Decades-old provisions prevent public service workers and their spouses from receiving full Social Security benefits earned in private sector jobs. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) held a field committee hearing on his proposal to repeal provisions that reduce retirement income for public sector workers who have benefits from the private sector. Mr. Brown, chair of
Nevada, Maine, South Carolina, and North Dakota hold primaries, while Ohioans will see a special Congressional election. Voters in five states will cast ballots on June 11 in party nomination contests for one governorship, two U.S. Senate seats, 15 U.S. House races, hundreds of state legislature slots, and thousands of local government positions. The roster
Nevada, Maine, South Carolina, and North Dakota hold primaries, while Ohioans will see a special Congressional election. Voters in five states cast ballots on June 11 in primary elections for one governorship, two U.S. Senate seats, 15 U.S. House races, hundreds of state legislature slots, and thousands of local government positions. Polls closed at 7
The University of California, Los Angeles, medical school has gone to extraordinary lengths for over five years to shield its admissions practices from internal scrutiny, stonewalling data requests from concerned professors and refusing to assure admissions officials that they would not face retaliation for cooperating with an internal probe of the school’s admissions office, according
Three Democrat lawmakers are urging Congressional leaders not to seek a pay raise for members of Congress this year as many Americans suffer from a rising cost-of-living. “In Washington, we must be working every day to help lift those folks up and ensure their hard work pays off, not scheming on how to give ourselves
Observers are scratching their heads after Republican-dominated North Dakota recently took the unusual step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a redistricting lawsuit it won. The Department of Justice has yet to weigh in on the appeal. On June 10, the Supreme Court asked the Biden administration to file a brief expressing its
An American nonprofit that published the writings of a Hamas affiliate who held three Israelis hostage has ties to the Iranian regime and Al Jazeera, the Qatari-funded outlet that has served as a leading mouthpiece for Hamas, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis. Israeli authorities confirmed over the weekend that three of their hostages were