Today (August 18), Senator Chuck Schumer of New York held a press conference outside the All Right of Brooklyn venue Baby to announce that he will be co-sponsoring the Save Our Stages Act. Among the guest speakers at the event was James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Watch the press conference …
Read More »In fact, Trump’s misleading suggestions check that ballot boxes are not safe
While Trump offers confusion and conflict messages on his position on providing additional funds to the U.S. Postal Service ahead of what is likely to be a record increase in post-election voting, the president focused his vote on ballot box, which is at the center of a Trump standing campaign …
Read More »US, China agree that airports between them expand to 8 per week
WASHINGTON – The United States and China have agreed to double the number of airlines’ flights that the airlines can operate between countries, from four to eight a week. The deal marks a further narrowing of a distance between the world’s two largest economies over travel restrictions imposed during the …
Read More »Primary in Florida and Wyoming: 3 takeaways from Tuesday’s races
Embattled Republican Rep. Ross Spano lost a primary challenge in Florida’s 15th Congressional District to Lakeland City Commissioner Scott Franklin. The results of another GOP primary in Sunshine State set up a highly anticipated matchup between Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell this fall in a …
Read More »What’s important: The post office backs up, but the damage has already been done
From the CNN report: “DeJoy said that some of the proposed decisions mean that retail hours at post offices will not change, mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will remain in place and no mail processing facilities will be closed.” This will not be the end of the story. …
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