Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, told the graduating class at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, during a commencement speech on Sunday that they know how to “use a chair” in the face of adversity.  “There are people that are going to tell you that there is not a table in which there is not a seat for you, but I am here to remind you of Montgomery and those...

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is now a registered Republican after leaving the Democratic Party. “As of today, I’m leaving the party of paid protests, purple hair, and pronouns. And I’m joining the party of faith, family, and freedom — the Republican Party,” Villanueva told the Unite Inland Empire Conservative Conference on Saturday. “Today I announced ending 44 years as a registered Dem and joining the...

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday said she is leading a coalition of 20 states in suing the Trump administration over its cuts to public health funding and the Department of Health and Human Services, describing the efforts in a press conference as the most “sweeping and unlawful assault on public health” in U.S. history. The lawsuit, filed by James and other state attorneys general, accuses...