Republican Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska has rejected $18 million in federal funding to help feed children in need over the summer, prompting legislative action by Sen. Jen Day.
Congressman Mike Lawler’s district is on the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee’s target list. While all 26 congressional districts in New York are up for grabs in November’s election, Democratic candidates are vying to flip the seats Republicans gained in the 2022 midterm elections back to blue. Those seats include Congressman Mike Lawler’s 17th District and
South Carolina senators passed a bill allowing for open carry within the state, which includes a free firearms training course and enhanced penalties for crimes involving guns.
Indiana lawmakers are working to address declining literacy rates through a legislative approach focusing on early elementary school years. The bill now moves to the House.
The top U.S. official in charge of international development condemned the alleged involvement of employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Hamas’ attack on Israel this fall that left over 1,200 people dead and hundreds taken hostage. “Anybody who was involved in the Oct. 7 attack and the brutality and the
Republicans are increasingly sensitive to Trump’s viewpoints and conscious of his power to upend bills that Joe Biden might be able to tout on the campaign trail.
The tight House race in New York provides ground for GOP attacks on illegal immigration.