MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — All U.S. House Districts, including the 8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, are holding elections for this year's primary. There's only one candidate from each party to vote for in the 8th District of Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Matt Cartwright and Republican candidate Robert Bresnahan. Both candidates cast their votes in person []
It’s not exactly a secret that Capitol Hill has been difficult to watch over the last year and a half. The 117th Congress, covering President Joe Biden’s first two years in the White House, racked up some impressive accomplishments, but there are plenty of credible reasons the 118th Congress has been described as the worst Congress ever. As he prepares to exit the institution, Sen. Joe Manchin shared a few thoughts the other day about the scope of the embarrassment. The Hill reported: There were...
The Vermont Department of Health confirmed Tuesday that a person visiting the state as part of an international program has tested positive for measles. It’s the state’s first case of the highly contagious virus since 2018. The person was among a group of 26 travelers, mostly teenagers, who were exposed during an international flight to Atlanta. State officials say they learned of the exposure April 10 and asked the group to quarantine until they could determine whether anyone was...
After a contentious redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map, two candidates will compete in November for a seat, and perhaps congressional controlShomari Figures, an attorney and Obama White House executive from a politically-prominent civil rights family, has won the Democratic nomination to run in Alabama’s redrawn second congressional district Tuesday night, defeating state representative Anthony Daniels.The runoff election has been closely watched because of its implications for control of...
Experts say the American Privacy Rights Act is a good first step but that more can be done to protect consumers from the sale of their personal data.
By: Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal After a key House committee advanced legislation this week to require a citizenship question on the U.S. Census, support for the measure could be growing in the backdrop of the border crisis and its potential impact on congressional reapportionment. Heritage Action, a policy advocacy arm of The Heritage Foundation,
ESPN posted a big increase in viewership for its coverage of the first two rounds of the Masters. According to Nielsen Fast National data, the network attracted a two-day average of 3.4 million viewers for its 3 p.m. ET coverage of the tournament Thursday and Friday. That’s the largest two-day average viewership for those telecasts
After a key House committee advanced legislation this week to require a citizenship question on the U.S. Census, support for the measure could be growing Read More
The proposed District 6 would travel from Caddo and De Soto to East Baton Rouge, and plaintiffs say it is “extreme” with “twists and turns” to avoid pockets of whites.
The newly drawn map passed in the 2024 Special Legislative Session, created a second Black majority out of Louisiana's six districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act. Because 1/3 of voters in Louisiana are Black, the Act requires that the district be drawn to reflect that representation.
Just a month after launching his independent congressional bid, disgraced former New York Rep. George Santos is withdrawing from the race. The ex-Republican lawmaker from Long Island announced that he was ending his campaign for the state’s 1st District, representing eastern Suffolk County, in a post on X Tuesday, April 23. “I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1,” Santos said. “I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against [Republican] Nick Lalota Although Nick...
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick faces a primary challenge in Bucks County. Meanwhile, six Democrats are vying for the chance to take on Republican Rep. Scott Perry in Central Pa.