A state senator is seeking a change in Massachusetts law that would strip the Boston City Council of its authority to approve public health and safety grants, after the body’s latest “embarrassing” vote to reject $13.3 million in federal counter-terrorism funding. Nick Collins, a South Boston Democrat, filed a bill Friday that would allow that … Read more
Email was invented in 1971, and since then, it has completely changed how we communicate with people we know and those we may not know in person. With the introduction of social media in 1997 and the rapid rise and evolution of these channels, it was thought email would quickly become extinct. However, as we … Read more
New Democrat ethics critic Matthew Green is calling for Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer to appear before Parliament’s access to information, privacy and ethics committee to answer questions about why he broke House of Commons rules by filming a partisan video in his Parliament Hill office. Scheer shot the video to endorse a Conservative candidate in an … Read more
Melania Trump gave a highly personal speech Friday about the “challenges of the immigration process,” even as her husband threatens to make immigration laws even more restrictive if he wins the presidency in 2024. The former First Lady spoke during a rare public appearance at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where 25 immigrants were … Read more
A broad, diverse set of candidates have emerged to run for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat, which will have no incumbent for the first time in more than 30 years. After Supervisor Keith Carson’s surprise, last-minute retirement annoucement last Friday, the filing deadline was extended to Wednesday December 14 at 5 … Read more
Spend enough time scrolling through Twitter, and you’ll eventually come across it. A simple, three-word exhortation — “Let’s go, Brandon!” — that started spreading like wildfire across social media in October of 2021. The phrase quickly became a combination anti-Joe Biden meme and a conservative rallying cry of sorts. It’s also driven Biden supporters completely … Read more
A new government report has for the first time identified artificial intelligence as a potential risk to the nation’s financial stability. The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) — a group that’s charged with monitoring potential vulnerabilities to the financial sector and counts Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Securities and Exchange … Read more
Several state lawmakers want to zero in on deep-rooted disparities that are holding back Black Coloradans economically, from low homeownership to disproportionately high incarceration rates, and expand the search for solutions. That’s the aim of legislation unveiled Wednesday that would charge History Colorado, the state’s historical society, with undertaking a comprehensive study into the reverberations … Read more
If Fox News wants to interview the man in charge of the House investigation into President Joe Biden, they’re going to have to do it during a program other than “Fox & Friends.” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says he won’t be appearing on that show — at least not while Steve Doocy is … Read more
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