The Federal Election Commission has taken a step called for by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to crack down on possibly fraudulent contributions to donor groups such as ActBlue, the massive Democratic fundraising operation. In a notice, the FEC said it would take public comments on Paxton’s request to create new rules that tighten the […]
MSNBC executives said the network was “unaware” that Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign gave $500,000 to a nonprofit organization owned by the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the network’s hosts, when he interviewed her before the election. Weeks before Harris sat down with the MSNBC host for a friendly interview on Oct. 20, her campaign […]
Republicans will have almost the same razor-thin majority in the House when the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, but the composition will look quite different in many ways. Due to flipped seats and a wave of retirements, there will be more than 60 new House lawmakers walking the halls of Congress come […]
Jen O’Malley Dillon, who formerly chaired Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign, claimed the slow start to introduce Harris to the media was a timing issue. Three weeks after Harris lost to Donald Trump, her top campaign officials spoke with Pod Save America to offer their analysis. Harris largely avoided the media until after her debate […]
Top airline executives have been called to testify at a December Senate panel hearing after the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report on “junk fees.” According to the report, top airlines including American, Delta, United, Spirit, and Frontier took in $12.4 billion in seating fees between 2018 and 2023. This revenue comes from charging […]
Senate Republicans are not the only ones shaking up who will lead them when they retake the majority in January. Democrats are in for their own 2025 leadership reshuffle. Senate Democrats will huddle privately on Dec. 3 to select their new leadership lineup. While Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) are […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has repeatedly claimed that she won’t accept funds from lobbyists. Campaign finance records, however, show she has received nearly 100 separate donations from registered lobbyists since taking office. Ocasio-Cortez’s account description on X states that the congresswoman is “people-funded” and “takes no lobbyist [cash],” using a money bag emoji in place […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke harshly against the “insane” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for trying to “attack his own state” with his policies, including his recent announcement on electric vehicle rebates. Newsom announced Monday that the state of California would provide rebates for residents who purchased electric vehicles in the event that President-elect Donald […]
Police bodycam footage showed an Illinois Democrat acting belligerently during a DUI traffic stop and telling police she was “an elected official” when asked to step out of her car. The official, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele, was arrested after allegedly drunk driving on Nov. 10, hitting several cars in the process. She […]
Frustrated voters in Oakland, California, chose to oust Mayor Sheng Thao earlier this month, making her the nation’s first mayor of major city in more than a decade to get the boot. In a desperate bid to keep her job, Thao argued that removing her would not only cost the cash-strapped Democratic city millions but […]
