Female lawmakers are now allowed to breastfeed on Kansas’ House floor following a vote to amend the House rules on Tuesday. Rep. Ponka-We Victors, a Wichita Democrat, had proposed the rule change as a means of encouraging inclusivity. “I feel it is important to update our rules and create a comfortable environment for a mother […]
After endorsing white nationalist Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) last fall, an Iowa newspaper’s editorial board on Thursday urged his resignation and issued a mea culpa for overlooking his history of racism. “It is now clear that the endorsement we made was a mistake. We should have pondered more carefully King’s pattern of making outrageous statements,” […]
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The migrant caravan that was seized upon by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2018 midterm election has quietly dwindled, with many having gone home to Central America or put down roots in Mexico. Despite the hard-line immigration rhetoric by the Trump administration, however, many others — nearly […]
As people across the Midwest and Northeast were urged to stay indoors amid freezing cold temperatures this week, hundreds of blood drives were canceled, leading the American Red Cross to experience what it said was an “emergency need” for blood. A polar vortex brought record cold to Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and other Midwestern states ― […]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) used an analogy about keeping “bad people” and “critters” out of his house to defend President Donald Trump’s proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. In an interview on Tuesday with MSNBC’s Katy Tur, Kinzinger questioned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) earlier assertion that the wall was “immoral.” “I mean, we look […]
President Donald Trump had little to say with regard to Tuesday’s reported attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, which Chicago police are investigating as a possible racist and anti-LGBTQ hate crime. At a Thursday press conference at the White House, April Ryan, Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, asked the president about the alleged assault, […]
A Florida woman faces charges after she allegedly killed her boyfriend last summer, cut up his body and then lived with the corpse pieces in a recreational vehicle until late December. Authorities on Friday arrested Penny Pospisil, 47, and charged her with second-degree murder and abuse of a dead human body, according to station WFTV in Orlando. Investigators […]
Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, once called race a “hot, money-making issue” and suggested women who are raped while they are drunk should bear some responsibility for their attacks, according to BuzzFeed. The comments were discovered […]
CNN’s Don Lemon examined the scandals engulfing Virginia’s top three elected officials on Wednesday night — and explained why he believes they are each using President Donald Trump-style tactics to preserve their positions. The “CNN Tonight” host noted how Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and Attorney General Mark Herring (D) were currently embroiled in blackface […]
Congressional Democrats, empowered by their new House majority, introduced legislation on Wednesday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. It’s incredibly significant, both in symbolism and in effect. It’s a clear sign of how far the Democratic Party has moved — and how it’s moved toward smart, powerful economic policymaking. It […]