Ahead of next week’s vote on the The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced seven amendments that collectively seek to end U.S. practices that have contributed to human rights abuses. One amendment would block the sale of...
Photo Courtesy of Getty Images This week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) will introduce a bill to extend all federal pandemic unemployment insurance through February 1, 2022. If passed, benefits would be retroactive to September 6. The bill text is...
AOC responds to 'Tax The Rich' dress criticism, reminds people NYC elected officials are invited to the Met Gala : “But we all had a conversation aboutTaxing the Rich in front of the very people who lobby against it, and punctured the 4th wall of excess andspectacle.”...
Ahead of today's Judiciary Committee mark-up of the reconciliation package, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a statement emphasizing the importance of providing pathways to citizenship for those residents with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) through...
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a statement calling on the Senate to reject Rahm Emanuel’s nomination to the ambassadorship of Japan. The full statement follows. "This nomination is deeply shameful. As mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel helped cover up...
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Mondaire Jones and Jesús G. “Chuy” García are releasing a statement urging President Biden to appoint a new Federal Reserve Chair rather than reappoint Jerome Powell. The full statement follows....
REPS. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, TOM SUOZZI TO ANNOUNCE THE HOUSE PASSED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SUNY MARITIME COLLEGE OFFSHORE WIND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
During a press conference Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he will resign in two weeks in wake of his sexual harassment scandal. He'll be replaced by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, who will become the state’s first woman governor....
On the 56th anniversary of the monumental Voting Rights Act of 1965, The CW is launching a new, nonpartisan initiative entitled “Freedom to Vote,” to help promote eligible voter protection and remove barriers to voting, it was announced today by Mark Pedowitz,...
BET announces DOUBLE DIAMOND SELLING SUPERSTAR rapper and entrepreneur Nelly as the “BET Hip Hop...
Court is back in session! Television icon Judge Judy Sheindlin returns to the courtroom with a new...
Angela Bassett has officially been immortalized by Madame Tussauds Hollywood. Yesterday, Bassett‘s...
Chloe Bailey’s “Have Mercy” debuts at #28 on this week’s Hot 100. It's her first solo entry on the...
Boruto has been really one of the best anime to watch since the show got into depth with...
“Acapulco,” the highly anticipated 10-episode Apple Original comedy series starring Eugenio...