Kamala Harris has canceled several upcoming appearances in California that were part of her book tour promoting her memoir, 107 Days. On Tuesday, Harris, a former vice president and the 2024 Democratic nominee who lost in a landslide to President Trump, withdrew from scheduled events in Sacramento, San Diego, and Anaheim that had been planned for […]
President Donald Trump asked a group of donors at his Mar-a-Lago estate for their thoughts about Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump posed the question during a gathering at the Florida resort. “What do you think of JD Vance and Marco Rubio?” Trump asked, the Wall Street Journal reported. According […]
A former Trump administration staffer testified under oath that humanities grants referencing LGBTQ+ people were flagged for cancellation, sometimes simply because the word appeared in a project description. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate’s email newsletter. The testimony from Nathan Cavanaugh, a political appointee in his […]
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Former President Barack Obama sounded like a typical hypocritical Democrat this week when he came out in favor of Virginia’s congressional redistricting plan to gain four seats for his party after criticizing an identical Republican-led effort in Texas. “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack,” Obama […]
The SAVE America Act (H.R. 22) would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship — such as a passport or birth certificate — when registering to vote in federal elections. It would also require government-issued photo identification for in-person voting and direct states to verify voter rolls against federal databases to ensure only citizens are registered. […]
President Donald Trump was reportedly angered over the weekend after Israel struck Iranian oil storage facilities and a refinery near Tehran, a move that triggered massive fires, sent crude prices surging and exposed tensions inside the U.S.-Israeli coalition. According to a report from Axios, Israeli forces hit oil depots and a refinery in and around […]
Bill Maher caught California Senator Adam Schiff off guard while discussing the attacks on Iran, leading Schiff to inadvertently criticize the Obama administration. During his show “Real Time” on Friday, Maher read a 2011 quote from the Obama camp regarding presidential authority in authorizing military strikes, without mentioning the former president’s name. “This statement from […]
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended a dignified transfer ceremony Saturday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for six U.S. service members killed in a March 1 Iranian drone attack in Kuwait. The fallen troops were killed in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, while supporting Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign targeting […]
Two Republican senators who had previously declined to support changes to Senate filibuster practices have reversed their positions, potentially increasing the chances that the SAVE Act could advance in the Senate. One of the lawmakers, John Cornyn, had earlier stopped short of endorsing a procedural strategy known as the “talking filibuster.” The approach would require […]
