Author: Jenny Goldsberry

After socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Republican lawmakers took advantage of the situation to encourage people to move to primarily red states. Some of Mamdani’s campaign promises are to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel, freeze rent, and provide free child care. Republican lawmakers mocked Mamdani’s platform by suggesting his…

New York Mayor Eric Adams set his sights on state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani following the latter’s Democratic primary victory on Tuesday. Adams is running for reelection as an independent in November despite initially winning office as a Democrat and his claims that he is “still a Democrat.” As a result, he will face off against…

The Gates Foundation announced Tuesday that it is pledging $1.6 billion over five years to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Gavi CEO Sania Nishtar reported that the nonprofit has vaccinated 1.1 billion children in 78 low-income countries since its inception in 2000, and estimates that 19 million deaths were prevented as a result. It has been the Gates Foundation’s…

Trump-aligned political advisers have formed a political action committee in Kentucky to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), in President Donald Trump‘s first effort to challenge a Republican incumbent. Massie has often bucked his party by voting against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last month and more recently sowing doubt that Iran was an “imminent…

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said President Donald Trump‘s decision to strike Iran and destroy their nuclear enrichment capacity prevented a potential terrorist attack. The U.S. targeted the Fordow fuel enrichment plant, as well as the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities on Saturday. Trump confirmed that the three sites were “totally obliterated” by six 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and 30 Tomahawk…

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) expects he will get some Senate Republicans to cross the aisle and support his resolution to curb the president’s war powers in Iran. Kaine filed a resolution last week that requires congressional debate and a vote before the U.S. takes any offensive measures against Iran. On Saturday, President Donald Trump ordered…

Radio host Hugh Hewitt blasted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyid Ali Khamenei on live television Tuesday because “every decision he’s made has been bad.” Iran suffered strikes on two of its oil depots in Tehran on Saturday and its Iranian Defense Ministry Headquarters. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took credit for the strikes, Iranian Foreign…

Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday that it will put an end to chemical dyes in all its products by 2027. The brand famous for its condiments was among the major food companies that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with in March. The meeting centered on reducing food additives in products —…

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) suggested “imbalanced” people are reading “hateful rhetoric” that is making them violent. Klobuchar appeared Monday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot. Minnesota Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also seriously injured by gunshots from the same suspect,…

Musicians like Shakira, Olivia Rodrigo, Green Day, and more joined in the chorus of protests against President Donald Trump over the weekend. Saturday was the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army parade in Washington, which coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday. Left-wing protesters gathered in demonstrations nationwide under the name “No Kings.” Some demonstrations had themes against the…