A new biography of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed some of the Senate leader’s unfiltered frustrations with former President Donald Trump. Michael Tackett, deputy Washington bureau chief of the Associated Press, will release The Price of Power just one week before the election. The book details McConnell’s relationship with the former president, much […]
Israel‘s military said it is investigating “the possibility” that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed. The Israel Defense Forces said three terrorists were killed in “IDF operations” and that it and the Israeli Security Agency, better known as Shin Bet, are “checking the possibility that one of the terrorists was Yahya Sinwar.” “At this stage, the […]
Donald Trump‘s campaign is reveling in Vice President Kamala Harris‘s interview with Bret Baier, saying it can use the entire conversation as an ad for the former president’s bid. Trump and Harris are less than three weeks away from Election Day and are working overtime to try to eke out an advantage over the other in the razor-thin […]
(The Center Square) – A proposal senators from Michigan and North Carolina say could be helping victims of natural disasters was already filed before Hurricanes Helene and Milton ruptured lives in the southeastern United States. On Wednesday of the third week since Helene struck the Blue Ridge Mountains in Sen. Thom Tillis’ native North Carolina, […]
(The Center Square) – Border security and immigration reform aren’t far from the minds of voters in Pennsylvania and across the country. It’s important to incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., and the Republican candidate challenging him, Dave McCormick, too. So much so that both men spent a quarter of their final debate attacking […]
(The Center Square) – Gun stores across Illinois are preparing for the possible outcome of a federal court striking down the state’s gun and magazine ban. Sometime after Oct. 20, Southern District of Illinois federal Judge Stephen McGlynn could rule on the consolidated case challenging the ban. Some expect he will issue a permanent injunction. […]
Behind enemy lines Former President Donald Trump has made a point of making frequent media appearances to be a counterbalance to Vice President Kamala Harris’s attempt to run President Joe Biden’s successful 2020 basement campaign. His interviews and press conferences haven’t always been on hostile territory up until this week, but he has been more […]
(The Center Square) – A fiscal analysis from the libertarian Cato Institute grades Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers as one of six governors with an “F” in terms of fiscal policy, taxes and spending. Evers joins Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the list of F grades along with John Carney of Delaware, Jay Inslee of Washington, Janet Mills […]
(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors said the four former lobbyists and utility executives convicted in the ComEd Four trial last year don’t need a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the federal bribery statute. Defense attorneys for the four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists convicted of bribing one of the state’s […]
(The Center Square) – The Spokane City Council approved an ordinance on Monday prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants or raising rent without a business license, potentially sparking a lawsuit. The legislation amends an existing section of the Spokane Municipal Code to provide some accountability for another ordinance passed last year. That measure requires landlords to obtain […]
