Author: Eden Villalovas

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell will deliver a semiannual testimony to the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday morning. The Fed could start cutting interest rates this year from their 23-year high of about 5.4% as inflation has fallen in recent months. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Powell will address the…

President Joe Biden’s campaign used the Super Tuesday results to paint former President Donald Trump as a weakened candidate facing financial constraints and a divisive agenda that could alienate crucial voter blocs while Biden works to engage undecided voters.  In assessing the race ahead of the State of the Union on Thursday, Biden’s campaign encouraged…

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has gathered enough signatures to qualify to appear on the ballot in Nevada, his campaign announced on Super Tuesday. In Nevada, a minor party or independent candidate must gather 10,095 signatures to meet the ballot requirements. Kennedy’s campaign said more than 15,000 signatures had been collected in Nevada,…

During MSNBC’s Super Tuesday coverage, host Rachel Maddow and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki expressed their surprise over exit polls showing immigration is a top concern for Virginians. “I mean, if you look at some of these exit polls —  I mean, I live in Virginia. Immigration was the No. 1 issue,” Psaki,…

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), in a social media post tinged with disappointment, congratulated President Joe Biden, Marianne Williamson, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, and “uncommitted” for appealing more to Democrats as Super Tuesday results rolled in. “Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than…

The D.C. Council passed legislation aimed at addressing the growing crime crisis on Tuesday after councilmembers unanimously passed the bill during a first vote in February. The Secure D.C. Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 was introduced last year by Public Safety Committee Chair Councilwoman Brooke Pinto. The crime legislation includes 12 bills crafted by Mayor…

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) said he’ll be ‘making decisions’ about his Democratic presidential campaign in the days ahead, as he’ll likely lose in his home state of Minnesota.  “As the only candidate not losing to Donald Trump in any poll, I’m grateful for the beautifully orchestrated outpouring of wishes to end my mission to ensure…

In 10 days, 100 low-income entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, are set to begin receiving monthly payments of $528 as part of the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program. Administered by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, this two-year pilot initiative commenced its distribution of payments in January to preselected candidates. Kristin Seefeldt,…

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weighing the possibility of joining the Libertarian Party amid difficulties in securing ballot access ahead of November.  Kennedy left the Democratic Party in his long-shot bid against President Joe Biden in October to become an independent candidate. But getting on state ballots is an expensive challenge for…

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley portrayed herself and her supporters as not “anti-Trump” before Super Tuesday. “In all the narrative, everybody pretty much assumes that this is an anti-Trump movement, and it’s actually not,” Haley told reporters during a roundtable, per USA Today. On Friday morning, Haley was in Washington, D.C., which holds its primary…