The IAFF’s announcement comes two weeks after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters also declined to endorse a presidential candidate. With only weeks to go until the November election, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), a labor union representing more than 300,000 firefighters and emergency responders across the United States, announced on Oct. 3 that
Vice presidential nominees Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both went into Tuesday’s debate knowing that their contest, traditionally an afterthought in presidential politics, was going to command the nation’s focus in unusual fashion. Over 43 million viewers were treated to a calm and more substantive conversation about national political issues. Vance and
He emphasized the need to unite as Americans during disaster recovery. President Joe Biden continued his tour of areas impacted by Hurricane Helene on Oct. 3, visiting Florida and Georgia to survey the damage from the deadly storm. Biden delivered remarks after surveying the damage in Ray City, Georgia, and defended the federal government’s response
Temporary protected status was granted to Haitian immigrants in 2010 after a major earthquake in the country and has since been extended multiple times. Former president Donald Trump said in a new interview he would revoke the legal status of Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio, and work to deport them back to their native
The judge transferred the case to the Eastern District of Missouri, where Missouri’s claims will continue to be heard. The Biden administration’s latest student loan forgiveness plan—known as the “Third Mass Cancellation Rule”—is allowed to proceed after a federal judge declined to renew a temporary restraining order that had blocked the program. The judge also
Supporters of the measure said environmental reviews could have slowed or stopped projects already underway. Some U.S. semiconductor manufacturing facilities will now be exempt from environmental reviews after President Joe Biden signed the Building Chips in America Act into law on Oct.2. Without the law, projects from the $52.7 billion CHIPS Act of 2022 could
The campaign saw a 23 percent increase in donations from August. Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, together with the Republican Party, raised $160 million in donations for September, with the majority of the donations coming from small donors, the Trump–Vance campaign announced on Oct. 1. The tally marks a 23 percent increase from the