PBS has hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to the Trump administration, amid Republican threats to scrap federal funding for the public news outlet. Ballard Partners will lobby for PBS on “advocacy related to funding,” according to lobbying disclosures filed with Congress on Tuesday. Brian Ballard, the firm’s founder, is registered as one of
The victory gives Republicans one additional seat in Congress, bringing their majority to 219–213. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Republican state Sen. Randy Fine beat Democrat Joshua Weil in Florida’s 6th Congressional District in a special election on Tuesday to replace Michael Waltz, who is now President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Fine’s win, which increases the GOP’s
Health and Human Services says it is evaluating the organization and others to make sure they have not violated their grant agreements. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has halted Title X government funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s top abortion provider. Title X provides funding for “natural family planning methods, infertility services,
Democrats countered during an April 1 hearing that Trump is threatening the judiciary’s independence and separation of powers. Republican members of Congress have been pushing for legislation that would prevent federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions—a form of court intervention that has drawn increased scrutiny in recent years. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the
The eruption of anti-Hamas protests across the Gaza Strip last week was a win for Israel, which has called for a popular revolt against the Palestinian terrorist group. Israel’s renewed military campaign in Gaza appears to have triggered the protests by weakening Hamas’s control of the strip and its credibility with the population, according to
Ossoff yet to address fellow Georgia Democrat’s rent-free lifestyle ahead of tough reelection campaign Georgia Democratic senatirs Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff / Getty Images Sen. Jon Ossoff (D., Ga.) says securing access to affordable housing for public servants is “a matter of fairness.” But the vulnerable swing state Democrat won’t speak on the fairness
They’re not having children, either, which is also great Grabien Depressed liberals are increasingly at risk of suicide due to so-called climate change, according to a group of European and French-Canadian scientists. The alleged findings, while morbid, could signal a bright future for the human race. A world with fewer annoying people would make life