Author: Peyton Sorosinski

Another prominent politician is throwing himself into San Francisco’s mayoral race, shaking up the already competitive contest and making Mayor London Breed’s reelection prospects more challenging.  San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin told NBC Bay Area on Wednesday that he was planning on running for mayor. He will make an announcement at a…

Washington, D.C. voters will get the opportunity in November to choose whether or not they want to implement a ranked choice voting initiative.  The ballot measure, also known as Initiative 83, was proposed by an organization called Make All Votes Count and spearheaded by Lisa D.T. Rice, an advisory neighborhood commissioner from Ward 7. The…

Truck drivers slammed the Biden administration’s new regulations that crack down on heavy-duty vehicle emissions, calling electric vehicle trucks “useless.”  At the end of last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules targeting heavy-duty vehicles as part of President Joe Biden’s ambitious efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The regulations, which won’t begin until…

A $1.2 billion taxes and fees bill is stuck in Maryland‘s Democratic-controlled legislature, worrying some Democratic lawmakers that approving it will hand over their narrow U.S. Senate majority to the GOP.  U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan, a Republican, is running for a seat that will be vacated by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) in November. Hogan,…

House Republicans are pivoting to new lines of attack against the Biden administration after an impeachment inquiry into the president sputtered out.  Republicans launched the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden last year to expose what House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said were crimes committed by the Biden family. The inquiry has lasted…

President Joe Biden will speak about lowering healthcare costs at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday at the White House. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-NY) is expected to join Biden at the White House to promote lowering the cost of prescription drugs. The event is part of the Biden…

A Los Angeles County Democrat proposed legislation that would make retail theft a misdemeanor in an effort that could make shoplifters more fearful of stealing.  The bill would make shoplifting a misdemeanor and allow law enforcement to make warrantless arrests for theft not committed in their presence if officers have probable cause. Democratic Assemblymember Wendy…

Six inmates at a New York prison filed a lawsuit against the state corrections department for implementing a lockdown the evening of the April 8 solar eclipse.  The lockdown, which will take place across 23 state prisons in the path of totality, is a violation of the six inmates’ religious freedom to be unable to…

Republicans in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District will determine a nominee that will go head to head against a longtime Democratic incumbent in Tuesday’s runoff election. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has served 16 terms in the House, representing a majority black district since 1993. Vying to unseat Thompson are Republicans Ron Eller and Andrew Scott Smith,…

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a press briefing Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Jean-Pierre is expected to field questions about Florida’s new ballot measure that will allow voters to enshrine abortion access in the state constitution. President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders are…