House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gathered her caucus for a closed-door meeting Monday night to prepare for what one House Democrat has described as the “week from hell.” In a worst-case scenario, Democrats end the week with the bipartisan infrastructure bill defeated, their (less than) $3.5 trillion Build Back Better package dead on arrival, and the…
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) is ready for a new challenge, officially kicking off her campaign for Los Angeles mayor on Monday. Bass, 67, now represents California’s 37th Congressional District, which encompasses parts of Los Angeles, and previously served as speaker of the California state Assembly. She is the co-founder of the nonprofit Community Coalition, which…
The president of the State Police Association of Massachusetts says dozens of troopers have submitted their resignations because they do not agree with the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. An attorney for the union, which represents 1,800 officers, said 20 percent of state police employees are unvaccinated. Union president Michael Cherven said in a statement that…
