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‘We are America’s team’: GOP takes congressional baseball win for third year in a row

Following nearly a weeklong stalemate in the House and turmoil within the GOP, federal lawmakers came together for a game of baseball Wednesday at Nationals Park.  Under the watchful eyes of more than 20,000 constituents, Republicans took the game for the third year in a row by 10 runs. When the final score of 16-6 was announced...

No Labels pledges to end third-party push if Biden ‘way’ ahead of Trump in spring 

Political organization No Labels committed to end its third-party push if polling shows President Biden “way” ahead of former President Trump next spring. No Labels, a bipartisan group, has been pursuing an effort to launch a “unity ticket” in the 2024 presidential election that would include a Republican and a Democrat “if the two parties...

CBP reassigns chief medical officer after death of migrant child: report

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reassigned its chief medical officer after an 8-year-old migrant child died in Border Patrol custody last month, according to The Washington Post. Chief Medical Officer David Tarantino has reportedly received a temporary assignment elsewhere within the agency. “During his years of service to the CBP Office of the...

States with more LGBTQ people have better economic growth, study finds

Story at a glance States with higher concentrations of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender have had higher rates of economic growth, according to a Wells Fargo study.   The study, published in early June in honor of Pride Month, looked at the gross state product (GSP) of all 50 states and Washington...

Democrat bill gives immigrants instant access to federal benefits, ends ‘xenophobic’ 5-year wait

Democrats in Congress want to end the mandatory five-year waiting period before immigrants can access a wide range of federal benefits, including Medicaid and food stamps.

New Jersey Gov. Murphy appoints 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans to election watchdog posts

Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday named two Democrats and two Republicans as new members of the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission.

Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira indicted by federal grand jury

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday in connection with the leak of highly classified military documents.

Biden re-ups call for amnesty as he marks 11th anniversary of Obama’s DACA program

President Biden on Thursday reiterated calls for an amnesty as the administration marked the 11th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

Ohio budget plan clears state Senate

Ohio's Republican-led Senate has cleared its version of the state's operating budget along party lines Thursday, a proposal with a near-$86 billion price tag.

Biden lashes out at reporter asking why FBI informant file referred to him as ‘the Big Guy’: ‘Dumb question’

President Biden responded to a reporter asking him about a reference to Biden as "the Big Guy" in FBI informant documents by referring to the question as "dumb."

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