Who would oppose a former Israeli hostage speaking to college students about his experience? Hamas? No — it was UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council.
PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II was standing on the pitch of the brand new U.S. Steel Community football field, located on the sprawling 178 acres where the men and women who lived in the slopes overlooking Hazelwood Works labored in the mill. It doesn’t seem that long ago when those massive steel structures were churning […]
Can a ballot referendum implicitly tell you the “correct” way to vote? That’s precisely what happened this week when Virginians voted to strip congressional representation from nearly half the state in the name of “restoring fairness.” President Donald Trump reacted to the April 21 Virginia redistricting referendum on Wednesday, calling it “rigged.” He claimed there […]
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to create a reserve fund to lower grocery costs and reverse an estimated $187 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enacted by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Two vulnerable Republican senators — Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine)...
New York City Council member Chi Ossé (D) was arrested on Wednesday during a protest to stop a city resident from being evicted from her home. Ossé was later released, telling reporters outside the New York City Police Department's 79th Precinct that three men "manhandled" him, The Gothamist reported. "It takes a lot to lift...
Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted against an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to create a point of order against any future budget reconciliation bill that doesn’t lower out-of-pocket health care costs for Americans. Schumer offered a motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to his amendment in order to put...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) on Wednesday said she had a "positive discussion" with President Trump at the White House about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance for areas of the city still recovering from last year's devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires. Bass shared a photo on the social platform X of her and...
Tauhid Dewan, 28, was arrested on charges including forcible touching and sexual abuse after allegedly groping a woman on a Queens subway, reports say.
Senate Republicans launched a vote-a-rama to advance their budget resolution funding ICE and Border Patrol while facing a wave of Democratic amendments.
