President Donald Trump excoriated Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over a recent report involving Somali immigrants in Minnesota accused of defrauding multiple government social services programs of at least $1 billion. During Trump’s final Cabinet meeting of the year, he was asked whether Walz should resign after federal prosecutors claimed that $1 […]
(The Center Square) – A Columbus-based policy organization is getting help in its fight to keep its donors private. The Buckeye Institute is calling the 250 organizations, business groups, trade organizations, law firms, states, and individuals who have filed amicus briefs in support of its position in its case unprecedented. The institute is challenging a tax […]
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) will announce his reelection plans after the holidays, telling the Washington Examiner that he is laying the groundwork to run and will share his decision in the first quarter. “After the first of the year,” Rounds said in a brief interview, adding that the government shutdown complicated an announcement he previously […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that while his government is open to a security deal with Syria, he demands that the Jewish state’s northern neighbor establish a “demilitarized buffer zone” between Damascus and the Israeli-controlled area surrounding Mount Hermon. “We hold these territories to ensure the security of the citizens of Israel, […]
War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s name card was misspelled, reading “SSecratary of War,” during a Trump administration Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The card grabbed social media users’ attention as Hegseth sat next to Trump and was the first Cabinet member to speak after the president. Hegseth has been in the spotlight over the past several days […]
President Donald Trump convened a meeting of his Cabinet Tuesday morning, where he previewed imminent military action in Venezuela and Colombia and sought to prop up War Secretary Pete Hegseth. For months, the Trump administration has been conducting air strikes on alleged narco-terrorist boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, in addition to steadily […]
Former Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann testified Tuesday against a Republican mid-decade redistricting plan, pleading with her former colleagues to refuse a partisan pressure campaign launched by President Donald Trump and his allies. “Let’s be clear, Hoosiers aren’t asking for this,” said Ellspermann, a Republican who was lieutenant governor under former Indiana governor and Trump’s first […]
Justice Clarence Thomas sharply questioned the basis New Jersey had for issuing subpoenas seeking vast information from a pregnancy center, pressing the state’s lawyers during oral arguments on Tuesday in a case before the Supreme Court over whether the pregnancy center can fight the legality of the subpoena in federal court. The case, First Choice […]
President Donald Trump will make an announcement in the White House’s Roosevelt Room around 2 p.m. Tuesday. TUG-OF-WAR: TRUMP’S ESCALATION AGAINST VENEZUELA SPLITS REPUBLICANS The president’s announcement will come after he meets with his Cabinet. There’s speculation that the announcement is concerning the new “Trump accounts,” which are tax-advantaged investment accounts designed for children. It […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday that he is traveling to Panama with a state delegation to discuss Georgia’s connectivity to the Panama Canal. “The Panama Canal connects shipping routes with some of Georgia’s top business partners to Savannah and Brunswick, and we look forward to learning more about their operations as we […]
