DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is furiously pushing back against what he says is "pernicious" misinformation, sometimes spread deliberately, as the agency attempts to deliver relief.
Republicans — including former President Donald Trump — have falsely claimed FEMA exhausted or diverted disaster response funding to provide food, shelter and transportation to care for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The incumbent Democrat and his Republican challenger matched wits and tempers in a lively debate addressing issues of concern to Nassau County and the nation.
Republicans are looking to avoid a disaster in the Nebraska Senate race amid signs that an independent candidate could be giving Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) a run for her money. Independent Senate candidate and political newcomer Dan Osborn is challenging Fischer for her seat, betting that Nebraskans are hungry for a nonpartisan senator in a [...]
As Israel continues to retaliate for Oct. 7 — while receiving huge support from the U.S. and its allies — government officials have felt compelled to act in ways they never thought they would.
America is in crisis -- from the Middle East to America's ports to the Southeast where residents try to recover from an epic flood. But Joe Biden is asleep at the wheel.
The widespread devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene is upping the pressure on lawmakers for a looming end-of-year fight over disaster funding. While funding negotiators on both sides acknowledge the need for additional resources for disaster recovery, it has already been a point of contention in spending talks and the dynamic could continue when a divided [...]
Elites in Washington and the press alike have managed to bungle beyond comprehension their handling of Hurricane Helene's devastating landfall in rural America.
Tim Walz and JD Vance are criticizing each other’s running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of burgeoning domestic and international troubles — a hurricane that ravaged much of the southeast U.S. and growing fears...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said Congress has already authorized the disaster relief funds needed for the immediate response to Helene, the storm that has ravaged multiple states from Florida up through Western North Carolina and Tennessee. Speaking at the New York Stock Exchange before delivering remarks on his economic agenda, Johnson noted a replenishment [...]
The Biden administration says the uptick in new citizens is due to efforts to reduce a backlog of applications that began during the Trump administration and exploded amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s like they couldn’t even make it any more obvious for us. In an election where razor-thin margins could decide who controls the White House, the Senate and the House, [...]The post Biden-Harris Admin Turning Migrants into Voting US Citizens at 'Fastest Speed in Years' as Election Draws Closer appeared first on The Western Journal.
Water in California is complicated and governing water use is arguably even more complicated. Here's what you need to know when water agencies show up on the ballot.
Jerry Shoecraft, a former Husker basketball star who served two terms on the City Council in the 1990s and ran an unsuccessful bid in 2003, announced plans to run again.
A five-story affordable housing project in the South of Downtown neighborhood that includes a new location for Clinic with a Heart is seeking nearly $2.5 million in tax-increment financing.
Donald Trump is making immigration a major theme of his campaign of fear and grievance, and his prime example is Springfield, Ohio — 45 miles west of Columbus, the state capital. There, he claims, newcomers from Haiti are stealing and...
The Ricketts family has plowed millions of dollars into Nebraska politics over the past decade. An analysis of their spending shows how it sets the family apart.
Nebraska lawmakers are facing last-minute pressure to replace the state's unique presidential electoral system with a winner-take-all model backed by former President Donald Trump.
Nearly twice as many children involved in Nebraska's child welfare system died last fiscal year than did the year before, the Legislature's oversight office reported.
Nebraska authorities found a non-hazardous substance in an envelope that prompted hazmat crews to respond to the Secretary of State's Elections Division office Monday morning.
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, who led charge for the funds, announced the award Thursday. Plans call for building new facility to replace existing flood-prone plant.
Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood repeatedly linked his Democratic challenger to Vice President Kamala Harris during a televised debate Sunday afternoon as Carol Blood distanced herself from party labels.
Tweaking zoning ordinances to encourage local food production; all schools have Narcan; a new statue on the national historic register; and free passes for the bike share program.
The debate on the House floor centered on how to strike a balance between pushing more EV ownership and blocking Chinese entities from receiving US tax credits.
A group of Nebraska legislators and Gov. Jim Pillen gathered at Husker Harvest Days near Grand Island to talk about measures taken to safeguard Americans.
Hurricane Francine, a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 mph, made landfall in Terrebonne Parish just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Local leaders are urging Baton Rouge-area residents to shelter immediately as Hurricane Francine is expected to hit the capital area Wednesday evening.
In the midst of a pending lawsuit over remote work restrictions, the state's largest public workers union is preparing to begin negotiations on their next two-year contract.
The Lancaster County Republican Party elected former KLIN Drive-Time host Jack Riggins as chairman after the sudden resignation of former chairman Matt Innis.
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, talks with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on the third night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.
Groups opposing a constitutional amendment that will ensure the Utah Legislature can repeal or amend any future ballot initiative are outraged by the way the issue will be presented on voters’ ballots in November, calling the language a deceptive “lie” intended to “trick voters” into surrendering their constitutional rights.
