Soaring interest costs to exceed defense spending as government faces fiscal reckoning
Soaring interest costs are set to exceed all defense spending this year, with the gap only growing over the next decade as lawmakers stare down major fiscal problems. This year, the United States will be shackled with $870 billion in payments on net interest. That is nearly 5.7% more than the $822 billion the government […]
Biden amplifies healthcare messaging as Trump bashes him on immigration
President Joe Biden is returning to Democratic basics, underscoring his record on healthcare as former President Donald Trump criticizes Biden over his border policies. Biden is scheduled to deliver an address on healthcare in the White House Indian Treaty Room on Wednesday. Biden’s speech comes one day after Trump traveled to Wisconsin and Michigan to […]
Democrats eye upset in red Florida after court puts abortion on the ballot
A court ruling out of Florida is giving Democrats fresh hope they can win the state after a measure to guarantee abortion access was added to the November ballot. But the path to an upset, both at the top of the ticket and down ballot, will be difficult due to structural advantages Republicans have in […]
Biden thinks he has the border crisis solved
Before his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden was reportedly drafting a slew of executive actions designed to reduce the number of migrants illegally crossing the southern border. But as media coverage of the border crisis has waned, and illegal crossings fell in January as they always do, Biden has reportedly abandoned all […]
Biden was forced to scale back scope of Ramadan event after pushback from Muslim leaders
President Joe Biden scaled back a planned Ramadan event after Muslim leaders expressed their dissatisfaction over his stance on the war in Gaza. Biden met with some Muslim leaders and then held a small dinner with some Muslims in his administration, Reuters reported. While the event was expected to be a larger affair, such as […]
Election night results live: Biden braces for protest votes as Trump rallies in Wisconsin
Voters in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin are headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes in the 2024 presidential primary race. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have already clinched their parties’ presumptive presidential nominations, so neither candidate is facing real competition. ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE Delaware […]
Gallego more than doubles quarterly fundraising with Sinema out of Arizona Senate race
Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) campaign announced it raised $7.5 million in the first three months of the year, more than doubling his prior quarterly filings after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) decided against running for reelection last month. Gallego’s fundraising haul far exceeds the $3.3 million he raised last quarter. He also reported that he has […]
Florida man given 14-month prison sentence for threatening to kill Chief Justice John Roberts
A man in Florida who threatened to kill Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Neal Brij Sidhwaney after he pleaded guilty to one count of making an interstate threat to injure back in December. Sidhwaney left an “expletive-laden” and […]
Democrats face ‘horrifying’ reality amid young minorities’ exodus: ‘Leaving in droves’
Recent polls showing low black and Hispanic support for the Democratic party has left many Democrat leaders and strategists sweating. Former Clinton campaign strategist James Carville took to his podcast Carville’s classroom to share his concerns as the Democratic party loses popularity among younger people of color. “I’ve been very vocal about this,” Carville said. […]
California could copy Canada’s assisted suicide culture of death
California has looked at Canada’s state-assisted (and state-encouraged) suicide regime and decided to kick-start its own culture of death. California’s current assisted suicide law allows for adults to choose to end their own lives so long as they are expected to die within six months from a terminal disease and they can make the decision […]