HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — State Treasurer Stacy Garrity says that her agency doesn’t have the authority to pay for the security upgrades done at the private home of sitting Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA). Garrity says that state rules prohibit her from doing so. Garrity said that procurement rules do not permit public funds to be used […]
Imagine if Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), both close partners of President Donald Trump, were suddenly indicted for taking huge bribes from an international drug cartel operating out of Texas. That’s essentially what just happened with the Justice Department indictments issued against the Sinaloa drug cartel on Wednesday. Based out of […]
The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Wednesday unveiled their new agenda ahead of the midterm elections to demonstrate a path for how the Democratic Party can tackle cost of living issues facing millions of Americans. The caucus dubbed their plan the "New Affordability Agenda," a legislative package that would focus on making costs behind common kitchen...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday defended Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D), who has faced criticism for past controversial online posts and a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol, saying that "people should have second chances." Van Hollen addressed Platner in an interview with Punchbowl News when co-host Jake Sherman said, "The dude has...
Every generation faces a test of its moral imagination. Ours is this: Human trafficking has evolved into a sophisticated digital enterprise while our response remains stubbornly analog. Case in point: Today, we identify only 1% of victims. Not 10. Not five. One. Yet the anti-trafficking movement stands divided. Technologists promise artificial intelligence will revolutionize victim […]
One of President Donald Trump’s attacks on then-senator Marco Rubio during the 2016 Republican primary involved Rubio awkwardly drinking water during a national television address. The water bottle had a label on it, Trump kept pointing out. Trump’s objection was that Rubio was giving Poland Spring advertising without taking a cut. It was an afterthought […]
On Tuesday, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged and broke the internet. Swift is the biggest pop star in the world. It makes sense that many in the general public would be interested in the personal life of a singer-songwriter who often talks about love. But the level to which people are preoccupied with her […]
American politics is in flux. Apart from deep-blue enclaves, once-dominant progressivism is on the ropes. Globalization-friendly elitist conservatism has also lost influence, including among self-identified conservatives. Where, then, are we headed? To understand the civic landscape, it’s helpful to divide political philosophies into four basic categories: socially liberal, socially conservative, economically liberal, and economically conservative. […]
Depending on who you believe, President Donald Trump and cooperative Republican officials, such as Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), have sent 1.6 million–1.4 million illegal immigrants back to their home countries since the start of this year. This is a strong start to reversing the unprecedented flood of 5.6 million illegal immigrants invited into the country […]
In the best of years, General Assembly gatherings at the United Nations are good only for New York restaurants, hotels, prostitutes and comedians with...
It was a tragedy that struck the hearts of Americans across the country: Young children, praying in pews, became the victims of a mass shooting in Minneapolis. Two, aged 8 and 10, are dead, with 18 others injured. The shooter, who took his own life, has been identified as Robin Westman, but was born […]
In 2005, Utah unveiled its 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness using a novel strategy known as Housing First. The guiding philosophy of Housing First contends that the best way to ameliorate homelessness is to provide permanently subsidized, no-strings-attached housing to unhoused persons. When the plan ended in 2015, Utah made national headlines, boasting it had […]
Ticketmaster is once again trying to game the system. As the Trump administration moves toward a September 27 deadline for releasing a ticket industry reform blueprint, the company is lobbying Washington to impose regulations that would crush its smaller competitors and tighten its grip on fans. In this populist moment, there is a lot of […]
From the indigenous LGBT woman’s land acknowledgement that opened the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Minneapolis to reaffirming the party’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Democrats sent a clear signal to Americans: Despite last year’s electoral drubbing and the dismal polling that has followed, they have no intention of recalibrating. One speaker told […]
