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Kathy Hochul Announces $70,000,000 in New Grants in Effort to Protect Against Hate Crimes, Antisemitism
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that she is distributing $70 million in state grants aiming to safeguard against hate crimes.
Hochul’s office said in a press release that the funding will be disbursed to 290 nonprofit community-based organizations that “are vulnerable to hate crimes and attacks due to their ideology, beliefs or mission.” The Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes grant program will enable the nonprofits to “strengthen both their physical facilities and cyber security as well as increase the safety of staff and individuals they serve,” according to the announcement.
Supreme Court Declines to Reinstate GOP Congressional Map for Missouri
The primary election already ran last month on the blocked map. The state then sought emergency review at the nation’s highest court.
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Are weather disasters getting worse? Check the dashboard yourself
The Other Side of the Story with Tom Harris and Todd Royal – When we look at the data, it certainly doesn’t seem that extreme weather is generally increasing around the world. But how can we be certain of this? Enter the Global Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard (GWX), the first publicly available dashboard that analyses extreme weather
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Supreme Court Schedules Fall Arguments: What to Know
Five cases over two weeks and each one asks whether the lower courts got it wrong.
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New York Will Open City-Run Supermarket Down the Street; Grocer Says He Can’t Compete
Anthony Pena, president of the NSA, said he wishes the city would work with independent grocers rather than against them.
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Trump Administration Renews Supreme Court Bid to Limit Mail-in Voting
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters)—The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a plan that could limit mail-in ballots ahead of November’s congressional elections, after a federal judge last week blocked those restrictions. Lawyers for the Trump administration filed an emergency application to the nation’s highest court to allow…
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Federal Government Backs Supreme Court Challenge to AR-15 Bans
The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to overturn restrictions in Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois.
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Trump doubles down on threat to halt trade with top partners unless Fed cuts rates…
President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his threat to cut off trade with countries that have surpluses with the U.S. unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates .
He had been asked about his Truth Social post earlier in the day declaring, “LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT.”