The Supreme Court today will hear arguments on whether a US city can fine or jail people for sleeping outside. The hearing comes amid a rise in housing costs and record levels of homelessness; last year, more than 650,000 people in the US were estimated to be homeless on any given night. In Grants Pass, Oregon, officials passed […]
By 1440 News Voters in 15 states and the US territory of American Samoa headed to the polls yesterday on what is known as Super Tuesday, the single biggest day of primary voting in the presidential election cycle. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won almost every race, continuing on their trajectory toward becoming the 2024 […]
Violent crime is a key concern for many registered voters when it comes to this year’s midterm election on November 8th. Statistics from the Pew Research Center show insight on registered voters’ perceptions of violent crime and how these perceptions differ among groups. Approximately 61% of registered voters think violent crime is major component for […]
Based on an exclusive report by Axios that found the “U.S. government has lost contact with thousands of migrant children released from its custody”, Joe Scarborough, the co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, stated that the situation at the Southern Border will become a bigger issue in next year’s midterm elections than Afghanistan. “The Southern […]
Via Eric Morath and Heather Haddon of the WSJ, the debate surrounding the federal minimum pay has been waged in Congress for months. According to the Education and Labor Committee, if President Biden’s proposed five-year increase to $15 – introduced in Congress as the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 – was enacted, 32 million […]
According to CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez, the White House has yet to label the growing situation at the southern border a crisis — but it is quickly becoming a main political issue for the new administration. In February alone, 9,297 unaccompanied children (UACs) were apprehended at the border. As a result, thousands of children have been […]
According to Jimmy Vielkind and Deanna Paul of the WSJ, Democrat leaders of New York state legislature are questioning Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo’s ability to remain in his position between allegations of personal workplace harassment and federal reports about his administration reducing COVID-19 death tallies from nursing homes. While some Democrats such as Senate Majority […]
According to Josh Mitchell of the WSJ, statistics compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated personal income increased 10% during January, the second largest month-to-month increase on record. Also, consumer spending increased by 2.4%, leading the economy off to a great start for the year. Consumer spending coupled with additional recovery actions are expected to […]
As President Biden and his administration is working to have his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, known as the American Rescue Plan, passed through Congress, another recovery package is currently in development by the administration. While the package may become unpopular among Congress-members concerned about high-cost spending, Biden (who served 36 years in the Senate) […]
On Thursday, February 18th, the White House announced its immigration bill. According to Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Fox of CNN, the bill’s main goals are an eight-year path to citizenship for immigrants already in the U.S., and to speed-up citizenship for undocumented immigrants arriving in America as minors. The bill has been introduced in both […]