Even as billionaires flee California to escape a potential wealth tax, proposals to raise taxes on millionaires are advancing in Washington state and Illinois. Legislation to impose a new 9.9 percent tax on income above $1 million a year advanced this week in Olympia, Wash., passing the Senate Ways & Means Committee. The Evergreen State
Some outlets referred to Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was born male, as ‘she,’ others used ‘they’ Jesse Van Rootselaar (Facebook) The transgender perpetrator of Tuesday’s attack on a Canadian high school in British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was born male and began transitioning six years ago, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Here’s how
The president said the move would ‘eliminate over $1.3 trillion of regulatory cost’ Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, D.C.—Flanked by EPA administrator Lee Zeldin in the Roosevelt Room, President Donald Trump announced that his administration has formally rescinded a 2009 Obama-era finding that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide endanger
Analilia Mejia also owns shares of Amazon and Nvidia stock while strongly opposing AI data centers and accusing the former of ‘aggressively suppress[ing] worker organizing’ Analilia Mejia (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Analilia Mejia, who unexpectedly won the Democratic nomination for the April 16 special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District this week, has
CNN’s Jake Tapper has said Courier Newsroom is ‘not an actual newsroom,’ while Brian Stelter labeled it ‘pink slime’ Tara McGowan on C-SPAN The Democratic “fake news” operation Courier Newsroom, which spent millions targeting swing-state voters in the last election cycle, is expanding into nine additional states ahead of the 2026 midterms, bringing its network
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) tapped as his health czar the founder of a left-wing nonprofit that registered patients in mental hospitals to vote. Mamdani selected Alister Martin on Jan. 31 to lead the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Martin, a former emergency room doctor, launched Vot-ER in 2019, a few
In the buildup to the release of his memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, California governor Gavin Newsom had an offer for his supporters: Contribute “ANY AMOUNT” to Newsom’s PAC—even “a few bucks”—and receive “a copy of my new book when it comes out.” “The average cost per book is $22.45 including shipping,” Newsom—who’s widely