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GOP lawmaker Mullin threatens to fight union leader

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Thrown elbows and threats of a fistfight marked a tense day on Capitol Hill with a potential government shutdown looming. During a hearing on labor unions by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin stood up and challenged Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to a fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-2KTpXShY Mullin read some social media posts O'Brien had tweeted following a previous Senate hearing before getting into a back-and-forth with him. "If you want to run your mouth, we […]

todayNovember 14, 2023 4

Governmental Watchdogs

Bipartisan legislators introduce two-part $908 billion stimulus package

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday introduced a two-part COVID-19 stimulus bill totaling $908 billion as they seek to end months of deadlock in Congress over the measure. The group of about 12 senators from both parties introduced the measure including a $748 billion package focused on funding for education, vaccines, and transportation, alongside a $160 billion add-on including the most contentious provisions such as state and local funding and a short-term liability shield for employers. […]

todayDecember 15, 2020

Decision 2020

Young progressives say they don’t want ‘return to normalcy’ under Joe Biden

(UPI) -- Several groups of young progressives said they're not on board with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's call for life to go back to what it was before the election of President Donald Trump. They wrote an open letter to the former vice president Wednesday, hours after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., suspended his campaign to be president. "While you are now the presumptive Democratic nominee, it is clear that you were unable to win the votes of the vast […]

todayApril 8, 2020

Decision 2020

Biden, Sanders vie for 352 delegates in Michigan, Washington, 4 other states

(UPI) -- Six states will vote Tuesday in Democratic presidential primaries, as former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders fight for the delegate lead ahead of the national convention. A combined 352 delegates are up for grabs Tuesday after voting in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington. A week ago, Biden took over as the party front-runner after a dominating performance on Super Tuesday a week ago, when he won 10 states to Sanders' four […]

todayMarch 10, 2020 2

Decision 2020

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announces run for U.S. Senate

HELENA, Mont. (UPI) -- Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Monday he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the most high-profile Democratic candidate to take on incumbent Republican Steve Daines in November. The two-term governor made the announcement in a Twitter post Monday morning, including a video listing his accomplishments, such as creating 34,000 new jobs and investing in infrastructure. The video announcement also highlighted that he protected public lands and banned dark money from Montana's elections. And under his […]

todayMarch 10, 2020

Decision 2020

Super Tuesday: California, Texas, a dozen other states vote for Democratic nominee

(UPI) -- Fourteen states and one U.S. territory will vote Tuesday in races nationwide that will help solidify the nominee in the Democratic presidential campaign -- a race led by former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Known as "Super Tuesday," the pivotal date comes shortly after three candidates dropped out -- Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Monday, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday and billionaire Tom Steyer on Saturday. At a rally Monday in […]

todayMarch 3, 2020 2

Decision 2020

Biden wins South Carolina primary

COLUMBIA, S.C. (UPI) -- Exit polls showed Joe Biden winning the South Carolina Democratic primary Saturday. Initial delegate estimates place the former vice president in second place, with Vermont senator Bernie Sanders -- who has swept the first three races -- holding onto his frontrunner status. According to exit polls, Biden won more than 50 percent of the vote in the state, giving him at least 14 of the 54 delegates at stake. By CNN's estimate, as of Saturday that […]

todayMarch 1, 2020

Decision 2020

Iowa caucuses Monday night as another candidate drops out

DES MOINES (The Center Square) -- After months of campaigning and hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising, the Iowa caucuses finally arrive Monday night. Supporters of John Delaney, however, will have to find a new candidate as the former Maryland Congressman announced Friday he was dropping out of the race. Delaney said he did not want to take support away from other moderate candidates heading into Monday night, although he was consistently polling at 1 percent or less. Delaney […]

todayFebruary 1, 2020 2

Business & Lifestyle

EDITORIAL: Twitter, Spotify choose to be losers in 2020 election ad race while Facebook, Google cash in

Presidential candidates running for the role of commander-in-chief have spent more than $105 million on digital ads to date. Facebook and Google have received a lion's share of the ad revenue. Twitter chose to opt-out for the 2020 presidential election, and just recently, Spotify decided to opt-out as well. This is despite political organizations like the campaign of Bernie Sanders and the Republican National Committee who previously utilized the platform's paid ad network. With billionaires in the presidential race, such […]

todayDecember 28, 2019 5

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