NEW BERN, North Carolina — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) denied that the withdrawal of cash by top GOP super PACs in key races is a sign the map is shrinking for Republicans to hold on to their House majority this November. “It’s about resource allocation, and we have a huge war chest, but we’re having […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted the Trump administration, saying the Department of Education’s rule limiting student loan programs targets women-dominated fields. “I want to be very clear that what the Trump administration is doing, specifically, is attacking women’s ability to get an education,” Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday during the “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard” town hall […]
A policy win by conservative Second Amendment supporters complicates the Trump administration’s prosecution of three alleged anti-police extremists. Levi Belcher, Anthony Slota, and Tadashi Erekson face federal charges of possessing an unregistered short-barreled rifle after Alabama police searched their home in September. President Donald Trump’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced last week […]
President Donald Trump invoked his executive privilege in the lawsuit his administration is facing over the Kennedy Center from Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH). White House associate counsel Josh Hoyt wrote in a court declaration on Thursday that Trump was declaring his presidential communications privilege for communications, information, and documents requested by Beatty and her lawyers […]
A coalition of Democratic-run cities asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to halt a June ruling in a federal court that would block a Biden administration immigration rule allowing judges to close deportation proceedings indefinitely, after the Trump administration declined to defend the rule. Texas officials sued the federal government over the rule in June, […]
President Donald Trump is pinning the blame on Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and former White House adviser Karl Rove in the event that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ends up losing his Senate race next month. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump said Cornyn and Rove “are doing everything possible” to hurt Paxton’s […]
Multiple people, including children, were targeted by an active shooter on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. The number of victims has not been released by authorities yet. At least two people were hospitalized. The Bend Police Department held a press conference to provide preliminary details about the shooting. The suspect was found […]
The final Federal Election Commission reports before the November midterm elections are due by midnight Friday. Candidates and some outside groups have already begun releasing their fundraising hauls before the deadline, as a potential sign of confidence in their war chests in the final stretch before Election Day. FEC reports offer some window into which […]
The Republican donor whose alleged text exchanges with former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle led to her recent resignation from the position is suing her over allegations that she made false statements about him. In apparent text messages between Trump donor Eric Deters and Guilfoyle published by the Wall Street Journal last week, the […]
NEW BERN, North Carolina — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted GOP leadership is “totally united” amid speculation over who will lead Republicans if the party loses its slim majority in November. When asked by the Washington Examiner if he’d spoken to members of his leadership circle or President Donald Trump about staying in the […]
