Tim Ryan announces $9.1 million haul in Ohio Senate race
Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan’s (D-Oh.) Senate campaign announced on Friday it raked in a whopping $9.1 million during the second quarter of the year. Ryan’s second-quarter haul is more than double the size of his $4.1 million first-quarter fundraising haul. The campaign said Ryan brought in nearly 90,000 new donors during the second quarter, with contributions averaging $37.49 per donor. Additionally, the campaign said that 97 percent of donations were $100 or less. The Democrat’s latest fundraising haul appears to demonstrate his grassroots fundraising strength ahead of wh
Read MoreTrump praises 'great man and leader' Abe after assassination
Former President Donald Trump expressed his sadness over the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in a statement on Friday. Trump called the news of his death "Really BAD NEWS FOR THE WORLD!" "His killer was captured and will hopefully be dealt with swiftly and harshly," Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social. Trump, who shared a warm relationship with the former Japanese leader, called Abe "a unifier like no other," and wrote that he was a man who loved and cherished his "magnificent country" Japan more than anything else. H
Read MoreAbbott authorizes troopers, Guard members to arrest and return migrants
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order on Thursday authorizing the state’s National Guard and Department of Public Safety to arrest migrants who cross the Texas border illegally and return them to Mexico. “While President Biden refuses to do his job and enforce the immigration laws enacted by Congress, the State of Texas is once again stepping up and taking unprecedented action to protect Americans and secure our southern border,”
Read MoreKentucky governor urges Biden to rescind controversial court pick
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called on President Joe Biden during a press conference on Thursday to rescind any decision to nominate Chad Meredith to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. “It’s been plenty of time and by now they should be telling us that it’s going to be rescinded,” Beshear said. Meredith has not been nominated to the court, but The Hill and other news organizations have
Read MoreSeattle ranked number one city for ‘digital nomads’: report
Story at a glance Since almost 60 percent of workers who can do their jobs remotely are choosing to stay home, it appears that remote work will stay in some form for the near future. The new flexibility has given more workers the freedom to choose where they live, either permanently or temporarily as “digital nomads.” A n
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