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Marist polls: Harris leads Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin; they’re tied in Pennsylvania
Vice President Kamala Harris is leading former President Donald Trump by 5 points in Michigan, is leading slightly in Wisconsin, and is tied in Pennsylvania, according to new Marist battleground state polls.
US has worst healthcare system among wealthy nations, survey says
The United States healthcare system was deemed the worst overall in a new analysis of 10 similar nations by a leading health research nonprofit. “Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Healthy System,” published by The Commonwealth Fund Thursday, looked at 70 healthcare systems in 10 wealthy nations including Australia, Canada, the United…
These 3 Dems, 14 Republicans crossed aisle on funding bill vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill was sunk through the combined efforts of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber on Wednesday. Fourteen members of Johnson’s own party voted alongside most Democrats against the Louisiana Republican’s spending plan, which joined a six-month stopgap bill with a measure aiming to require proof of citizenship…
Trump vows to travel to Springfield following false pet-eating claims
Former President Trump pledged to travel to Springfield, Ohio, after false claims that he and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have made about Haitian immigrants eating pets in the city. Trump said at a rally in New York on Wednesday that he would go to the town in the next two weeks and…
Republican Arizona county chair endorses Democrat to replace him
The Republican chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Arizona has endorsed a Democrat to replace him. “I am endorsing Joel [Navarro] because he is a man of integrity, because he is a dedicated public servant who fights for what’s right, and because he has a record of serving the interest of all…
Newark official wins special election to fill late New Jersey Rep. Payne’s seat
Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver (D) has won the special election to fill a vacant House seat representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. McIver defeated Republican Carmen Bucco, a businessman, to serve the remainder of the term for the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D), who died following a…
RFK Jr. says he’s helping Trump pick leaders of FDA, NIH, CDC
Former independent presidential candidate and antivaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that former President Trump wants him to choose leaders for key public health agencies if he wins the election in November. Kennedy told conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that under a second Trump term, he would be responsible for eliminating “corrupt influences” from agencies,…
House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson’s funding bill
House Republicans voted down Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to fund the government, leaving the path to averting a shutdown unclear and putting Johnson in danger of disappointing former President Trump and his conference's right-flank.
Congress races to patch $3B Veterans Affairs shortfall
Lawmakers are moving quickly to pass emergency legislation to plug a roughly $3 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as officials warn veterans’ and survivors’ benefits payments are at risk absent congressional action in the coming days. The House passed legislation with bipartisan support Wednesday night, and members on both sides of…
EPA officials retaliated against 3 scientists, watchdog says
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog has found that top agency officials retaliated against three staffers for expressing different scientific opinions. The employees who were victims of this alleged retaliation thought chemicals should be considered more toxic, while top officials sought to consider them safer, according to the reports from the EPA’s inspector general. In one such…
Microsoft president says election has become ‘Iran vs. Trump,’ and ‘Russia vs. Harris’
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said Wednesday that there are “real and serious” threats of foreign actors attempting to wield influence on the 2024 election as November quickly approaches. “We know that there is a presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, but this has also become an election of Iran versus…
Iran attempted to pass hacked Trump campaign info to Biden campaign
The FBI and other intelligence agencies revealed Wednesday that Iran attempted to share information stolen during its hack on the Trump campaign with the Biden campaign and continues to send material to various media outlets. “Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that…
Biden hits Trump for rhetoric on migrants at Hispanic Heritage Month celebration
President Biden on Wednesday hit former President Trump for his rhetoric on migrants during a celebration at the White House to mark Hispanic Heritage Month. “We don’t demonize immigrants, we don’t single them out for attacks, we don’t believe they’re ‘poisoning the blood’ of the country. We’re a nation of immigrants and that’s why we’re…
Teamsters leader says Harris, Trump wouldn’t ‘commit’
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien told The Hill that the union did not endorse Vice President Harris or former President Trump “because both candidates didn’t commit on the core issues that we need to get accomplished on behalf of our members.” This is only the third time the union hasn’t endorsed a presidential candidate since…
Harris to make abortion speech in Georgia after deaths of two women
Vice President Harris will travel to Georgia on Friday to highlight her support for abortion rights, likely focusing on the stories of two women whose deaths she blames on the state’s abortion ban passed by Republicans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “The Vice President will highlight the stark contrast between her commitment to…
Watch live: House votes on stopgap funding bill
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a partisan spending plan that is seemingly doomed to fail. Republicans who forced Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to scrap a vote last week due to their intense opposition have said they have still not changed their positions on the bill. Lawmakers are scrambling to pass a…
Latino advocacy group: Trump ‘gets an F,’ jury still out on Harris
An influential Latino civic engagement group is preparing to issue report cards for campaign policy positions on issues they say are critical to Latino representation, and former President Trump’s grade is baked in. The group, Mi Familia Vota (MFV), issued a yardstick for its ratings in its 2024 public policy agenda, which was shared with…
Watch live: Trump holds first rally since second apparent assassination attempt
Former President Trump will greet supporters at Long Island’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for what’s being considered his first full campaign rally since Saturday’s apparent thwarted assassination attempt. Trump visited the city of Flint, Mich., on Tuesday for a town hall style interview with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R). New York is not exactly…
Trump weighs in on Fed rate cut during stop at Manhattan bitcoin bar
Former President Trump on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates showed the economy was struggling, or the central bank was “playing politics.” Trump made a stop at PubKey, a self-described Bitcoin bar in New York City, ahead of a planned rally on Long Island. The former president and his sons earlier…
Key takeaways from the Senate’s second IVF clash
Senate Republicans on Tuesday for the second time blocked a Democratic bill that would have created a federal right to in-vitro fertilization and guaranteed insurance coverage of IVF and other fertility treatments. Republicans blocked the same bill in June, and the outcome this time around was never in doubt. Just like in June, the GOP…
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