Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia said her comments about ignoring a Pennsylvania Supreme Court precedent were taken out of context. Ellis-Marseglia said people misinterpreted an “inartfully worded statement on my part” when she voted to ignore the court’s directive to disqualify ballots that were not signed or dated properly. Ellis-Marseglia’s comments have attracted criticism from […]
President-elect Donald Trump moved at breakneck speed in announcing members of his second administration. While many have been met with widespread approval, Trump’s recent Cabinet-level announcements are causing some consternation among Republicans on Capitol Hill. None more so than former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom the president-elect tapped as his attorney general. Other controversial nominees […]
A hacker accessed damaging testimony regarding sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz. A person with knowledge of the breach told the New York Times that a user, going by the name of “Altam Beezley,” accessed 24 exhibits related to the allegations on Monday, including testimony from a woman who claimed she had sex […]
Walmart has signaled price hikes should be expected if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his plan to implement a broad tariff regime. The retailer’s CFO John David Rainey said the company would likely have to raise its prices, which is against its model and wishes. “We never want to raise prices,” he told CNBC. “Our model […]
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) called out federal programs for their biases against Republican voters when it comes to rendering services to them. Cammack condemned the Federal Emergency Management Agency for “saying the quiet part out loud” regarding its bias against Trump supporters but lamented that it is not the only agency guilty of doing so. […]
Senate appropriators increasingly expect that Congress will punt government funding into early next year despite appetite on Capitol Hill for a full-year spending deal. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say time is running short for party leaders to come to an agreement before a Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. Congress will soon be on […]
Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for the most recent group of immigrants to enter his city via the Pacific Ocean. After the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a boat with 21 immigrants headed for California, O’Neill took to Fox News’s The Faulkner Focus on Tuesday to rail against the state’s sanctuary […]
All but one of President-elect Donald Trump’s staff picks have a positive approval/disapproval rating in a process that a majority of America is giving a Trumpesque thumbs up to. The most popular member of Trump’s top staff and Cabinet picks is Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican nominated to be the new secretary of state. […]
The Pentagon mischaracterized the nature of a Black Hawk helicopter exercise that led to its crash and the killing of all five soldiers on board last November. The Army reported that on Nov. 10, 2023, a Black Hawk helicopter was conducting aerial refueling training in the Mediterranean Sea when an emergency occurred, and it crashed […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, previewed his priorities in the Trump administration, one of which will be fighting censorship in the United States. In announcing Carr’s nomination, Trump has described him as a “warrior for Free Speech” and someone who has “fought against the regulatory lawfare that […]
