A Midwestern state party chair is off to a fast start in his bid to chair the Democratic National Committee (DNC).  “I am running to serve as the Chair of the Democratic National Committee,” Ken Martin, head of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, announced Tuesday in a social media post. Martin becomes the second candidate to launch a bid to succeed current DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, who is...

A Democratic state representative in Washington state is pushing legislation that aims to make homelessness a civil right, according to a report. State Rep. Mia Gregerson is promoting a bill that would make homeless people a protected class and shield them from “discrimination based on housing status,” according to a draft of the bill obtained by “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “[M]any communities within Washington are enacting and...

A federal China commission released its sprawling yearly report to Congress on Tuesday, for the first time recommending lawmakers end China’s favored trade status and the provision that allows goods under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free.   The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, established by Congress as a bipartisan entity to investigate and provide policy recommendations on China, is now directly advocating for Congress to end...