Tim Kaine Compares Parents Who ‘Raise Hell’ at School Board Meetings to Jan. 6 Rioters

‘You see it at school board meetings when people come and raise hell,’ senator says during campaign event Sen. Tim Kaine (Twitter/@timkaine) Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) drew parallels between parents who “raise hell” at school board meetings and Jan. 6 rioters, calling those parents “negative, complaining, name-calling pessimists” working to “tear us down and

Harvard Moves Toward Student Referendum on Divestment from Israel, Led by Rhodes Scholarship Recipient

‘Harvard has a responsibility to listen to us,’ says Asmer Asrar Safi Asmer Safi (via asmersafi.me) The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee, an anti-Israel student group, passed a petition on Tuesday that started the wheels turning toward a student referendum on whether Harvard University should divest from Israel. The student behind the effort is a

House Bill Would Bar Biden Admin From Spending Taxpayer Dollars on Diplomacy To Advance Iran Nuclear Deal

Rep. Bob Good proposes bill to block Iran diplomacy until it severs cash ties to China and ends Hamas support Rep. Bob Good (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Republican legislation in the House would bar the Biden administration from spending taxpayer dollars to advance a nuclear deal with Iran until the hardline regime severs its cash ties

As Bob Casey Distances Himself From Summer Lee’s Anti-Israel Rhetoric, She Boasts His Endorsement

Anti-Israel “Squad” member Summer Lee (Pa.) wants voters to remember she’s “strongly endorsed” by Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey. Casey may wish they would forget. Lee, who has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, distributed campaign mailers last month saying she is “strongly endorsed” by Casey, mailers obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. The

California Isn’t Tracking Homelessness Spending or Whether It’s Working, Auditor Says

Golden State has spent $24 billion in five years as crisis worsens (Mario Tama/Getty Images) California is not tracking the billions in taxpayer dollars that have been poured into the homelessness crisis and the agency in charge has not established a process for keeping tabs on myriad programs and whether or not they work, the

Biden’s Former Chief of Staff Calls President’s Campaign Strategy a ‘Fool’s Errand’

Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain on Tuesday criticized President Joe Biden’s campaign strategy, arguing his former boss should focus less on bridges and more on the economy and rising prices ahead of a rematch this fall with Republican nominee Donald Trump.  “I think the president is out there too much talking about

Anti-Israel Agitators Derail Dinner at Home of UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky

Anti-Israel hecklers crashed a Tuesday dinner that U.C. Berkeley’s Jewish law school dean hosted for graduating students, days after activists circulated a blood libel cartoon targeting the dean and referencing the planned dinner. Malak Afaneh, the head of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, stood in the midst of the backyard dinner hosted by law