SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Don Tracy is stepping down as chair of the Illinois Republican Party—and he says party disunity is the reason. “In better days, Illinois Republicans came together after tough intra-party elections. Now, however, we have Republicans who would rather fight other Republicans than engage in the harder work of defeating incumbent Democrats by convincing swing
Three of the Columbia University deans caught exchanging dismissive text messages during a May 31 panel on anti-Semitism have been placed on leave as the university investigates the incident, a spokesman for the school said Thursday. “The Dean of Columbia College informed his team today that three administrators have been placed on leave pending a
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) apologized this week months after dismissing reports that Hamas raped Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 as “propaganda” and “lies.” “I apologize for my comments,” Bowman said during a radio show appearance, “and now we’re continuing to do the work to fight sexual violence and domestic violence in all its forms.”
Democrats, Independents, and Republicans can all agree on one thing ahead of the 2024 election cycle: They want the Latino vote. Jaime Florez, the Hispanic outreach and communications director for the Republican National Committee, told The Epoch Times the Latino vote is more important in 2024 than ever before. Hispanic or Latino Americans make up
The leader of an anti-Israel activist group on Wednesday called to expel supporters of the Jewish state from the city, while criticizing the New York Police Department’s efforts to track down a man who threatened and tried to identify “Zionists” on a subway car. “We don’t want zionists in Palestine, NYC, our schools, on the
Attorneys for former President Trump have argued that Mr. Smith’s appointment was unlawful. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing one of the four criminal cases against former President Donald Trump, has scheduled a hearing on June 21 to address the lawfulness of special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment. The parties will argue on President
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed a $60,000 annual national minimum wage for teachers, sending the message that if you pay them, the results will come. None of the legislators or witnesses who spoke at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on June 20 disputed that increased pay is a solution for recruiting