President Donald Trump dismissed U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue’s claims that White House discussed selling U.S. weapons to Chinese President Xi Jinping during last week’s state visit. “I’ve never heard of that one,” Trump told reporters on Monday at the White House. “I’m going to have to ask him. You mean we’re going to […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is framing himself as a centrist voice on data centers as he seeks to further distinguish himself from his Democratic opponent in the Lone Star State’s Senate race. In a conversation with the U.S. Hispanic Business Council on Monday, Paxton said his stance on data centers was “not an extreme […]
Iowa Republican gubernatorial nominee Zach Lahn did not attend a White House event with President Donald Trump announcing a new multibillion-dollar steel plant in the state on Monday because of a previous fundraising engagement. A source familiar with the matter confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Lahn has been in touch with the Trump administration […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday acknowledged the war in Iran is shaping tight congressional races nationwide as he warned that the Republican Party’s performance in the midterm election will boil down to voter turnout. Thune’s admission comes as polling shows the Iran war and its impact on the cost of living, particularly […]
The South Korean government has been caught off guard by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s revelation that two North Korean soldiers have been handed over to Seoul’s custody, fearing the effect it will have on inter-Korean relations. Zelensky referenced the two North Korean prisoners of war in his remarks to the United Nations General Assembly last […]
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s (R-AR) new campaign advertisement has been the subject of backlash on the Right after she released a new ad portraying an unemployed white man as a welfare recipient. Conservatives erupted at the new ad, released Monday, which touted Huckabee Sanders’s support for welfare work requirements. The video features a young, white […]
Justice Samuel Alito announced Monday he would be recusing himself from a major Supreme Court climate change case a week before oral arguments, after facing pressure from left-wing groups to do so. Alito, who has served on the Supreme Court since 2006 after being appointed by then-President George W. Bush, did not offer an explanation […]
One of Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-ME) federal offices in Maine was vandalized with profane graffiti, her top deputy confirmed on Monday. Chief of staff Katie Brown said that “Senator Collins and her staff will not be intimidated” after her office in Biddeford, one of six in the state, was spray-painted with the message “Trump wh***.” […]
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) released a new campaign advertisement on Monday, ripping into her Democratic opponent, state Rep. Angie Nixon, whom Moody painted as a “socialist,” while controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker also entered the Florida Senate race fray to defend Nixon as a “fighter.” Nixon has previously tried to shake the socialist label but […]
President Donald Trump is set to reveal on Monday afternoon that the largest steel plant in U.S. history will be built in Iowa. Trump is expected to unveil plans for the $15 billion plant in the Oval Office at 2 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The first such mega steel plant to be built since the […]
