Category: Politics

Unemployed South Dakota residents will not see a $300 federal boost in weekly jobless benefits after Gov. Kristi Noem opted to turn down President Donald Trump’s executive offer. Read More

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee told the Justice Department last July they believed several people close to President Donald Trump, including his son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and former adviser Steve Bannon, may have misled them during testimony in the committee’s Russia investigation, the Washington Post reported. Read More

New polls out on Sunday suggest former Vice President Joe Biden has made a successful vice presidential pick in California Sen. Kamala Harris. Harris right now is one of the most popular politicians in the country. Read More

House Democrats said Sunday they are “ramping up” their investigation of the United States Postal Service and as Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors Robert Duncan to testify. Read More

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker on Sunday called President Donald Trump a “bully in the playground that is about to get knocked out” over his attacks against presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Read More

Sabrina Singh, a former senior adviser and communications director for California Sen. Kamala Harris’ political operation, has officially moved over to the Joe Biden- Kamala Harris campaign as press secretary for the presumptive vice presidential nominee. Read More

Stacey Abrams and 16 other rising stars of the Democratic Party will deliver a joint keynote address during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention programming, a slot typically reserved for just one speaker. Read More