Lifelong Democrat and outgoing Texas state Rep. Shawn Thierry said on Friday that she is joining the Republican Party. Thierry announced the reasons behind her decision in a lengthy statement on X. “The Democratic Party has veered so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in
Districts can request additional time to spend down the money if the U.S. Department of Education approves the expenditure. Many school districts across the nation could be required to return millions of dollars to the U.S. Treasury if they don’t spend their remaining post-COVID relief grant money within 30 days, according to federal data. Georgetown
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, held a joint interview with CNN on Thursday. The interview was Harris’s first unscripted sit-down with a journalist since she became the Democratic nominee. Here are some of the key takeaways from the interview. Original News Source Link – Epoch
Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the decision is ‘an important step toward ensuring workers and businesses can compete fairly’ in certain industries. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai applauded Canada on Thursday for its decision to slap high tariffs on some Chinese imports. In a statement released by her office, Tai said Ottawa had taken “an
Joseph Goffman, a senior Biden-Harris administration official who crafted some of the EPA’s most high-profile climate initiatives targeting the manufacturing and automobile sectors, repeatedly violated financial conflict-of-interest rules, his agency’s top watchdog said in a scathing report published this week. Goffman was found to have owned tens of thousands of dollars in companies directly associated
DeJoy says the agency is in a better position than ever to handle the upcoming surge of election mail. Postmaster General Luis DeJoy says the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is ready to handle the impending deluge of election mail, including mail-in ballots, ahead of Nov. 5. “We’re going to be in great shape for the
Democratic megadonors know Vice President Kamala Harris’s policies are not yet set and are looking to shape her economic plan, the New York Times reported Thursday. “[Harris] focuses on her values and is not an ideologue about any particular program. From what I’ve been told, everything is on the table. Nothing’s been decided yet,” billionaire