President Donald Trump's $5,000 dividend pledge faces bipartisan pushback, with Democrats calling it a "bribe" and Republicans questioning its feasibility.
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday advanced on a party-line vote legislation that would slash funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for fiscal 2025 by $7.5 billion, or 6.4 percent, below the fiscal 2024 level. The bill cleared the committee 31 to 25 and now heads to the full House, which...
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D) said Wednesday that President Biden should step out of the presidential race, expressing concern about his ability to beat former President Trump in November. “President Biden deserves our eternal gratitude for what he has accomplished. By defeating [former President Trump] in 2020, and leading our nation's recovery out...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) and six other states are suing to prevent the implementation of a federal rule that expands nondiscrimination rules to include transgender people. This lawsuit comes on the heels of a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction last week against the rule in a separate federal case. “Joe Biden is...
County commissioners in Nevada voted against certifying the results of two local recounts from a primary last month, a move that could have implications for the swing state’s presidential race later this year. Three Republican members on the five-member Washoe County Board of Commissioners voted to reject the results of recounts in a commission race...
Baldwin, 66, has pleaded not guilty to the felony charge in the 2021 shooting during a rehearsal for the Western movie "Rust" at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, citing their “pattern of refusal to recuse” themselves from matters to which they are connected and their “failure to disclose” millions of dollars in gifts over decades. "The unchecked corruption crisis on the Supreme Court has now...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said he thinks former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) recent comments about President Biden’s candidacy were “very significant.” Axelrod joined CNN’s Dana Bash on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing turmoil within the Democratic Party as calls for the president to step aside increase. Bash asked Axelrod, a longtime adviser to former President...
Amazon workers at a facility in the United Kingdom are voting this week on whether to join a union, marking the first time the tech giant has faced a union vote in Europe. The vote is among workers at a fulfillment center in Coventry who are deciding whether to join the GMB trade union. ...
Three of President Biden’s top political advisers will meet with Senate Democrats on Thursday to listen to their concerns about Biden’s performance as a candidate and whether he has a chance of beating former President Trump in November. Senate Democrats have planned a special caucus lunch meeting at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Thursday...
Michael Douglas is joining a growing chorus of top Hollywood figures who have backed President Biden but are now suggesting he should end his reelection bid, with the "Wall Street" actor saying he's "deeply concerned" about the campaign. "It's such a tough one. I adore the guy. Fifty years of public service — a wonderful...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will speak during next week’s Republican National Convention, a source familiar with the plans confirmed, after initial uncertainty whether he would be given a slot. The source did not say which day DeSantis would give remarks. The convention will run next Monday through Thursday. A lineup of speakers is expected to...
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called for a “serious reckoning” among Democrats over whether to keep President Biden as the party’s nominee. “In determining how to proceed as a party, there must be a serious reckoning with the down-ballot effect of whomever we nominate,” Torres said in a post on the social platform X....
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) warned Wednesday that the reelection of former President Trump would mean “we failed as a country.” “We failed as a country,” Whitmer said when asked what a second term would mean on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “A second Trump term would mean that, that we'll see rights eviscerated.” Whitmer, a national...
George Clooney, who just last month hosted a star-studded fundraiser for Joe Biden's campaign, is reversing course, saying Democrats are "not going to win in November with this president." "I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in...
