Author: Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) criticized President Joe Biden for accepting the conditions of a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that did not include the release of all American hostages. Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day ceasefire in the war in Gaza, with details confirmed by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday morning. The United…

Four Northwest Republican lawmakers asked the federal government to share details of “secretive negotiations” between the government and environmental groups that have called for the removal of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. In a Nov. 20 letter to Brenda Mallory, chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality, the lawmakers reminded the White House…

New Yorkers are withdrawing their support for Mayor Eric Adams as federal authorities investigate whether his 2021 campaign masked large funds from the Turkish government by funneling them through straw donors. More than 7 in 10 New York City residents believe Adams’s campaign “did something wrong” in connection to the mayor’s close ties with Turkey,…

Florida’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will start distributing its December payments, worth up to $1,751, in 10 days. Food stamps are issued to beneficiaries in Florida from the 1st to the 28th of every month, and recipients usually get their funds on the same day each month. The exact day SNAP benefits are issued depends…

YouTube removed a video on Monday of Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) expressing support for a game fowl organization that backs legislation to lessen criminal penalties related to cockfighting. Stitt made a video message supporting the annual meeting for the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, a group that previously backed a bill that drops charges for cockfighting from…

Consumers of Spartan Mosquito Eradicator bug spray have 10 days to file a claim form to receive funds from a $3.6 million settlement after the manufacturer of the bug spray company agreed to resolve a class-action lawsuit. A Mississippi-based company called AC2T, the manufacturer of Spartan Mosquito Eradicator, agreed to a settlement earlier this year…

Schools with a large concentration of low-income students in New York City have class sizes that are over the state limits, the United Federation of Teachers warned in an analysis released Tuesday. Looking at 665 Title 1 schools that receive funding from the government meant to help students experiencing high levels of poverty, at least…

Ahead of their highly anticipated debate next week, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) called out Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for running a presidential shadow campaign, warning Republicans to be wary of the Democrat in 2024. “He is running a shadow campaign. Even people in his own party are saying that,” DeSantis said on Fox News. “A…

Univision, the largest provider of Spanish-language content in the United States, is facing backlash over a seemingly positive shift toward former President Donald Trump following its recent interview with him from his Mar-a-Lago residence. Airing one day after the third Republican presidential debate, which Trump was absent from, Mexican American journalist Enrique Acevedo conducted a…

Oregon House Republicans are joining GOP state senators in calling on Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR) and Democrats to address Measure 110, the voter-approved drug decriminalization order. GOP lawmakers in Oregon sent a letter last week to Koteck and Democratic leaders, including Senate President Rob Wagner and House Speaker Dan Rayfield, with several proposals for policy…