After weathering years of challenges, from online competition to the COVID pandemic, President Donald Trump’s tariffs became “the last reason” why Jennifer Bergman decided to close down the New York City toy store her mother opened in 1981.As small businesses currently navigate a complex tariff refu…
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Sparks flew at a Senate hearing on Tuesday when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) cornered Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy about his seven-month “Great American Road Trip” paid for by a slew of corporations his agency regulates — and Duffy did everything he could to deflect and resist criticism….
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, had strong words for Republicans complaining about the gerrymandering in Virginia that voters approved on Tuesday, with strong support from her party. “Wah, wah, wah,” Ocasio-Cortez told Raw Story on Wednesday, mimicking a whining baby and…
Kentucky Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear tore into Vice President JD Vance during a live CNN broadcast on Tuesday.Beshear joined CNN anchor Kasie Hunt to talk about the primary election in Kentucky when he gave his real opinions of Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — taking a clear jab at the Trum…
WASHINGTON — “Weak sauce.” “A joke.” “A performance artist.” That’s how a West Point grad and Army vet on the Armed Services Committee described Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who is running the Department of Defense in the middle of a war.Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) didn’t mince words Wednesday after Hegset…
Trump brought on the manager of his New Jersey golf club to advise on a major Lincoln Memorial project despite having no engineering background, according to reporting by The New York Times. David Schutzenhofer has run the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster for 20 years, and he’s been playing a …
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) had a serious response on Thursday to reporting involving allegations of FBI Director Kash Patel’s conduct and excessive drinking.In an exclusive interview with Raw Story, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee described what could come after midter…
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday to tell the Texas Republican she felt “personally aggrieved” by his lecturing — only to have Cruz fire back by invoking the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, snapping, “You’re not Dianne Feinstein….
WASHINGTON — The Senate may have done its part, but House Republicans made clear Thursday they will not rubber-stamp a Department of Homeland Security funding deal they say leaves agencies out in the cold that are tasked with immigration enforcement.The Senate passed a $70 billion budget resolution …
A controversial Democratic candidate in Texas has proclaimed she would use Immigration and Customs Enforcement centers for a new purpose — to round up “American Zionists.”According to the San Antonio Current, Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist running for Texas’ newly-redrawn 35th Congressional Distri…