Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
With Extensive Planning, and Treats, 2,500 Show Dogs Descend on New York The world’s top-ranked canines travel to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show mostly by car and plane. They don’t exactly travel light. 05/13/2024 - 2:39 am | View Link
Alaska House adopts bill limiting transgender athletes over minority filibuster The bill passed in a 22-18 vote after more than 17 hours of debate in the final week of the legislative session. 05/12/2024 - 8:28 pm | View Link
Alaska Legislature plans to eliminate many mandatory newspaper public notices The proposal follows a nationwide trend that is hammering the revenue of newspapers alongside general drops in ad sales. 05/12/2024 - 6:57 pm | View Link
Soccer-Bayern beat Wolfsburg in final home game after Champions League exit Second-placed Bayern Munich beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 with teenager Lovro Zvonarek scoring on his first start in their final Bundesliga home game of the season on Sunday as they eased towards the end of ... 05/12/2024 - 7:14 am | View Link
Bills on psychedelics, temporary nursing permits and medical reviews pass in Alaska Legislature The Alaska Senate on Friday passed a trio of bills broadly aimed at improving delivery of health care, granting final approval to the measures. All three, which originated in the House, are now headed ... 05/11/2024 - 2:59 am | View Link
Donald Trump's ex-attorney and fixer Michael Cohen continues to testify Tuesday in the former president's criminal hush money trial in New York. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
A Brighton vegetable farm’s fight against a metro district’s eminent domain action to provide storm drainage for new housing drew hundreds of people to an Adams County courthouse Monday in support of the nearly century-old operation.
Palizzi Farm, nestled between a grocery store, a strip mall and residential neighborhoods, is seen here at its location on East Bromley Lane in an image from September, 2023, in Brighton.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed two marquee land-use reform bills into law Monday, clearing the way for the building of more accessory-dwelling units and denser development in cities and suburbs across the Front Range.
“The success of this bill will be measured in years,” Rep. Steven Woodrow, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the density measure, said at the signing ceremony outside a light rail station in Denver.
If you don't love Jasmine Crockett, well, I just don't know about you.
She is a happy warrior, slicing & dicing Republicans--particularly those right in front of her like sad-sack-propagandist, Jim Jordan. In fact, she calls Jim Jordan a Russian propagandist in this video, RIGHT TO HIS FACE. She impugns the integrity and patriotism of Jim's GOP colleagues too--God, has this group of MAGA creeps earned it--and even calls Donald Trump the "C" word!!
Yep, Jasmine, like Eric Swalwell, Stacey Plaskett, Gretchen Whitmer, Jamie Raskin, Ted Lieu, AOC, Gavin Newsom, Hakeem Jeffries, Adam Schiffand I could go on, are our future.
On this date in 1942 Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" premiered. Today it is being narrated by James Earl Jones, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Infidel753, has a mighty link round-up for you.
Mad Kane’s Political Madness: The Trials Of Trump (3-Verse Limerick.)
The Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ calls on FBI to release timeline for conclusion of Shireen Abu Akleh investigation.
Attention space nerds!
During breaks with Donald Trump's criminal trial, the former President typically meets reporters off to the side to whine about how cold it is in the courtroom; then he reads snips of articles by people in his toxic right-wing media bubble. Monday was not a good day for Lumpy, so he read Fox News columns aloud as proof that he was innocent.