Prominent Democratic donors and strategists fear presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s recent fundraising surge has created “a real problem for Democrats,” according to a Sunday report by Politico. In May, Trump outraised Biden by roughly $56 million, wiping the president’s long-held cash advantage. In the first 24 hours following Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts
Gil Hochberg praises ‘dear friend’ Josef Sorett in error-riddled social media post Josef Sorett (college.columbia.edu), Gil Hochberg (icls.columbia.edu) Columbia College dean Josef Sorett, under fire for his role in a texting scandal that landed three of his fellow administrators on leave, has support from at least one prominent Columbia faculty member: Gil Hochberg, a Hebrew
‘Americans have a right to peaceful protest. But blocking access to a house of worship–and engaging in violence–is never acceptable,’ he said. President Joe Biden on Monday condemned an anti-Semitic incident at a Los Angeles synagogue over the weekend. Videos on social media showed fighting between anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counterprotesters on June 23 outside
Competitive races in two of four Republican House races pit first-term incumbent against conservative hardliner and five party rivals vying for open seat. In a closed-primary state where registered Republican voters outnumber Democrats three-to-one, Utah’s June 25 Congressional primaries are, for all practical purposes, the “real” election. Utah is led by a GOP trifecta with
‘We knew that we would face legal challenge after legal challenge, so we are prepared,’ he said. After having been shut out of the election season’s first presidential debate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to advance in his quest to get ballot access in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The independent presidential
Federal prosecutors singled out Philadelphia’s sanctuary policies as a ‘direct threat to public safety’ Sen. Bob Casey (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Three Pennsylvania state representatives on Sen. Bob Casey’s “Latinos for Casey” coalition are pushing a bill to prohibit police and universities in the Keystone State from cooperating with federal immigration agencies—the kind of “sanctuary” policies
Nassau County passes ban on transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams Nassau County passes ban on transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams 02:03 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County’s legislature has approved a controversial transgender athlete ban that was endorsed by former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, who is transgender. A judge previously struck down