In a break from its historically liberal disposition, the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Trump administration has awarded funding supporting nearly a dozen projects headed by individuals and organizations linked to the broader conservative movement, a Washington Examiner review has found. Among the projects funded by the Trump administration’s NEH is scholarly work […]
A slew of candidates who lost high-profile Senate races last year are asking voters to give them another shot with the midterm elections around the corner. Democrat Sherrod Brown, the former Ohio senator, became the latest politician to announce a comeback bid Monday after losing in a presidential election year that buoyed his GOP rival. […]
President Donald Trump’s temporary federal takeover of some law enforcement functions in the District of Columbia was prompted by the carjacking of a young man known for his nickname, “Big Balls,” near Logan Circle in the morning of Aug. 3. The young man’s name is Edward Coristine. He used “Big Balls” as his LinkedIn name […]
The U.S. national debt recently surpassed $37 trillion for the first time, as the federal government continues to accumulate debt at a record-setting pace. That includes a $1.9 trillion deficit for fiscal 2025, per Congressional Budget Office projections. So, it might seem odd that some self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives are pushing to include earmarks, specific spending items […]
President Donald Trump and Republicans are having problems selling the president’s signature legislative accomplishment, the One Big Beautiful Bill, before next year’s midterm elections. Their problems come after former President Joe Biden and Democrats similarly experienced difficulties selling Biden’s cornerstone pieces of legislation, from the American Rescue Plan Act to the Inflation Reduction Act, before […]
Well before President Donald Trump put a national spotlight on the public safety crisis in Washington, D.C., the capital’s police force faced a chronic scarcity of officers due to Democrat-championed policies driving out officers in droves. For years, departures from the district’s Metropolitan Police Department have annually outpaced recruitment rates, which include new hires, cadet […]
Before leaving Washington for the August recess, the Senate advanced the annual legislative branch spending bill. The measure proposes $4.97 billion in spending on the upper chamber and the various legislative branch agencies, an increase of $257 million, or 5.4%, from this year. The bill amounts to a rebuke of the lower spending proposed by […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has pivoted from a bonkers approach to foreign affairs to backward fiscal policy in her continued attempt to achieve relevance despite her attacks on President Donald Trump‘s administration. “We need to completely abolish property taxes,” Greene said in an Aug. 19 X post. “It forces us to pay ‘rent’ to […]
Republicans in Fulton County, Georgia, are embroiled in a political fight with Democrats over representation. The county’s Board of Commissioners refuse to appoint two Republicans to the county election board. According to the RNC, Georgia state law mandates that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners appoint Republican nominees to two seats that are allocated for […]
As Democratic politicians prepare their shadow campaigns for the 2028 presidential nomination, voters face a disturbing prospect: a lack of solutions for America’s out-of-control debt. While eight Democratic governors are considered likely candidates, only Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Gavin Newsom (D-CA), JB Pritzker (D-IL), and Josh Shapiro (D-PA) have raised money outside their home states. […]
