The Supreme Court’s striking down of race-based redistricting in Louisiana has begun the next stage of the gerrymandering fight between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are eyeing new maps in Tennessee and Alabama, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sent his right-hand man, Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY), to Albany, New York, to discuss moving forward […]
CNN analyst Van Jones jumped to defend Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) as the senator continues to face criticism over his voting record and calls to switch his party affiliation ahead of his reelection campaign. “Look, I think he is a moderate Democrat, and that should not be illegal in this party,” Jones said on CNN’s […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed the United Nations for its silence over Iran’s use of mines in the Strait of Hormuz during a Tuesday afternoon press briefing at the White House. Rubio’s comments came after the State Department announced a U.N. Security Council resolution pressuring Iran to cease attacks, mining, and tolling in the […]
Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, stressed in a recent letter to lawmakers that the FCC Media Bureau’s approval of the Nexstar-Tegna merger is “not a final action by the full Commission.” The April 13 letter, published by the agency on Tuesday, suggested that the full commission could consider reversing the bureau’s March […]
A federal appeals court questioned the Justice Department’s insistence on Tuesday that a Supreme Court emergency docket ruling from last year settled a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s policy restricting the gender on a person’s passport to his or her biological sex. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit heard arguments […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher weighed in on the shutdown of Spirit Airlines, suggesting the collapse highlights broader problems with government intervention in the airline industry. “I’m trying to think of a better example of the overzealousness of [Joe] Biden blocking [mergers and acquisitions] and how we are all worse off,” she said […]
President Donald Trump veered off script during a White House proclamation on youth sports and a presidential fitness event at the White House, addressing the war in Iran. “So these next few years will be a golden age for American sports, just like it’s a golden age for America,” Trump said during the event Tuesday. […]
Learning firsthand what it’s like to be a Republican running against a Trump-backed primary opponent was the last thing Daniel Cameron wanted. Nonetheless, the Kentucky GOP Senate candidate and former state attorney general is being forced to quickly alter his strategy just days away from the primary after President Donald Trump gave his seal of […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed that Project Freedom, President Donald Trump‘s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, is a defensive operation. The United States destroyed nine Iranian vessels on Monday after those ships opened fire on commercial vessels traveling through the strait. U.S. officials, including War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint […]
Councilwoman Brooke Pinto ended her effort to pass a Washington, D.C., curfew extension bill after failing to garner enough votes. The emergency bill would have granted the district the authority to impose 8 p.m. curfews for teenagers over the summer. It was intended to stymie the epidemic of violent youth crime and garnered the support […]
