3+ hour, 22+ min ago  (327+ words) Theodore Gillibrand secured funding for his digital asset startup after his mother helped shepherd major cryptocurrency legislation through Congress. The 22-year-old son of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has raised $30 million for a financial trading startup that is already valued at…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1148+ words) CITIZEN VIGILANCE A coalition of advocates, academics and youth leaders launch "Bantay Impeachment" in Quezon City on June 13, vowing to keep the Vice President's Senate impeachmenttrial under close watch. The scrutiny has started with calls on the new Senate leadershipnot…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (709+ words) (The Center Square) " Newly introduced legislation to ban members of Congress from betting in prediction markets should be expanded to include members of all three branches of the federal government, a government accountability group said. Prediction markets like Polymarket and…...

19+ min ago  (87+ words) FOX 5 Atlanta Georgia lawmakers are moving at lightning speed on a newly proposed tax swap plan that could drastically lower property tax bills for homeowners in exchange for a slight increase in local sales taxes, officials said Friday." It's day…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (567+ words) Democratic socialist and D. C. Council member Janeese Lewis George secured the Democratic mayoral nomination in Washington, D. C. , on Thursday, June 18, 2026, following the concession of her primary opponent, Kenyan Mc Duffie. The victory positioning Lewis George for the November general election marks a…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (763+ words) Senator Alex Padilla (. gov) Alex Padilla U. S. Senator for California LOS ANGELES, CA " Today, U. S. Senators Alex Padilla, Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections and California's former Secretary of State, and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) announced…...

27+ min ago  (1554+ words) New Youth Development Center Settlement Fund Administrator Gerard Boyle, on the left, and Attorney General John Formella, speak to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee Friday about approving more money for the fund that will run dry by October. By GARRY…...

47+ min ago  (173+ words) Legislation bans relationships with a series of Chinese entities. Republican U. S. Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas has introduced legislation that would prohibit federal funding for higher education institutions that partner with the Chinese Communist Party. H. R. 9123 would "establish intelligence community funding restrictions…...

27+ min ago  (813+ words) LA PAZ, June 19 " In the forests of Bolivia's Chapare region, Evo Morales is watching " and waiting. From his rural stronghold in a hidden location, the former president and leftist strongman remains a powerful force as 50 days of highway blockades by…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (160+ words) WCBM 6: 00 pm - 7: 00 pm Chris West Faces GOP Scrutiny Over Past Donation to Democrat Now Leading Maryland House Republican Sen. Chris West is facing criticism from conservatives after acknowledging that he donated $1, 000 to Democrat Joseline Pe'a-Melnyk's 2016 congressional campaign. Pe'a-Melnyk is now…...