WASHINGTON ― Saturday marks one year since a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spreading toxic chemicals all over the community. And in that time, Congress has done “absolutely nothing” to make railroads safer, and keeps failing to act on bipartisan legislation to prevent something like that from happening […]
A member of the South Dakota Democratic Party’s executive board ousted in a recall vote last week says he’s likely to appeal the decision. Sheldon Osborn was until Jan. 27 one of the SDDP’s regional representatives for Region 3, an area encompassing legislative districts 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 — much of the area […]
LOS ANGELES — House Democrats’ campaign arm is preparing TV advertising backing the leading Democrat in the hotly contested race for Republican Rep. David Valadao’s Central Valley seat, making the unusual decision to wade into a jungle primary to avoid getting locked out of the November runoff. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democrat Rudy […]
An obscure provision of New Jersey’s campaign finance law that enabled a South Jersey Democratic super PAC to operate in secrecy until after the November election was pushed by that region’s Democratic legislative delegation, according to three officials with knowledge of the closed-door negotiations. The early amendments to the Elections Transparency Act enabled the shadowy […]
More than 100 House Democrats on Tuesday declined to vote for a resolution condemning antisemitism over language that equates it with anti-Zionism. The final vote was 311-14, with 13 Democrats and one Republican voting against the resolution and 92 Democrats voting “present” on it, amounting to 105 Democrats ultimately deciding not to support it, Business […]