Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
2 boys, 3 adults shot to death in Illinois town The nephew of a small-town Illinois mayor shot and killed five people, including two boys, before leading police on a chase that ended in an exchange of gunfire that left him dead, authorities said Wednesday.... More
Five Dead in Apartment Shooting Near Seattle Gunfire at an apartment complex left five people dead, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers and a man and a woman in separate apartments. More
Gun bill’s failure may help immigration legislation Here’s an odd political reality: The collapse of the gun bill in the Senate last week may well make the passage of immigration reform legislation slightly easier. “I think the continued intensity of the dysfunction of Congress on this [gun] vote will help immigration,” Democratic pollster John Anzalone said. More
Senate Republicans: We're not quitting on gun bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will "hit pause" on the gun bill while senators see if they can find a workable compromise on strengthening background checks on gun purchases. More
Top Florida lawmaker says 'no' to open carry; gun rights group calls it a slap in the face Frustrations rise among gun rights groups after new Senate President Albritton says he's a 'no' vote on open carry. 11/21/2024 - 3:08 am | View Link
Senate panel OKs gun safety measures The senate study committee drew vocal support from school children and their parents – and some skepticism from conservatives. In the end, the committee made recommendations that stepped lightly ... 11/14/2024 - 10:09 am | View Link
Georgia lawmakers push for new gun laws in wake of Apalachee High schooting "I believe we can get all of these things passed," Jones said. 11/14/2024 - 10:06 am | View Link
National gun-rights groups want to keep Memphis from enacting voter-approved gun laws Gun rights organizations are lining up to keep Memphis from enacting voter-approved gun laws, if Tennessee were to ever allow it. 11/12/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Memphis voters say yes to 3 gun control measures A controversial set of proposed gun control measures got a strong show of support from Memphis voters. Between 80% and 84% of Memphis voters said yes to the three referendum questions on the ballot ... 11/5/2024 - 7:58 am | View Link
The long, strange saga of the “nonprofit-killer bill” continues. The legislation—officially called HR 9495, or the “Stop Terror Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act”—would give the Secretary of the Treasury unilateral power to designate nonprofits as suspected “Terrorist Supporting Organizations,” taking away their tax-exempt status unless they are able to prove they are not terrorist supporting.
The bill was unable to meet the two-thirds majority vote it needed to make it through the House last week.
Of the many absurd things Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said over the years—about vaccines, about 5G technology as a tool of mass surveillance, about Covid being an “ethnically targeted” bioweapon designed to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people—his claims about HIV and AIDS have been some of the most fact-free.
“He is entirely unqualified.”
Kennedy has suggested there are questions about whether HIV causes AIDS.
Hours before the results started coming in on November 5, when Democrats were still full of hope, the exit polls released by the major news networks contained a striking piece of data that gave supporters of Kamala Harris reason for optimism.
Voters chose the “the state of democracy” as their top priority over any other issue.
Last Thursday, workers with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were told they would be laid off without severance and with little notice, according to the DNC’s union. The cuts included some longtime workers of the organization, the union said.
With the election over, the DNC intends to downsize from about 680 staff to fewer than 200.
This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.
When Miguel Zablah bought his five-bedroom home in Miami’s leafy Shenandoah neighborhood in June of 2020, he said he paid $7,000 a year for homeowner’s insurance.
The house, built in 1923, sits on high ground and has survived a century of famously volatile South Florida weather.