Author: Eden Villalovas

One hundred low-income entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will receive monthly payments of $528 as part of the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program in 16 days. Under the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, the two-year pilot program started distributing payments in January to selected applicants. Kristin Seefeldt, the associate director of Poverty…

More than 100,000 Democrats voted “uncommitted” in Michigan’s primary, and leaders of the movement to reject the incumbent altogether are trying to extend their efforts to other states.  Instead of asking voters to stay home on Tuesday or cast their ballot for a third-party candidate, the group Listen to Michigan urged Democrats to vote “uncommitted.”…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will step down in November, paving the way for a new leadership race to kick off with former President Donald Trump’s influence looming large as the likely Republican nominee. Once allies, McConnell and Trump’s relationship soured after the former president refused to accept the results of the 2020 election.…

The Supreme Court‘s decision to take up a case on whether former President Donald Trump can assert presidential immunity has thrown him a lifeline. The justices’ decision on Wednesday to weigh in on special counsel Jack Smith’s petition means Trump could postpone some of his legal challenges until after November. Whether the court rules in…

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to run for Senate this year might have been influenced by a letter he received in early January. Hogan entered the race as a prominent GOP candidate, well-positioned to give Democrats a run for their money in the deep-blue state. He can become the first Republican to win a…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has overseen several significant developments as the longest-serving Senate leader in history. On Wednesday, McConnell announced he would step down as minority leader in November. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter, so I stand before you today,…

Conservative radio host Larry Elder threw his support behind the recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), blasting the Democrat for passing “job-killing bills.” Elder said even if Rescue California, a conservative activist group, fails to obtain the required 1.38 million signatures by May to put the measure on the November ballot, the recall effort…

California will start sending benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to qualified low-income residents for March in the next three days. The SNAP program will begin issuing payments on the 1st of the month and continue until the 10th. Payments are distributed to qualified low-income households depending on recipients’ case numbers. For example, California recipients with case numbers ending in 1 will…

A Texas federal judge ruled a $1.7 trillion government funding bill was unconstitutionally passed in 2022 due to a pandemic-era rule allowing the House of Representatives to vote by proxy instead of in person. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has brought multiple lawsuits against the Biden administration, asked the courts to block a…

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday re-upped calls to change New York City’s sanctuary laws, pushing for more accountability for those suspected of committing violent crimes and encouraging more collaboration between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “I want to go back to the standards of the previous mayors who I believe subscribed…