More voters in Georgia, a GOP-leaning state, view President TrumpDonald John TrumpGary Cohn says Trump trade adviser the only economist in world who believes in tariffs House transportation committee chairman threatens to subpoena Boeing, FAA communication Pentagon sets new limits on transgender service members MORE unfavorably than Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiDivisions emerge over […]
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) was removed from his post as chairman of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association (DLGA) on Friday after two women came forward this week to accuse him of sexual assault. Lt. Govs. Bethany Hall-Long (Del.) and Cyrus Habib (Wash.) will take his place as interim co-chairs of the DLGA, the group announced Saturday. “Lt. […]
Florida is reportedly moving toward a statewide ban on “chumming,” or the practice of fishermen dumping blood into the ocean along beaches to lure sharks. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is expected to implement the ban later this month, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The technique involves scattering bloody fish guts and oil into the water […]
Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean on Sunday called for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to resign, just days after a photo surfaced showing a man wearing blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe on the governor’s 1984 yearbook page. “I believe he’s a decent person but I think he has […]
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) and his staff racked up more than $20,000 in costs in 2017 and 2018 staying at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., the Portland Press Herald reported Sunday. The news outlet obtained receipts that showed taxpayers covered roughly $170,000 in out-of-state travel for the governor and his staff during those two years. […]
The New York state legislature voted Tuesday to ban conversion therapy, a debunked practice that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation. The measure, which prohibits the practice on minors, passed the state Senate by a vote of 57-4 and the Assembly by a vote of 134-3, according to NBC News. The bill will head to New […]
The Justice Department Inspector General and the Bureau of Prisons confirmed that they will investigate a recent days-long power outage at a federal detention center. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday said on Twitter that the agencies responded to a request for an investigation from him, Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and more […]
Police in Columbia, Mo., are investigating after firefighters responded to a “suspicious fire” at a Planned Parenthood clinic. There were no injuries in the blaze, which occurred around 4 a.m. on Sunday and was extinguished by the sprinkler system in the building, according to The Associated Press. The Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic has been struggling […]
All 2,500 public schools in New Jersey will soon be equipped with silent panic alarms to help protect students in the case of an active shooter and other emergency situations. Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed the bill into law Wednesday, making the alarms a requirement going forward, according to NJ.com. The legislation was named after […]
The Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives invited President TrumpDonald John TrumpGary Cohn says Trump trade adviser the only economist in world who believes in tariffs House transportation committee chairman threatens to subpoena Boeing, FAA communication Pentagon sets new limits on transgender service members MORE on Friday to deliver his second State of […]