Illinois State

Mediaite

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) went on a tirade against a resolution that would fine and potentially jail Attorney General Merrick Garland. House Republicans issued a subpoena to Garland seeking the audio from a deposition that President Joe Biden sat for with Special Counsel Robert Hur. Hur investigated Biden over his retention of classified documents from his time as a senator and vice president. Ultimately, the special counsel declined to prosecute in part because he said a jury could view Biden as a sympathetic “elderly man with a poor memory.”

‘Get Lost!’ McGovern Loses It on House Floor Over Republicans’ ‘Stupid Resolution’

Johnstown, PA

NBC News

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Inside a hollowed-out former railcar wheel plant Friday, Rep. Ro Khanna gathered local political leaders, a powerful labor boss, environmentalists and “Made in America” advocates to help him roll out new legislation to construct modern iron and steel plants in deindustrialized, storied towns like this one.

Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna tours steel and coal towns with an eye on higher office

TheDailyBeast

A Democratic lawmaker is calling for congressional leadership to condemn a former government employee-turned-Donald Trump zealot who has collected the names of 350 people he wants to see arrested or swatted should the former president claw his way back into the White House. The “Deep State target list” compiled by Ivan Raiklin, a veteran and former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency employee who has dubbed himself Trump’s future “secretary of retribution,” is extensive, according to Raw Story, which first reported the news. It includes the names of Democratic and Republican elected officials, journalists labeled Trump’s “political enemies,” U.S. Capitol Police officers,...

Rep. Jamie Raskin Sounds the Alarm on Trump’s Self-Declared ‘Secretary of Retribution’

Daniel Schuman was supposed to interview for his first job in Congress, as an intern in Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s office, on Sept. 11, 2001. The recent Emory University graduate had come to Washington to see “how the sausage was made.” He left his unfurnished apartment that morning, got off the city bus at Union Station and started making his way to the Hart Building, only to see a group of people running the other direction and rifle-toting officers stationed around the campus.

Daniel Schuman wants Congress to have nice things (like transparency)

The Hill

Vice President Harris’s white-hot start to her presidential campaign is prompting questions over how long her political honeymoon can last. Republicans for days have said Harris’s performance in the days since President Biden dropped out of the presidential race and backed her is more of a shooting star than anything sustainable, and with three months remaining until November, they expect her to follow the laws of political gravity and crash back down to earth.

Democrats want Harris honeymoon to last forever

Professor Allan Lichtman — whose model has predicted 9 of the last 10 presidential elections — told CNN that replacing President Joe Biden “could not be more misguided.”. Calls for Biden to drop out have dominated coverage of CNN’s Biden-Trump debate last Thursday night after deadly early...

Professor Who Predicted 9 of 10 Elections Tells CNN Taking Biden Out ‘Could Not Be More Misguided’

Minnesota State

A progressive congresswoman mocked Donald Trump for “losing his memory” after he apparently confused her with another Muslim member of Congress during his visit to her home state on Saturday. Trump and his new running mate JD Vance held their first joint campaign rally of the 2024 season...

Ilhan Omar says Trump is ‘losing his memory’ after he confuses her with Rashida Tlaib

Florida State

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Straight Arrow News SANcom

A House Republican has filed two articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris while others condemn her actions at the border.

House Republican files articles of impeachment against Kamala Harris

Newark, NJ

Paterson, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Jasmine McGregor, 32, and Jhenelle Lewis, 35, both of Paterson, New Jersey, have pleaded guilty to conspiring with a physician to distribute oxycodone, a powerful opioid, without legitimate medical justification. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Paterson Residents Conspired with Physician to Illegally Distribute Opioids

WASHINGTON -Vice President Kamala Harris, tasked to deal with the root causes of migration from Central America as illegal border crossings were rising in 2021, immediately ran into the enormity of the mission. The region is riddled with corrupt government officials, the drivers of migration are deeply rooted in economic...

Republicans Call Harris a Failed Border Czar. the Facts Tell a Different Story

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

New York City, NY

Virginia State

WashingtonExaminer

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added two seats to its front-line initiative as it seeks to flip control of the House of Representatives in November, even as concerns mount at the top of the Democratic ticket. The DCCC added the candidate for New York’s 22nd Congressional District, John Mannion, and Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, Eugene […]

Democrats add two House seats in New York and Virginia to front-line fight

A senior adviser to President Biden is departing the White House to take on a top role advising a major Democratic super PAC ahead of November’s election. Anita Dunn, who has been a member of Biden’s inner circle of aides since he took office, is leaving to work with Future Forward, a group that has…

Biden adviser Anita Dunn leaving White House to join major Democratic super PAC

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Key progressive and member of "The Squad" Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar endorsed Kamala Harris for president on Sunday after President Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.In a post on X, Omar thanked Mr. Biden for his work in the last three-and-a-half years as president."This was the president's decision to make and I'm grateful for his years of service to our country," Omar wrote. "I'm thrilled to support (Kamala Harris) as our Democratic nominee and remain committed to working alongside her to defeat Donald Trump in November."Omar remained supportive of Mr. Biden as a...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, other members of "The Squad" endorse Kamala Harris for president

The Independent

 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for the retirement of an anonymous Democratic lawmaker who said the party is resigned to a victory by Donald Trump this November.“We’ve all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency,” an unnamed senior House Democrat told Axios on Sunday, a day after the president survived as attempted assassination. Soon afterward, the progressive lawmaker from New York responded to the comment on X.“If you’re a ‘senior Democrat’ that feels this way, you should absolutely retire and make space for true leadership that refuses to resign themselves to fascism,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote.“This kind of leadership is functionally useless to...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Democrat who claims party is resigned to a Trump win should ‘retire’

While former President Donald Trump pivots his campaign to attack a new Democratic opponent, his advisors are putting together a potential White House staff and cabinet behind the scenes. Axios’s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei spoke to several “Republican sources” and got a glimpse of the kind of administration Trump could have if he is […]
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Trump Advisors Think Kevin McCarthy Is a Leading Contender to Be Trump’s Chief of Staff: Axios

Hakeem Jeffries held private meeting with President Joe Biden in which he expressed some of the "candid" conversations happening within the Democratic caucus.
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Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries Issues Ice Cold Statement on Meeting With Biden

Wyoming State

WyoFile

The Wyoming Democratic Party is calling on U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman to apologize for calling Vice President Kamala Harris a diversity, equity and inclusion hire. “It took only three days for Harriet Hageman to disgrace herself on national television by launching a reprehensible and racist attack on Vice President Kamala Harris,” the WDP wrote in a statement .

Wyoming Dems demand Hageman apologize for calling Harris a ‘DEI hire’

NewsBreak

Rep. Lauren Underwood made her C-SPAN debut earlier than you’d think

Look closely at a video of the Latvian president arriving to address Congress in 2006, and you might see a familiar face in the background. The...

Rep. Lauren Underwood made her C-SPAN debut earlier than you’d think

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