The conservative Committee for Israel, led by Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol and former Reagan administration official Gary Bauer, has released the first attack ad of 2020, and it has chosen Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) as its target. “Why does Cory Booker support paying terrorists?,” the ad asks.
Read MoreThe Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) trial got off to a fiery start yesterday. Politico reports that U.S. District Court Judge William H. Walls told a lawyer for Menéndez to "shut up for a moment" as the two engaged in a heated argument during the first moments of the corruption trial.
Read MoreHuffPost has named Amanda Terkel their new DC Bureau Chief.
Read MoreThe NYT announced that National Reporter Yamiche Alcindor will be joining their congressional team.
Read MoreU.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Javier Palomárez has resigned from Donald Trump's diversity coalition over the administration's decision to end DACA.
Read MoreYesterday, VP Mike Pence swore in Jerome Adams as the new Surgeon General. At the ceremony Tuesday afternoon, Adams said his motto as Surgeon General will be to create better health through better partnerships in an effort to address wide-ranging health issues, such as the opioid epidemic, mental health, and childhood obesity.
Read MoreTMZ caught Omarosa at Reagan National in DC on Tuesday and asked if it is true that Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly wants her out? The reality TV star laughed it off, saying the reports sound awfully similar to stuff she heard when Reince Priebus was running the show.
Read MoreThis is about young people who grew up in America – kids who study in our schools, young adults who are starting careers, patriots who pledge allegiance to our flag. These Dreamers are Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper. They were brought to this country by their parents, sometimes even as infants. They may not know a country besides ours. They may not even know a language besides English. They often have no idea they’re undocumented until they apply for a job, or college, or a driver’s license.
Read MoreCrews from Mexico are arriving in Texas as early as Wednesday to help with recovery efforts after Texas Governor Greg Abbott accepted Mexico’s offer of assistance, though the federal government has not. The offer for aid came in a statement Mexico issued responding to Trump's tweets on violence in Mexico, the border wall, and the trade deal between the two nations.
Read MoreThe Obamas call both Chicago and DC home. Now, they may be adding a third city to their list of residences. The Boston Globe reports that the Obamas are looking to purchase a home in their favorite vacation spot: Martha’s Vineyard.
Read MoreYWCA USA today announced its board of directors has selected Alejandra Y. Castillo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective September 18, 2017.
Read MoreFifty three Democrats, including Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), have sent a bicameral letter to DOJ questioning what statutory authority AG Jeff Sessions has to withhold funding from sanctuary cities, especially the new conditions on federal funding for local law enforcement through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program.
Read MoreAs thousands prepare to evacuate due to Hurricane Harvey, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it is not planning to close its roadside immigration checkpoints north of the Rio Grande Valley unless there is a danger to travelers or its agents.
Read MoreNew York Daily News writer Shaun King, the Black Lives Matter activist who is the outlet’s Senior Justice Writer, is leaving the news organization to become a writer-in-residence at the Harvard University-based Fair Punishment Project.
Read More“The RNC nominally persisted in its efforts to reach out to Latino voters amid Trump’s escalating, incendiary candidacy and presidency, while apparently loath to issue any sort of forceful rebuke to the President’s nativist remarks. It appears to have switched strategies and taken a page out of Trump’s book in the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections.”
Read MoreAbdul El-Sayed, a Democrat and son of Egyptian immigrants, is running for governor of Michigan. If elected, he could be the first Muslim governor in the country’s history. Meet him!
Read MoreA letter sent to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) on Wednesday, the Democratic members of the committee -- led by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) -- called for hearings to consider appropriate resolutions and legislative responses to Charlottesville.
Read MoreLauren Underwood was a Senior Advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama. Now the Public Health Nurse is hoping to flip Illinois’ 14th district currently represented by tea party Congressman Randy Hultgren (R-IL).
Read MoreThe National Hispanic Media Coalition says CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves met last week with Thomas A. Sáenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and chair of the National Latino Media Council, and Alex Nogales, Secretariat of NLMC and President and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition.
Read MoreThe recent deadly and racially charged conflict in Charlottesville was the tipping point that caused Anquan Boldin to reassess his priorities and led to the Buffalo Bills receiver’s decision to retire after 14 NFL seasons. “I think anybody with any sense can see how divided we are as a country, and Charlottesville only magnified what we were already seeing.”
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