Category: Democrats

McCarthy: White House, Republican Leaders Reach Debt Ceiling Agreement ‘In Principle’

The White House and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Saturday evening. “We still have a lot of work to do. But I believe this is an agreement in principle that’s worthy of American people,” McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill. “That’s historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms…


Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetos Major Election Bills

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed four election-related bills Friday. The rejected bills would have made a wide range of changes to the Copper State’s election laws on the voter registration system, poll site procedures, and mail-in ballots. Hobbs’s moves Friday raise her total number of vetos to 99, a number larger than that of any…


Congressional Witness Calls Red State Election Reforms ‘Voter Suppression’

“The 2022 election failed black voters,” said National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attorney Deuel Ross in a May 24 Congressional subcommittee hearing on elections. Ross testified that since the 2020 election 400 bills were introduced in state legislatures around the country to “restrict the franchise.” He said 24 states had actually…


F-16s Won’t Be a Game-Changer in Ukraine, Pentagon Leaders Say

The Biden administration will allow American-made F-16s to be sent to Ukraine to help Kyiv defend its skies for years to come, but they will play no role in its pending offensive to oust Russian invaders. That point was iterated and reiterated by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen….


Upstate New York Officials Tell NYC Mayor to Stop Bussing Illegal Immigrants to Their Regions

The Democrat Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is continuing to send recently arrived migrants from the City to other parts of the state, without notifying the local authorities in advance or receiving their permission. County authorities, who have been receiving illegals by the busload, have demanded that Adams immediately cease his operations. New York’s migrant…


IN-DEPTH: With an Unexpected Boost From Republicans, More States Push for Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

Illegal immigrants in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Minnesota will be eligible to apply for restricted driver’s licenses beginning in 2023. That expands the number of states that permit illegal immigrants to get legal driving privileges to 19, plus the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Rhode Island and Massachusetts legislators passed their bills last year,…


San Francisco Mayor London Breed Booed During Outdoor Drug Crisis Hearing

San Francisco Mayor London Breed was forced to cut short an outdoor public hearing held at the United Nations Plaza in the city’s downtown on May 23 after being heckled by protesters, one of whom allegedly threw a brick that hit another attendee. Breed, a Democrat, was joined by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin…


Biden Administration Focuses on Equity in New Artificial Intelligence Efforts

The federal Department of Education on May 23 released an “Insights and Recommendations” report on artificial intelligence in education, part of a suite of Biden administration announcements that stress what they see as the need for “equity” in AI. “The department holds that biases in AI algorithms must be addressed when they introduce or sustain unjust…


DOE Pulls Plug on Chinese-Owned Company’s Grant Application Months After Alarm Raised

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was never quite clear on why it allowed a Texas subsidiary of a Chinese-owned battery manufacturer to qualify as a grant applicant, even after the company’s links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were revealed during the department’s own vetting process. The DOE was equally opaque in curtly announcing…


House Ethics Committee Concludes Probe Into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Associations With Alleged Chinese Spy

A two-year investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) associations with a Chinese national and suspected spy has concluded, the bipartisan House Ethics Committee said on May 22. The Committee announced the news in a private letter (pdf) to Swalwell in which chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and ranking member Susan Wild (D-Pa.) explained that no further action will be…