Columbia University settled a lawsuit brought by a Jewish student alleging that the school did not provide "a safe educational environment" for students during recent pro-Palestinian protests at the school. The school agreed to take action, including designating "a specific person to act as a Safe Passage Liaison to serve as the designated point of...
Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) will be the Democratic nominee for Senate in New Jersey, according to Decision Desk HQ. Kim will be the favorite to win the Senate seat to succeed embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in the solidly blue state. Menendez chose not to seek the Democratic nomination after he was indicted on a...
Former President Trump has won the New Jersey Republican presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump already mathematically clinched the Republican nomination and became the presumptive GOP nominee in March. His win will add 12 delegates up for grabs to his total from the winner-take-all contest. New Jersey had been granted 40 additional delegates...
President Biden has won the New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden’s win in the Garden State will net him at least most of the state’s 126 pledged delegates up for grabs from Tuesday’s primary. He already became the presumptive Democratic nominee after clinching enough delegates in March. He was the...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is incurring the wrath of former President Trump's top allies after he urged voters to “respect the verdict” in Trump’s New York hush money trial. Yet he’s also seeing Senate Republican leaders come to his defense, backing his need to operate his Senate bid in a deep blue state...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has condemned recent comments made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), in which she accused Democrats of worshiping George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man who was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020. Speaking to a crowd of reporters after Monday’s House subcommittee hearing on the origins of...
Attorneys for former President Trump have asked the judge overseeing his hush money criminal case to lift a gag order imposed on his speech now that the trial is over. Judge Juan Merchan earlier this year barred Trump from publicly attacking witnesses, jurors, court staff and prosecutors. The order was later expanded to include the...
Arizonans will vote on a statewide ballot measure in November to determine whether state police should have authority to arrest people who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, the state legislature decided Tuesday. The GOP-backed ballot measure is intended to supersede a veto on a similar bill by Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in March. The state...
Some Gen Zers interested in becoming nurses are being turned off from the profession due to social media, according to a new report from nursing marketplace platform ShiftKey. As part of the report, ShiftKey surveyed 1,000 18- to 26-year-olds who currently work as nurses or considered becoming nurses in the past. Gen Zers who...
Attorney General Merrick Garland struck a more forceful tone with the House Judiciary Committee, challenging Republican rhetoric he at different turns called “false” and “dangerous.” That pushback from the mild-mannered attorney general came as Republican interest has piqued into investigations into former President Trump, particularly those led by district attorneys. Garland was also battered over his...
President Biden will deliver opening remarks Tuesday evening at this year’s White House congressional picnic. The tradition brings the members of the executive and legislative branches and their families together for an atmosphere of celebration across party lines. This is the third time hosting the informal get-together on the South Lawn for the president and...
