Tinashe Chingarande

6 days ago | washingtonblade.com | Tinashe Chingarande

“Center Aging Friday Tea Time” will be at 2 p.m. on Zoom. This is a social hour for older LGBTQ+ adults. Guests are encouraged to bring a beverage of choice. For more details, email [email protected]. Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Community Social in the City” at 7 p.m. at Hotel Zena. This event is ideal for making new friends, professional networking, idea-sharing, and community building. This event is free and more details are available on Eventbrite.

1 week ago | notus.org | Tinashe Chingarande

An hour into Rep. Nikki Budzinski’s most recent town hall, a constituent demanded that the Illinois Democrat explain why she “hurt” her district by supporting legislation that advanced Republicans’ agenda, like the Laken Riley Act. The attendee added, “You don’t get anything for any votes you give to the Republicans.”Budzinski defended her vote for the immigration legislation, which was an early test for Democrats on how they would adjust based on last year’s election results.

1 week ago | washingtonblade.com | Tinashe Chingarande

“Center Aging Friday Tea Time” will be at 2 p.m. on Zoom. This is a social hour for older LGBTQ adults. Guests are encouraged to bring a beverage of choice. For more details, email [email protected]. Women in their Twenties and Thirties will be at 8 p.m. on Zoom. This is a social discussion group for queer women in the Washington, D.C. area and a great way to make new friends and meet other queer women in a fun and friendly setting. For more details, join the group’s closed Facebook group.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Tinashe Chingarande

Democrats want to know whether President Donald Trump and his GOP allies financially benefited from implementing and then pausing recent tariffs — a move some said was effectively insider trading. “It happened in front of our eyes,” Sen. Ruben Gallego told NOTUS. “This hurt the economy in the end. People on Main Street are going to see theslowdown [of] the economy. You’re going to have layoffs happening. You’re going to have higher costs.” Gallego and Sen.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Tinashe Chingarande

Democrats see the economy as one of their strongest arguments against President Donald Trump, and they say that even his broad pause on tariffs won’t dilute their message. Democrats acknowledge that theyhave their work cut out for them, but they say they’re still determined to make the case that Trump’s approach to the economy is chaotic and could strain voters’ pockets. “We’re not out of this yet,” Rep. Maxwell Frost, co-chair of the House Democrats’ messaging arm, told NOTUS.