$15 minimum wage inches closer to appearing on Missouri ballot
A Missouri Jobs for Justice-backed initiative to put a statewide $15 minimum wage on the ballot has reportedly received nearly double the requisite number of signatures.
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Blinken opposes Netanyahu’s plan for Rafah invasion
Blinken opposes Netanyahu’s plan for Rafah invasion – CBS News Watch CBS News In a visit to Israel on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated the U.S. does not support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv. View
A Guide to University Statements on Anti-Israel Campus Protests
Student protesters have erected more than 100 “Gaza Solidarity” tent encampments on college campuses across the United States in recent weeks. College presidents and provosts from coast to coast have issued statements addressing the disruptions. Some of them have stamped them out expeditiously, while others have fanned the flames. Below we present those statements—the good,
UCLA’s Race And Equity Director: Jews ‘Enjoy the Benefits of Whiteness’
UCLA canceled classes Wednesday after violent confrontation between pro-Israel, anti-Israel protesters Johnathan Perkins (equity.ucla.edu) Anti-Israel protests have turned violent at the University of California, Los Angeles, where Johnathan Perkins, the school’s director of race and equity, has lamented that Jews “enjoy the benefits of whiteness” and questioned whether nations would support Israel “if the Jewish
Trump Courts Wisconsin As Polls There Waver Back in His Favor
Towards the end of his May 1 remarks in conservative Waukesha County, former President Donald J. Trump referenced a recent Emerson College poll that shows he is up five points over President Joe Biden in Wisconsin. But recent positive numbers for President Trump come after his lead in the closely watched swing state softened during
‘Disqualifying’: RFK Jr. faces backlash over ‘unhinged’ claims about red states in resurfaced video
A resurfaced video, shared by MAGA War Room's X account, shows presidential candidate RFK Jr. saying people in red states are "more likely to murder you" and commit violent crimes.
Voicemail threats to Montana Sen. Tester land constituent in prison
30-year-old Anthony Cross of Billings, Montana, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for threatening Democratic Sen. Jon Tester over the phone.