Rep. Pressley Calls Walgreens Closure Discrimination
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., denounced the closure of a Walgreens in Boston as an act of “racial and economic discrimination,” the Daily Mail reported. With the closing of the Walgreens in Roxbury on Wednesday, Pressley, a member of the Squad, said that the pharmacy chain was “abandoning” low-income communities. Walgreens announced the closure of approximately […]
Rep. Crenshaw Rips GOP Critics of Senate Border Bill
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, on Thursday laid into fellow House Republicans who have voiced opposition to a bipartisan Senate deal on border reform, even though they have not read the bill. “The height of stupidity is having a strong opinion in something you know nothing about,” Crenshaw told CNN. “I’m extremely disappointed in the very […]
CBS News: Biden Approves Strikes on Iran Targets in Syria, Iraq
The planned targets for U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three U.S. soldiers by a drone in Jordan include “Iranian personnel and facilities,” CBS News reported on Thursday, citing American officials. The CBS report said the plans had been approved by the Biden administration in response to the lethal […]
Axios: Hawley Asks Zuckerberg to Compensate Victims
Sen. Josh Hawley R-Mo., has written to Mark Zuckerberg and asked him to personally compensate the victims of his social media empire, Axios reported. On Wednesday, the Meta CEO apologized to families at a U.S. Senate hearing about the impact that social media has had on children, after being pressed by Hawley to do so. […]
Monmouth Poll: Trump Up 26 Points Over Haley in S.C.
Former President Donald Trump has a 26-point lead over former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley in her home state before the Feb. 24 primary there, a new poll shows. The Monmouth University-Washington Post survey released Thursday found that 58% of potential Republican primary voters currently support Trump, and 32% back Haley — both gaining traction from […]
EU Approves $54 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine
European Union leaders unanimously agreed Thursday to extend 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in new aid to Ukraine, the chairman of the summit said, overcoming weeks of resistance from Hungary and winning praise from Kyiv. Before the summit started, EU leaders piled pressure on Hungary to lift its block, telling Prime Minister Viktor Orban to pick […]
Ford Offering Update to Keep AM Radio in EVs
Ford is offering a software update for all of its electric vehicles that do not have AM radio capacity after its announcement last year that it would be dropping the legacy band from its cars and trucks. “For any owners of Ford EVs without AM broadcast capability, we’ll offer a software update,” Ford CEO Jim […]
US DEA’s ‘Operation Money Badger’ Targeted Venezuela, Maduro
A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a yearslong covert operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to surreptitiously record and build drug-trafficking cases against the country’s leadership – a plan the U.S. acknowledged from the start was arguably a violation of international law. “It is necessary […]
House Progressives Unhappy With Proposed Border Deal
Liberal Democrats in Congress are lining up against the proposed supplemental bill being negotiated in the Senate because its immigration changes are too harsh, The Hill reported. Senate negotiators have been working legislation that would send military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan in exchange for tougher southern border policies. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., one […]
Republican Lawsuits Challenge Ballot Deadlines, Seeking US Precedent
Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting ahead of this year’s presidential election. A lawsuit filed last week in Mississippi follows a similar one last year in North Dakota, both brought in heavily Republican states before conservative federal […]