructed CBP to bypass environmental regulations and immediately begin building five miles of barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, CBP announced Tuesday. Noem issued a waiver, including against the National Environmental […]
Georgia Senate candidate and Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), pressed by a voter in a local county GOP meeting recording, said he believes President Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files and backed releasing the documents publicly. In the exchange, which was recorded and posted to YouTube, an attendee at an Aug. 13 Muscogee County […]
A judge denied former Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s bid to continue a taxpayer-funded court battle with a former aide who accused him of sexual assault. Cuomo, who is running for New York City mayor as an independent, wanted to “resurrect” his public image with the continuation of the case, the judge said. “Cuomo has not advanced […]
A Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting speaker sparked backlash Monday after suggesting that migrant crime and carjackings “don’t matter to that many Americans,” urging Democrats not to adopt President Donald Trump’s tough-on-crime rhetoric heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Insha Rahman, vice president for advocacy and partnerships at the progressive Vera Institute of Justice, addressed […]
Rap icon Snoop Dogg recently expressed his unease with what he sees as the increasing presence of LGBT themes and gender ideology in children’s movies, saying he is “scared to go to the movies” with his grandson. On the “It’s Giving” podcast, Snoop recounted taking his grandson to see Pixar’s 2022 animated film Lightyear, a […]
