Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams challenged CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday, accusing the host of spreading “disinformation” after she challenged the Democrat on her refusal to concede the 2018 election. Abrams narrowly lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and refused to concede, claiming that the state’s election laws violated voting...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday amid growing speculation that the central bank would start rate cuts later this year. Fed Chair Jerome Powell is slated to give remarks Wednesday afternoon on the decision. Markets had been expecting the Fed to keep rates where they are as inflation continued to fall over the summer, but...
Senate Democrats are releasing their annual study on staff diversity Wednesday amid a deepening partisan divide on the value of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. According to the survey, among Senate Democratic staffers, 41 percent identify as non-Caucasian, 57 percent are women and 17 percent identify as LGBTQ. The 2024 survey shows a small...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at a range of 5.25 to 5.5 percent Wednesday amid growing speculation that the central bank would start rate cuts later this year. Markets had been expecting the Fed to keep rates where they are as inflation continued to fall over the summer, but not quickly enough to...
The SEC's "gag rule" is a prior restraint that requires defendants to contract away their right to publicly maintain their innocence or contradict the SEC's allegations against them, which is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.
Massachusetts’s Democratic-controlled Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to update the state’s parentage law, adding protections for LGBTQ families and children born through surrogacy and assisted reproduction that advocates say are long overdue. The Massachusetts Parentage Act, introduced earlier this year by state Reps. Sarah K. Peake, a Democrat, and Hannah Kane, a Republican, would change how...
The Harris campaign blasted former President Trump on Wednesday over his appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago. “Ahead of Donald Trump’s conversation at NABJ today — let’s remember exactly who this man is. Not only does Donald Trump have a history of demeaning NABJ members and honorees who remain...
A vocal anti-Israel activist and donor to Rep. Rashida Tlaib's, D-Mich., House campaigns mourned the assassination of a top Hamas leader, saying his "martyrdom is not in vain."
An MSNBC contributor and Harvard polling director included a notable statistic amongst others in a graphic showing how Vice President Kalama Harris is faring much better than President Biden with most voting blocs.