The U.S. Senate confirmed Julien Neals to become a federal judge in New Jersey. Neals is a native of Newark and is currently the county counsel for Bergen County. Neals is President Joe Biden’s first judicial nominee and was initially nominated to the federal bench in 2015 by then-President Barack Obama but his nomination expired in January 2017.
Neals was confirmed 66 to 33, with only Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont not voting.
Democratic Rep. Val Demings on Wednesday officially announced she's running for US Senate in 2022 as the party looks to unseat incumbent GOP Sen. Marco Rubio in a pivotal race.
Demings has long been planning this run and CNN reported in May that she was expected to announce a bid. She had spent the last few months mulling over a statewide race, ultimately deciding on a bid for the Senate over running for governor in 2022, a source close to the congresswoman previously told CNN.
In announcing her bid, Demings highlighted her career as the first female police chief of the Orlando Police Department. She had joined the police department in 1983 and became the police chief in 2007.
In a historic decision, Temple announced Tuesday that Dr. Jason Wingard, former dean and professor of the School of Professional Studies at Columbia University, will be the 12th president of the university.
Author, former nonprofit executive and combat veteran Wes Moore on Monday afternoon officially joined the field of Democratic candidates vying to become the next governor of Maryland in 2022. Watch his announcement video below:
I defied the odds to become a Rhodes Scholar, Army officer & CEO.
— Wes Moore (@iamwesmoore) June 7, 2021
Now, I'm announcing my run for Maryland Governor.
Because I believe no matter our start—we all deserve an equal opportunity to succeed.
I'd be humbled by your support→ https://t.co/rX4BO0kIyc#MooreforMaryland pic.twitter.com/CyVrwX2sfn
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), a progressive, says that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is the "new Mitch McConnell" after the Democratic West Virginia senator declared in an op-ed that he would be voting against the House bill to expand voting rights and eliminating the filibuster.
