Author: Alex Trent

Authorities including the Chicago Police and the FBI are now investigating an alleged insect attack that occurred at a buffet breakfast attended by delegates near the DNC in Chicago on Wednesday. This DNC delegate sabotage comes in the context of recent ongoing protests outside the conference, and a previous insect attack last month at the Water Gate Hotel in Washington DC. DNC Statement Source: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons A statement from the DNC’s information center asserted that the insects were delivered to the food directly, in what seems like a deliberate act. “Multiple unknown female offenders are alleged to have entered…

The US Treasury Department has labeled an “anti-woke” banking law signed by DeSantis earlier this year as a potential threat to the nation’s security. This warning comes as other states, inspired by Florida’s and Tennessee’s example, have considered passing similar legislation. DeSantis’ Law Source: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons In May, Ron Desantis signed House Bill 989 into law, which is aimed at protecting Florida residents from being discriminated against for their political views. According to a Florida government statement the law “increases protection for customers of financial institutions operating in Florida from unwarranted account cancellations and restrictions through a coordinated complaint…

It’s been a rough recent run for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who was once a skyrocketing star within the GOP behind many trend-setting conservative legislative victories. In what seems like a continuing reveal of DeSantis’ waning star power, several school board candidates backed by the governor lost their races on Tuesday, something DeSantis was once prided for being influential with. School Board Races Source: MChe Lee/Unsplash Of the 23 candidates that received the power of a DeSantis endorsement, almost half of them did not win their races, and six of them were forced into runoffs. DeSantis previously distinguished himself by…

This week, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) published an analysis of births, fertility, and pregnancy for the United States in 2023. One alarming finding from the data showed that for the second year in a row, there was an increase in mothers receiving no prenatal care, an important safeguard to protect the health of the baby and the mother. What is Prenatal Care? Source: Jimmy Conover/Unsplash Parental care is the term for a variety of health checks performed by a health care provider prior to giving birth. These checks include things like physical exams, checking weight, urine…

A Wisconsin group known as the Catholic Charities Bureau is now asking the US Supreme Court to look at their case after an unfavorable decision in the Wisconsin Supreme Court regarding the state unemployment program. The group has been embroiled in a lengthy legal battle to gain exemption like other religious groups from the state unemployment program, alleging that their exemption denial violates the group’s free practice of religion under the First Amendment. Unemployment Insurance Source: Warren LeMay/Wikimedia Commons Wisconsin law requires that certain employers pay into an unemployment benefits program, though it offers exemptions for operations that are primarily…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently approved around $32 million in cuts for art funding grants in the state. Some Florida residents are decrying the impact this measure will have on the state’s local arts community, with many organizations relying on this funding likely to now have to make cuts and layoffs of their own. DeSantis’ Cuts Source: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons DeSantis was pressed about the cuts at a news conference earlier this year, and said that he felt the state had lost control of how the money was being spent. “So this is money [that we] didn’t have control over…

Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a spending plan aimed at helping out Americans titled “The Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families.” A nonpartisan watchdog group known as the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has come out to estimate that her plan would add $1.7 trillion to the national deficit. In comments on the campaign trail this week, Harris attempted to defend the plan, asserting that it would provide a “tremendous” return on investment. Harris Spending Plan Source: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons On August 16, The Harris campaign put out a statement announcing the new spending proposal,…

The attorney general of New Hampshire filed briefs in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Monday, attempting to challenge laws that punish residents who cross state lines with guns. The briefs were filed in support of two New Hampshire residents who were charged after crossing into Massachusetts without carrying proper firearm licenses. Legal Challenge Source: Katrin Bolovtsova/Pexels On August 19, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella released a statement announcing the challenge to Massachusetts gun laws, calling them unconstitutional for punishing New Hampshire residents without licenses. “The cases involve two New Hampshire residents who were each charged with carrying firearms…

The campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday that she would be seeking an increase to the corporate tax rate should she prevail against Donald Trump in the November election. This increase would bring the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, which would follow a previous change during the Trump administration that lowered it from 35% down to 21%. During her 2020 campaign, Harris advocated for a return to the 35% corporate tax rate. Trump Tax Cuts Source: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons In 2017, Republicans and then-President Donald Trump enacted a massive corporate tax cut as part of the…

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott heaped praise on the state’s efforts to increase dangerous razor wire barriers at the southern border, a move which has set him at odds with the Biden administration in the past. This praise followed a previous order Abbott gave to engineers to install what is known as “triple-strand” wire at the border. Abbott’s Order Source: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons On July 23, Abbott took to the social media platform X to announce the order to triple the razor wire at border barriers on the US southern border, fulfilling an earlier threat to do so. “There…