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A Democratic lawmaker in South Dakota requested an inquiry into Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Wednesday after the governor posted a video promoting a Texas cosmetic dentistry firm. State Sen. Reynold Nesiba said the video — which he described as an “infomercial” — “raises a number of questions,” adding to concerns that Noem could have...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed a CNN analyst for calling her fellow "squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) a “public relations agent for Hamas” on Wednesday. “How on earth is this kind of blatant Islamophobia so casually accepted without pushback? This is shocking,” Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday in a post on X, the platform formerly known...
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More than half of adults are opposed to college athletes joining unions, a new survey found. Fifty-five percent said they oppose the unionization of college athletes, according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that was conducted last month. Democrats were more likely to say NCAA athletes should be allowed to...
A top labor union announced Wednesday that it will be spending $200 million to help President Biden win reelection. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced a “massive drive” to mobilize working class voters of color in battleground states to back pro-labor candidates, including Biden. The SEIU represents about 2 million members across service industries, including...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would not commit to holding a vote on articles of impeachment against President Biden when asked about the prospect Wednesday, a posture that comes as Republicans struggle to find a smoking gun in their months-long probe of the president. Asked during the House GOP retreat in West Virginia...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday issued a call for new elections in Israel and heaped criticism on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the ongoing war with Hamas, as part of the senator's push for a two-state solution in the region. Schumer delivered what he deemed a "major address" on the escalating...
A plan for a transitional Haitian government backed by the U.S. and other regional allies was rejected by Haitian political leaders Wednesday, calling into question efforts to stabilize the country’s government. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he will resign from his post Tuesday, endorsing a plan for a presidential council that would select the country’s...