Blue-state GOP blasts Dem gov over surprise $7B budget deficit increase
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing criticism from his Republican colleagues after he announced the budget deficit is actually $7 billion worse than his initial projections, bringing the total shortfall to nearly $74 billion. “The Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) had an estimate that is significantly higher,” Republican vice chair of the state budget committee Roger Read More
Ohio purges ‘non-citizens’ from state voter rolls, calls on Biden admin for data ahead of 2024 election
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered the state’s voter rolls to be purged of “non-citizens” Tuesday after a review found more than 100 Ohio residents who were registered to vote despite lacking U.S. citizenship. An investigation by Ohio’s Public Integrity Division analyzed data from the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles and found 137 people Read More
Hunter Biden team tells Delaware court they’re ‘not ready’ for gun trial date
Hunter Biden’s legal team appeared to seek a delay for his impending June 3 trial date in Delaware, which was set by a federal judge two months ago. The first son was not in attendance Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Delaware’s largest city, Wilmington, but attorney Abbe Lowell as well as Special Counsel David Read More
Former Obama campaign worker and wife killed in Southern California vehicle crash
A former Obama campaign worker was killed last week in a car crash in Southern California along with her wife, according to friends and colleagues. Peggy Moore, 60, and Hope Wood, 48, died Friday night when the Jeep pickup truck they were in collided with a Chrysler sedan on State Route 76 in Fallbrook, 55 Read More
‘Enough’: Controversial ID program for illegal immigrants targeted by GOP senator
FIRST ON FOX: A top Republican senator is moving forward with a push to block a controversial program that would give ID cards to illegal immigrants as early as this summer. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is introducing the “No Taxpayer Funds for Illegal Immigrant Identity Cards Act” which would bar any federal funds from going Read More
Texas lawmakers listen to antisemitism concerns amid university tensions over the Israel-Hamas war
A Texas Senate hearing Tuesday will also gather testimony on how universities have complied with the state’s DEI ban.
Biden rolls out new China tariffs, vows US will ‘never allow’ Beijing to ‘unfairly control’ EV market
President Biden announced Tuesday that his administration is hiking tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports while vowing that the U.S. will “never allow” Beijing to “unfairly control the market” for electric vehicles. The new measures include an increase in the tariff rate on electric vehicles from 25% to 100% this year along with Read More
Biden doesn’t support ‘full-term’ abortion stance pushed by RFK Jr, campaign says
President Biden’s re-election campaign said Tuesday that the president does not support “full-term abortions”, drawing a contrast between a stance recently taken by one of his challengers in the race for the White House. Fox News Digital asked the Biden campaign this week whether it agrees with remarks made last week by independent presidential candidate Read More
PM Modi declares assets worth Rs 3.02 crore, majority in fixed deposits, cash in hand is Rs 52920
His other assets include four gold rings weighing 45 grams valued at Rs 2.67 lakh, National Savings Certificates worth Rs 9.12 lakh.
Heat intensifies around Houston Democrat Shawn Thierry ahead of bitter runoff
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, a Dallas Democrat who previously served in the Texas House with Thierry, spoke at a campaign event where she condemned her former colleague.