State Watch
Two additional Native American tribes in South Dakota have banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) from their reservations after she said earlier this year that tribal leaders benefited from drug cartels. Noem is now banned from traveling to about one-fifth of South Dakota after the Yankton Sioux Tribe voted Friday to ban Noem and the Sisseton-Wahpeton…
Students at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) walked out of their commencement ceremony to protest an address by Gov. Glenn Younkin (R-Va.). About 100 of the 1,200 graduates at the graduation ceremony Saturday quietly filed out of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, some wearing kaffiyeh scarves and signs reading “Teach Black history” and “Book bans…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s (R) radio show on WABC Radio has been canceled and he was suspended by the station over claims he made about the 2020 election, according to a report from The New York Times. “We’re not going to talk about fallacies of the November 2020 election,” WABC Radio owner…
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) expressed that antisemitic graffiti has no place in Pennsylvania following an incident in which a synagogue was spray-painted with a red swastika on Saturday night. “This is the second time I’ve written a message like this in just as many days. It’s two too many. Antisemitism and the defacement of a place of worship of any kind are not…
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the GOP’s approach to reproductive rights and said the party should work harder to understand where average Americans stand on these issues. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Dana Bash asked Lawler — one of just a handful of House Republicans to support legislation to…
White House adviser Tom Perez warned on Sunday of the huge size of the Francis Scott Key Bridge salvage project, getting ready for the huge task of clearing the entrance to the Port of Baltimore. The Key Bridge collapsed last week after a container ship struck one of its supports, killing six people. The steel structure now…
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) mentioned on Sunday that he is ignoring the “DEI mayor” labels that emerged after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse last week. Shortly after the collapse of the bridge in Baltimore, social media posts claimed that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) was the cause. In turn, some…
Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) on Sunday expressed concern about the extensive effects of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, emphasizing its significant impact on the national economy. “It’s not just a major impact on Maryland; this will also significantly affect the national economy. We're referring to… one…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday that additional federal funding will be allocated to remove and rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and mentioned that Congress might need to approve such aid. The Department of Transportation provided $60 million in emergency funding last week, shortly after the bridge was hit…
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