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Schumer takes heat for grilling photo in Father’s Day post

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer might be feeling the burn from critics: He's getting roasted for a Father's Day grilling snapshot.  The New York Democrat posted a photo on X on Sunday to mark the dad-centric holiday, showing him grinning while balancing a burger on a spatula. "Our family has lived in an apartment building...

Unshackled by ethics, protected by partisans: The Supreme Court is out of control 

In the Washington of today, even calls for ethics and transparency in our governmental institutions trigger partisan reflexes.  

Feds say CUNY, University of Michigan fell short in addressing antisemitic, anti-Palestinian incidents

The Department of Education said Monday that both the City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of Michigan failed to live up to federal standards in addressing recent antisemitic and anti-Palestinian incidents on their campuses.   Both schools have agreed to resolutions to address the complaints after the two universities were found to...

Landrieu dismisses Trump’s potential 21 percent support with Black voters

Mitch Landrieu, the co-chair of President Biden’s campaign, pushed back on recent polling that shows former President Trump doing well with Black voters, saying there is “no universe” where he will win 21 percent of the demographic's vote in November. "There's no universe in which Donald Trump is going to get 21 percent of the...

Senate Democrat: Supreme Court ‘readying to fundamentally rewrite’ Second Amendment

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in a Sunday interview the Supreme Court seems poised “to fundamentally rewrite” the Second Amendment and raised concerns about the high court’s decision to strike down the Trump-era ban on bump stocks. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Murphy said he is worried the...

Michael Steele on Trump ‘Black friends’ remark: ‘More BS’

Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele is dismissing former President Trump’s statements that he is not racist because he has “so many Black friends.” Speaking Sunday on MSNBC, Steele said someone can be racist and still have Black friends, though it “says something about the relationship.” “I think we should take this as it...

Netanyahu dissolves Israel wartime Cabinet, officials say

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the wartime Cabinet set up in the early days of the war in Gaza to coordinate and plan the military response to the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, according to The Associated Press. Netanyahu's decision to discard the wartime Cabinet comes just days after opposition leader and centrist...

Trump plan to nix taxes on tips could cost $250 billion: Analysis

Former President Trump’s plan to end taxes on tips could come with a price tag of $250 billion, a budget watchdog estimated in a new analysis. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated Sunday that exempting tip income from federal income and payroll taxes could lead to a decrease of $150 billion to $250...

Almost 1 in 5 say student loan debt will have major influence on their vote: Survey

Almost 18 percent of American say student debt will have a major influence on their vote in November, according to a survey from Bankrate. Among the sample of those who have outstanding student loans, who total more than 40 million, that number rises to 29 percent. President Biden and former President Trump have vastly...

The right’s next ‘don’t say gay’ target is children’s programs

Their smears are inflaming homophobia to demonize vulnerable people and build power.

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