The State Department has essentially frozen foreign nurse visas for the rest of the fiscal year amid high demand, and health groups are warning it threatens to further a staffing strain on hospitals, nursing homes and other major health employers. The agency in its July Visa Bulletin announced that nearly all the available green card...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Monday. “The House of the Dragon” has returned on HBO, so if you notice an uptick in throne and succession references, you’re not imagining it. ???? Here’s what’s happening today: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is planning a vote to reinstate the bump stock ban after the Supreme Court invalidated...
With the war in Gaza raging, thousands of immigrants pouring across America’s southern borders every day and ISIS-K reconstituting, certainly this picture is extremely worrying.
A group of Democratic senators is urging the State Department to increase pressure on the Indian government, following “credible allegations” it was involved in a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh activist, who was also a U.S. citizen, on American soil. In a letter sent Monday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the senators urged...
Dreamers with a college degree and a work permit are out-earning their parents and achieving social mobility in a wide array of professions, according to a new survey by TheDream.us and Golden Door Scholars. The survey polled more than 2,000 alumni of a scholarship program run by the two organizations, following up on a similar 2022...
Former President Trump holds a nearly 20-point lead over President Biden in Iowa, a state former President Obama carried twice, according to a new poll. The new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll found 50 percent of likely voters will back Trump in November’s election, while 32 percent said they will vote for Biden. Independent candidate Robert...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer might be feeling the burn from critics: He's getting roasted for a Father's Day grilling snapshot. The New York Democrat posted a photo on the social platform X on Sunday to mark the dad-centric holiday, showing him grinning while balancing a burger on a spatula. "Our family has lived in...
In the Washington of today, even calls for ethics and transparency in our governmental institutions trigger partisan reflexes.
The Department of Education said Monday that both the City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of Michigan failed to live up to federal standards in addressing recent antisemitic and anti-Palestinian incidents on their campuses. Both schools have agreed to resolutions to address the complaints after the two universities were found to...
Mitch Landrieu, the co-chair of President Biden’s campaign, pushed back on recent polling that shows former President Trump doing well with Black voters, saying that there is “no universe” where he will win 21 percent of the demographic's vote in November. "There's no universe in which Donald Trump is going to get 21 percent of...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in a Sunday interview the Supreme Court seems poised “to fundamentally rewrite” the Second Amendment and raised concerns about the high court’s decision to strike down the Trump-era ban on bump stocks. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Murphy said he is worried the...
Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele is dismissing former President Trump’s statements that he is not racist because he has “so many Black friends.” Speaking Sunday on MSNBC, Steele said someone can be racist and still have Black friends, though it “says something about the relationship.” “I think we should take this as it...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the war cabinet set up in the early days of the war in Gaza to coordinate and plan the military response to the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, according to The Associated Press. Netanyahu's decision to discard the war cabinet comes just days after opposition leader and centrist...
Former President Trump’s plan to end taxes on tips could come with a price tag of $250 billion, a budget watchdog estimated in a new analysis. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated Sunday that exempting tip income from federal income and payroll taxes could lead to a decrease of $150 billion to $250...
Almost 18 percent of American say student debt will have a major influence on their vote in November, according to a survey from Bankrate. Among the sample of those who have outstanding student loans, who total more than 40 million, that number rises to 29 percent. President Biden and former President Trump have vastly...
Their smears are inflaming homophobia to demonize vulnerable people and build power.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is planning to hold a vote on legislation to ban gun bump stocks this week, after the Supreme Court invalidated the Trump-era ban. “The Senate can help restore this public safety rule, and next week, it will try. As majority leader, I have the ability to allow a unanimous...
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A member of the House Freedom Caucus endorsed a primary challenger to the group’s chair, a move that is sure to inflame tensions in the hard-line conservative group. Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) on Sunday endorsed John McGuire, a Virginia state senator and former Navy SEAL, in his challenge to Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the Freedom...
The Alito controversy is about much more than a flag.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented a musical number from the show "Suffs" at the Tony Awards, emphasizing the importance of voting and highlighting the historical fight for women's right to vote.
Former President Trump congratulated golf star Bryson DeChambeau on winning his second U.S. Open title. “Congratulations to Bryson DeChambeau on his incredible WIN of the United States Open! He showed a toughness and inner strength, matched perfectly with his GREAT Golfing Talent, that can never be denied! Under massive pressure, he pulled off some of...
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will attend the groundbreaking ceremony later this week for the new campus of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the White House announced Monday. Emhoff, who is Jewish, will deliver remarks at the event Sunday, nearly six years after a gunman opened fire at the synagogue, killing 11 people in...
President Biden is putting forward new rules to go after wealthy tax cheats as the battle on how to tax the economy sizzles ahead of the election. The new rules target businesses designated as partnerships, which have proliferated over the last decade as tax havens and have been the object of an entirely new IRS...
