Nevada Democrats’ bid to hold first primary underscores diversifying US
Nevada Democrats are pushing for the state to hold the first-in-the-nation primary in the next presidential cycle, a move that would not only shake up the primary process but also shine a spotlight on the growing importance of Latino and Asian American voters. Democratic activists have pointed to a number of factors, including Nevada’s strong union presence, as arguments for why the state should go first in the party’s primary. But it’s the state’s growing Latino and Asian American populations that are increasingly being cited in arguments for the state to go first, with
Read MoreDemocrats: Biden must drop the word ‘rational’ when talking about Republicans
Democrats say President Biden needs to stop calling some Republicans “rational” as he did last month, and instead call out the GOP for holding up key policy issues including gun control. They say Biden’s views on the goodwill of Republicans are antiquated and that it ultimately undermines their party’s strategy in an election year. “Biden and Democratic leadership have a fundamentally different mentality about how to win,” said Democratic strategist Christy Setzer. “They think it’s about appealing to the “middle” and showing that we’re reaso
Read MoreWhy Biden's bet on a rapid economic rebound may have backfired
President Biden's bet on a rapid rebound from the coronavirus recession may have backfired. The president and his top economic officials rallied Democrats around a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill in March 2021, urging Congress not to repeat the mistakes of the Great Recession and cut off support for the economy too soon. The bill was also Biden’s way of delivering on the promise made during the pivotal Georgia Senate runoffs, which gave his party a slim Senate majority: elect Democrats and get another round of stimulus checks. Just more than a year after Biden signed t
Read MoreThis week: Jan. 6 hearings continue, Senate to move toxic burn pits bill
The Jan. 6 select committee is scheduled to hold three more public hearings this week, as the panel looks to sell its case to the American people that former President Trump was at the heart of a plan to keep himself in power. The hearings — set for Monday, Wednesday and Thursday — come after the select committee held a prime-time hearing last week that featured emotional live testimony, gripping new footage of the Jan. 6 attack, and clips of people in Trump’s inner circle speaking with the panel’s investigators. The next three hearings, scheduled to take place during th
Read More‘Forever chemicals’ linked to high blood pressure in middle-aged women: study
Middle-aged women who have greater blood concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” may be at greater risk of developing high blood pressure, a new study has found. These women were more likely to become hypertensive than those who had lower levels of the compounds, also called per- and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to a study published on Monday in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. Notorious for their presence in jet-fuel f
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