City votes to crack down on drug users and boost police powers A San Francisco police car sits parked in front of the Hall of Justice (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) San Francisco residents on Tuesday voted to let police conduct more vehicle chases and deploy drones and surveillance cameras to fight crime. They also ordered mandatory
A panel on MSNBC mocked voters who are concerned about immigration during the network’s Super Tuesday coverage. “If you look at some of these exit polls—I mean, I live in Virginia,” said Jen Psaki, who previously served as President Joe Biden’s press secretary. “Immigration was the number one issue … in Virginia.” “Well, Virginia does
Dozens of rabbis in the Pittsburgh metro area are calling on Rep. Summer Lee (D., Pa.) to return campaign contributions from the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other anti-Israel activists. “You have accepted campaign contributions from people who have voiced virulently antisemitic sentiments,” 41 rabbis and cantors wrote in a letter to
Republican opponent Steve Garvey raised just over $2 million and took second place Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) (Josh Edelson/Getty Images) California representative Katie Porter (D.) jumped into California’s high-profile Senate race in January armed with a robust fundraising apparatus that helped her amass a $28 million war chest. She took third place in the Tuesday
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday, ensuring that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination and once again face Democratic President Joe Biden in November’s election. “The time has now come to suspend my campaign,” Haley said in a speech announcing her withdrawal form the primary. “In all likelihood, Donald Trump
The Democratic superlawyer who resigned in disgrace from the #MeToo organization Time’s Up after helping former New York governor Andrew Cuomo (D.) discredit his accusers is now defending Columbia University against a lawsuit alleging that it fosters a pervasive culture of anti-Semitism. Roberta Kaplan filed notice last month to represent Columbia and its sister college,
Publicly, Philip Bennett serves as operations director for Squad member Rep. Summer Lee (D., Pa.), a role in which he works closely with the congresswoman on scheduling and operation. Privately, however, Bennett moonlights as the hand behind “Dear White Staffers,” a once-anonymous Instagram account originally intended to highlight the plight of minority staffers on Capitol Hill. The