Author: Alex Trent

Senators from both parties, but primarily Democrats, have become recently vocal with concerns that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will act as a spoiler for the presidential candidate of their party. Democrats are worried that in the projected tight race between Trump and Biden in November, RFK Jr.’s impact will be a wild card. They accuse him of being used by Trump to put Biden at a disadvantage. Helping Trump Source: Michael Vadon/Wikimedia Commons Democrat Senator from Hawaii Mazie Hirono is one of Biden’s most outspoken defenders in the legislature. Hirono is troubled by the prospect of JFK Jr.’s candidacy since…

In New York, mild winters, warmer temperatures, and human development have created the perfect conditions for an assumed expansion in the deer population which is having devastating effects on residents. In 2023, New York experienced a record year for deer-related car crashes. In October, the Empire State had already experienced 36,743 deer-related incidents, which tied the previous record set in 2018 with months left to go in the year. Cases of Lyme disease, an illness caused by ticks that feed on deer, have been surging. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers it the most common vector-borne disease…

Republican Donald Trump enjoyed an early polling lead heading in 2024 over his projected Democrat opponent Joe Biden. However, a New York Times/Siena College poll released Saturday shows that this lead may be narrowing. This new survey shows Trump polling at 47 percent and Biden at 46 percent, a testament to how close the race feels with only months to go before voting starts. Poll Findings Source: Lucas Sankey/Unsplash The New York Times/Siena poll released on April 13 asked voters “of the likely electorate” to choose a candidate if the election was held today. 47% of 1,059 respondents said Donald…

A new study from Ned Davis Research (NDR) has found that prime working-age female job participation has hit record highs. The study found an increase of women in their 20s and 30s in the global workforce compared to the participation of men in the same age range. This was true of women in several countries, including the US, Australia, Japan, Italy, Germany, and South Korea. The study predicts that this rise will have positive impacts on the economy in the future. Millennial Women Source: Josh Duke/Unsplash The NDR study titled “The Rising Influence of Millennial Women” looked at this growing…

California has been recently struggling with what some are calling an “insurance crisis” where huge insurance providers like State Farm and Allstate refuse to renew policies amid rising liabilities and risk. Now even California’s firefighters are struggling to get covered with fire insurance as the costs and risks of fires in the state continue to heat up. Cal Fire Issue On Thursday during a hearing, Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration defended a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) decision to request $11 million to replace a kitchen at Ishi Conservation Camp. The reason that the kitchen replacement request…

The mayor of Denver, Mike Johnston, announced Wednesday an extension of support for 1,000 migrants in the city, allowing them to stay up to six months in an apartment while they receive training for work. Denver has been struggling to avoid cutting city services as more migrants flood into its shelters. Johnston hopes a shift in strategy will help alleviate the budget concerns ahead of new migrant arrivals. Newcomer Program Source: CBdenver/Wikimedia Johnston announced the unveiling of a new program which is called “the new Denver Asylum Seekers Program.” “[The program] will open its doors to the approximately 1,000 people…

A New AP-NORC poll reveals the different weaknesses that both Trump and Biden have on key issues among voters. The poll found that most Americans generally think that both men did more harm than good while in office, but for different reasons. For Biden, more than half say he hurt the cost of living and border security.  Slightly less than half say Trump hurt abortion laws, election security, and climate change. Survey of US Adults Source: Adam Shultz/Library of Congress | Library of Congress/Unsplash The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs poll asked respondents to say which president did more to…

Hawaii, a chain of islands surrounded by large quantities of the ocean, is now in big trouble as multiple threats descend upon the only source of freshwater on Oahu, one of its largest islands. Freshwater supplies on Oahu rely on a single underground aquifer to deliver water to locals, tourists, and other island residents. Replenishing the aquifer takes years, and it is estimated that a single drop of water will take 25 years to make it into the aquifer from the sky. Compounding this issue is the changing climate in the area, which has seen significantly less rain and scarier…

New York City, embattled by the effects of a recent increase in migrants, has decided to not renew the contract with care provider DocGo. The contract, set to expire in May, paid the medical company to provide care to about 3,600 migrants living in the city. Reports say the company faced accusations of wasting funds and mistreating migrants. DocGo Contract Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York/Wikimedia Commons Previously, Mayor of New York City Eric Adams directed his administration to offer medical company DocGo a $432 million no-bid contract to care for asylum seekers and migrant arrivals…

The Biden campaign seems to be ramping up efforts to attack Trump on the issues of abortion, fertility, and women’s reproductive rights. Biden seems happy to make this a central election issue despite his own complicated history.  The President sees a case to be made to blame Trump for threatening abortion, an issue that has energized voters in recent years to come to the polls to defend, even in conservative states. Biden Ad Campaign Source: The White House/Wikimedia The Biden campaign has launched a flurry of ads in the wake of abortion rulings in states like Arizona whose court recently…