Ben Kamisar

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ben Kamisar

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was released Tuesday hours after his arrest in connection with an episode at a federal courthouse in the city, where Lander and his wife said they were serving as advocates for defendants in immigration court.

1 week ago | aol.com | Ben Kamisar

New polling about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and elements of his policy agenda shows how his “Make America Healthy Again” push doesn't break down along the same neat partisan lines as some other issues, creating some political vulnerability and some opportunity.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Ben Kamisar

Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults - 64% - oppose the use of government funds for this weekend's military parade in Washington, D.C., celebrating the Army's 250th birthday, according to new data from the NBC News Decision Desk Poll, powered by SurveyMonkey. Majorities of Democrats (88%) and independents (72%) oppose the use of government funds to put on the parade, while 65% of Republicans support it.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ben Kamisar

Progressive activist David Hogg said he won’t seek to continue as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee after the DNC called for a redo of the February election that elevated him to the post. Shortly after the DNC announced it would hold new elections Thursday for two vice chair positions held by Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta as a result of a procedural challenge, Hogg announced he wouldn’t be a candidate.

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Ben Kamisar

The Democratic National Committee has voted to hold new elections for two of its vice-chair positions after a procedural challenge, meaning Florida activist David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, who were elected to the party’s executive committee in February, have to run again in order to keep their positions. They won’t have to wait long: A new, virtual, election between Hogg and Kenyatta begins Thursday.