Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner won the city’s Democratic primary on Tuesday against his opponent, former judge Pat Dugan. Krasner’s primary victory all but guarantees he will win election to a third term as Philadelphia’s head prosecutor. The city’s population is overwhelmingly registered Democrat, and its primaries are widely considered the de facto official election […]
The U.S. Space Force is expected to receive a 14% cut to its workforce due to the Trump administration’s initiative to reduce the Defense Department’s civilian workers. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the decision on Feb. 20, citing an intention to eliminate anywhere from 5% to 8% of civilian employees throughout the Defense Department. […]
House Democrats have run to defend Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) after the Justice Department charged her with assaulting federal law enforcement while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. A federal prosecutor on Monday charged McIver with assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in New Jersey while also […]
Members of the SALT Caucus and Republican House leadership have agreed to a compromise on raising the cap on state and local tax deductions, a breakthrough for the GOP as it tries to pass its $4 trillion tax-cut and spending bill. The compromise, agreed to Tuesday night ahead of a key vote on the legislation in the House […]
The Department of Justice launched a criminal investigation into former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over accusations he lied in a congressional hearing. The investigation surrounds concerns that Cuomo’s administration presented nursing home data that concealed the deaths of several thousand senior citizens in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic, per the New York […]
The Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe Doescher slammed Democrats’ rhetoric that “looks down” on voters, further pushing away the working and middle class. While appearing on Fox Business Network’s The Evening Edit Tuesday, Doescher reacted to former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill’s comment about President Donald Trump’s 2024 election that “America, I believe, was not smart enough […]
News that Elon Musk is scaling back his financial involvement in politics comes as a relief to vulnerable Republicans who are already anxious about primaries from Trump-backed candidates. Musk’s changed tune could be a saving grace for many House and Senate Republicans skeptical of Trump’s agenda. In December 2024, the tech mogul warned that he was compiling a “naughty list” […]
CNN’s Jake Tapper admitted that Lara Trump and conservative media were right about former President Joe Biden’s failing mental acuity. While appearing on Sirius XM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, Tapper said he feels “humility about my coverage,” admitting that he was incorrect about scolding the president’s daughter-in-law during an interview in 2020 when she suggested Biden […]
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) is gauging support for a bill that reins in credit card swipe fees, though he has not yet requested a vote as part of a major piece of banking legislation. “We’ll see,” Marshall told the Washington Examiner. “You know, we’re out there in the hinterland trying to figure out what the […]
As Donald Trump struggles to unite Republicans around his “big, beautiful bill,” the nation’s leading conservative influencer group is warning lawmakers to stick with the president. Just hours before he planned to release his group’s annual 2024 conservative ratings chart, Conservative Political Action Conference Foundation Chairman Matt Schlapp said siding with Trump “is a line […]
