North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger denied the allegation that he is looking for an endorsement from President Donald Trump in exchange for pursuing a redistricting effort. Berger is facing a primary challenge from Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. “I’ve been watching what’s going on in California with Gavin Newsom trying to steal the Republican […]
Russia and Iran announced on Friday a $25 billion deal to build multiple nuclear power plants in Iran. The agreement is between Russia’s Rosatom Project Company and Iran’s Hormoz Company, according to reports. Russia will construct four “advanced third-generation nuclear power plants” in Iran’s Hormozgan province. The announcement comes as Iran and Russia are involved […]
For the first time in more than a decade, Larry Hogan presents a minimal threat to Democrats. His last day as Maryland governor was more than 2.5 years ago, and he isn’t a political candidate. Hogan is unlikely to mount a challenge to Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), according to several sources. Still, the former two-term […]
Open Society Foundations, the philanthropic group founded by billionaire George Soros, is pushing back against reported efforts by the Trump administration to investigate it for allegedly supporting terrorism, calling the initiative a politically motivated abuse of federal power. The group issued a statement on Wednesday in response to a New York Times report revealing that a senior Justice Department official directed multiple […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently announced that the United States would pause the issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers, citing concerns about road safety and the livelihoods of American drivers. The move has been praised by some industry groups that have long warned about the misuse of commercial driver’s licenses issued to […]
Fifteen years ago, the federal government sought to imprison star pitcher Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Today, the federal government’s self-described “chief law enforcement officer” is lobbying to get him into the Baseball Hall of Fame. “Roger Clemens was easily one of the few Greatest Pitchers of […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $3.148 on Friday. This was a one-cent decrease from Thursday’s cost and more than a five-cent drop from a week ago, when gas was $3.199 per gallon. American drivers have been met with falling gas prices heading into the Autumn season. Friday’s fuel […]
In quintessential Howard Lutnick fashion, the commerce secretary forced the White House to spend 24 hours performing cleanup after his comments about changes to the H-1B visa program for skilled foreign workers. Lutnick had insisted that President Donald Trump’s new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas was not just an annual charge, but one that would […]
Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, recently met with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. McMorrow, a state senator representing parts of Wayne County and neighboring Oakland County near Detroit, told the powerhouse pro-Israel lobby at the August meeting to stay out of the primary. In September, one of her rivals, Abdul El […]
Americans no longer share television shows or social media apps, let alone a common understanding of the basic facts of current events. Spreading the outright lie that Charlie Kirk‘s alleged assassin was a member of “the MAGA gang” got Jimmy Kimmel put in timeout by Disney, only for the overeager response of the Trump administration […]