Household Debt Rising to $16.5 Trillion
The average U.S. household owes more than $165,000 in debt. The year 2022 was an expensive year. The cost of living is rising faster than incomes across the U.S., forcing people to take on more […]
The average U.S. household owes more than $165,000 in debt. The year 2022 was an expensive year. The cost of living is rising faster than incomes across the U.S., forcing people to take on more […]
Campaigners in San Antonio, Texas are fighting for abortion to be decriminalized in the city. More than 38,000 signatures were delivered to the city clerk’s office petitioning for a vote in May to allow for the […]
The Pentagon formally dropped on Tuesday its Covid-19 vaccination mandate instituted in August 2021, a contentious political issue that has divided America and forced more than 8,400 troops out of the military for refusing to […]
An illegal cargo of more than 2,000 assault rifles that were being smuggled on a fishing boat from Iran to the Houthi militia in Yemen was seized Tuesday by the US Navy in the Gulf […]
A longtime executive for former president Donald Trump, Allen Weisselberg, is expected to be sent to New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after being sentenced on Tuesday for helping engineer a 15-year tax fraud scheme […]
The House of Representatives adopted a package of internal rules finally that gave right-wing hardliners more leverage over the newly elected Republican speaker. The package outlined how the lower chamber will run for the next […]
Federal prosecutors looking for documents about payments former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani received from his ally, the former President Donald Trump, or his presidential campaign, have subpoenaed him with a document issued in November. […]
After 15 rounds of voting, House Republicans finally elected Rep Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker. It took 15 ballots, a midnight vote, and a near-fistfight in the hallowed chambers of Congress, but McCarthy is […]
The Republicans filed a record number of anti-voting lawsuits in 2022. The lawsuits are a sign that the GOP is shifting the battle over voting access and election administration to courtrooms in addition to state legislatures. […]
Despite House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s threat to impeach him, the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has no intention of resigning from his post and is prepared for any potential Republican investigations if they […]
Following the publication of committee records on January 6, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is requesting information from federal agencies regarding how they permitted the public disclosure of her personal information and how they intend […]
In order to help with the “alarming surge of migrants landing in the Florida Keys” and to aid in efforts to stop further landings along the Florida Keys, Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order […]
Just after midnight on Saturday, President Joe Biden sent a message congratulating House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who had just been chosen, Fox News informed. After nearly an hour, he was sworn in. The American people […]
The third day was not the charm. Hardline conservative Republican lawmakers have blocked fellow Rep. Kevin McCarthy through 11 straight votes. It marks the lengthiest search for a speaker in 159 years. McCarthy’s team insists there […]
A handful of Republicans who contributed to the Jan. 6, 2021, violent insurrection on the Capitol are using their power to bring the House of Reps to a standstill. The House select committee investigating Jan. […]
Police in America killed at least 1,176 people in 2022. It was the deadliest year on record for police violence since experts first started tracking police killings. Police across the U.S. killed an average of more […]
Representative Kevin McCarthy lost his bid for House speaker for a seventh time. It leaves the chamber deadlocked for a third day at the start of the Republican rule. The latest loss came even after his […]
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is going to examine what role former president Donald Trump played in the party’s poor performance in the 2022 midterm elections. The investigation into its own losses comes as part of […]
In an attack for which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights accused pro-Iranian groups, an army base in eastern Syria hosting a US-led anti-extremist coalition was targeted Wednesday with two rockets that have caused no […]
According to a new report from the RAND Corporation based on research requested by the Defense Department, more than a quarter of active-duty military personnel have experienced food insecurity in recent years. The DoD commissioned […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was inaugurated for his second term. It comes as the conservative continues to rise as the leading potential alternative to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. DeSantis spoke […]
The House of Representatives has rejected Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bid for a speaker for a fourth time. There remains a small group of holdouts in the Republican party, which is now actively defying the demands […]
Amid Republican floor infighting for House leadership on Tuesday, conservative hardliners nominated Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to be speaker of the House during the chamber’s second and third votes. A close ally of former […]
There’s a new Congress coming today, and it still remains unclear who will run things. The new Congress begins today with a Republican majority in the House. First up on its to-do list is to vote […]
The 2022 midterm elections were expected to be a great big red wave. The November votes were a story of great expectation. Republicans had high hopes that they would take control of both chambers of Congress […]
New data from the midterm elections show how much Donald Trump’s crusade against early voting is hurting the GOP, The Hill reported. The results clearly showed that making it easier to vote early or by […]
Ukraine said it had shot down all Russian drones in a massive wave of attacks, CNN reports. It comes after Moscow launched an unprecedented third straight night of air strikes against civilian targets, intensifying its […]
Scandal-plagued Rep.-elect George Santos is headed to Washington, D.C. as his life of fantasy is coming into focus, POLITICO reported. Santos is under scrutiny for lies about his background. Records, colleagues, and friends are continuing […]
Former president Donald Trump is making his third run for the White House, The Guardian reports. But this time there is a new job vacancy on the ticket. Who will be Trump’s running mate? No […]
Elise Stefanik was singled out by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday for “supporting neo-Nazism,” according to Ocasio-Cortez, Newsweek reported. On Twitter, Democratic congresswoman from New York Ocasio-Cortez blasted her conservative colleague. As the youngest person […]
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