Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin co-sponsored legislation that would create a public health insurance option, a policy that experts have warned could decimate rural hospitals in Michigan. Slotkin, a House member, co-sponsored the Medicare-X Choice Act in 2019. The bill would “create a federal public option” for health insurance, according to a report by
Supporters, including Gov. Greg Abbott, say the measure helps prevent voter fraud, while critics contend that it amounts to ‘voter suppression.’ In a last-minute change before Americans head to the polls in November, a federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a key anti-ballot-harvesting portion of Texas’s sweeping election reform law. Supporters say the provision
Are Republicans shifting on abortion? Some Republicans shift on abortion ahead of Election Day 06:05 Georgia’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday, permitting abortions to resume later into pregnancies. The order means the state can’t enforce the six-week ban that took effect in 2022. Abortions may continue
Walz’s claims in 2014 congressional hearing are a tall tale, video and local news reports show L: “Tank man” at Tiananmen Square protests R: (Alex Wong/Getty Images) At a 2014 congressional hearing held to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Tim Walz, then a congressman representing Minnesota’s first district, recalled being in
Fatah Sharif, killed in an early morning Israeli strike, lauded by Hamas for his ‘educational and jihadist work’ Fatah Sharif (L.) poses with fellow terrorist Abu Tariq of Asbat al-Ansar. (U.N. Watch) Fatah Sharif, killed in an Israeli airstrike early Monday, was Hamas’s top commander in Lebanon, helping the terror group coordinate with Hezbollah. He
Board members narrowly passed the rule on Sept. 20. National and state Democrats are suing the Georgia Election Board to stop a new rule that requires workers to hand count ballots in the upcoming presidential election. In a filing released on Sept. 30, the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party of Georgia said the
National and Georgia state Democrats filed suit Monday to block a rule adopted 10 days ago by the Georgia State Election Board that would require hand counting of ballots in the election in November. “The rule violates Georgia law for numerous reasons,” the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Party of Georgia wrote in their complaint,