Donald Trump Takes Biggest Lead Ever over Joe Biden in CNN Poll, Third-Party Candidates Expand Trump Lead
Former President Donald Trump extended his largest lead ever in CNN’s poll of American voters, enjoying a six-point advantage over incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden. When polling both directly, Trump’s approval rating is 49%, 6 percentage points higher than Biden’s 43%. With the addition of third-party candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Jill […]
Kansas won’t have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year
Kansas will remain one of the few states that has not legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded Medicaid for at least another year. Republican state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force consideration of both issues before the Republican-controlled Legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year on Tuesday. Sponsors of each bill […]
Volkswagen plant faces union vote as UAW aims to expand beyond Detroit
Volkswagen’s only U.S. plant on the southern border of Tennessee has become a battleground for worker representation as the United Auto Workers union seeks to expand its footprint beyond Detroit. Workers at the German automaker’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant where VW assembles its ID.4 electric SUV will vote starting Wednesday on whether to join the UAW. […]
Biden administration agrees to provide billions to Samsung to expand chip manufacturing in Texas
The Biden administration on Monday announced a multibillion-dollar agreement with Samsung to invest in semiconductor chip manufacturing in Texas. The $6.4 billion preliminary agreement is the latest agreement signed using funding from the CHIPS and Science Act, the bipartisan legislation Biden signed into law in 2022. Samsung is expected to invest more than $40 billion […]
Thousands Rally in Poland Against Plans to Expand Abortion Laws
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poles oppose abortion to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the Catholic-majority country’s strict laws and allow abortions up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. Thousands of people marched in Warsaw on Sunday. Many participants in the downtown march were carrying children in prams, while others carried white and […]
House committee sets up vote to expand Section 702 of FISA for 2 years
The House Rules Committee moved a little closer to an extension late Thursday, approving a two-year extension of the federal government’s surveillance tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The committee approved the bill, but it is now up for debate and a vote on amendments, with a possible vote […]
Ohio lawmakers want to expand candidate challenges
(The Center Square) – Any Ohio voter could protest a candidate for public office if new legislation clears the state Legislature. Currently, only a registered member of the candidate’s party can file a protest, but Reps. Angie King, R-Celina, and Rodney Creech, R-West Alexandria, believe a change will make elections more open. “Transparency is key […]
Manhattan DA urges judge to expand Trump gag order over ‘dangerous, violent’ rhetoric
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office on Monday condemned former President Trump’s recent attack on the daughter of a hush-money judge, urging the judge to extend Trump’s gag order to protect her daughter. Or requested clarification again. “Defendant’s dangerous, violent, and reprehensible statements fundamentally threaten the integrity of these proceedings and are intended to […]
Former federal prosecutor predicts hush money judge will expand Trump gag order
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance said the gag order issued to keep former President Trump hush money will likely be expanded following the former president’s recent attacks on a New York judge and his daughter. showed the idea. “Judges typically don’t protect themselves just because they don’t need protection,” said Vance, a former U.S. attorney […]
Scaramucci: Trump will do ‘everything he can to expand executive powers’
Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci warned on Tuesday that he would “do everything possible” to expand executive power if the former president is re-elected to the White House in November. “What’s really scary is, if you know this guy, he will do anything to expand the power of the executive branch. He has a […]