The Kentucky Capitol building, in Frankfort. | Timothy D. Easley/AP Kentuckyâs Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for state House and congressional districts, rejecting Democratic claims that the majority partyâs mapmaking amounted to gerrymandering in violation of the stateâs constitution. The court noted that an alternative proposal would have resulted in nearly the same
Kentucky Supreme Court upholds congressional boundaries passed by GOP-led legislature
House Democrats Want Biden to Negotiate Debt Ceiling with McCarthy After GOP-Led Bill Passed House
Two House Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to negotiate with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on the debt ceiling following the passage of the House GOP-led bill to raise the cap this past week. Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), who represents a swing Maine district, and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), a first-term congressman who won with under 52
NYT’s Hulse: Omnibus Will Get Passed Due to ‘Pork’ in It, Retiring Top Appropriators ‘Taking Advantage of’ ‘Last Chance’ to Get Earmarks
On Fridayâs edition of PBSâ âWashington Week,â New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent Carl Hulse stated that he thinks an omnibus bill will be passed due to âthe oldest reason in the books, itâs pork.â He also stated that the top two members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Chairman Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Vice Chairman Sen.
Watch: Biden Says He Passed Student Loan Bailout ‘by a Vote or Two’ but Congress Never Voted on It
President Joe Biden falsely said he passed his much-ballyhooed student loan bailout package by a âvote or twoâ even though Congress has not yet voted on it. The president made his bizarre comments while outlining the details of his student loan forgiveness program at a Now This News forum that covered a range of issues.…
Reactions to House Passed Coronavirus Bill: ‘Democrats Are Living in Fantasy Land’
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus package on Wednesday with one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), voting against the measure. All House Republicans voted against the bill. The reaction to the package passing mostly towed party lines. President Joe Biden retweeted, âHelp is here,â in celebration of the legislation that only allocates nine…
Congress Passed Lautenberg Amendment To Rescue Soviet JewsâWhy Not For White South Africans? (But Trump Can Take Executive Action NOW)
South Africaâs white farmers have their collective heads on the block following the vote by the countryâs parliament to expropriate their land without compensation. The planâs main proponent, Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, says white farmers are âcriminalsâ who must be driven off the land. Make no mistake, this is shorthand for […]
Report: Jihadi Bride Passed 3 Visa Background Checks Despite Online Posts About Violent Jihad
Tashfeen Malik, the Pakistani woman who killed 14 people with her husband in San Bernardino earlier this month, openly advocated violent jihad on her social media accounts before coming to the U.S., but government officials approved her fiancee visa anyway, The New York Times reports. Law enforcement officials discovered the posts, according to The […]
Carson: If CA Attacker Passed Vetting, It âShould End the Conversationâ About Refugees
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson argued that if one of the perpetrators of the San Bernardino attack passed background checks, that should end the conversationâ about Syrian refugees and President Obamaâs agenda âis not to protect the American peopleâ on Fridayâs âSean Hannity Show.â Carson stated that if there were extensive background checks done […]
John Kerry, Iranian Leaders Passed Over for Nobel Peace Prize
There has been speculation that John Kerry and Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif would be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. However, today it was announced that the prize will instead go to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the […]