North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson is trailing Democratic opponent Josh Stein by 14 points, according to a new poll, though many voters are still undecided in a contest that is one of the country’s most watched of the election cycle. Forty-eight percent of voters in a High Point University/SurveyUSA poll published this week favored Stein, while […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) mocked the short process the Democratic Party used to replace President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris on a podcast on Friday. When asked about the “switch” from Biden to Harris, Newsom sarcastically repeated points that Democrats had stated about the event. “Now, we went through a very open process, […]
The Foo Fighters, an alternative rock band, are pursuing action against former President Donald Trump’s campaign for its unauthorized use of the band’s song, “My Hero.” The campaign played the song at its Arizona rally while it introduced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage, who endorsed Trump just hours before. “Foo Fighters were not […]
After a knife attack at a festival killed and wounded several people in the German city of Solingen, authorities are still searching for the suspect. At least three people are confirmed dead, and the event, billed as the “Festival of Diversity,” has been canceled. The festival’s purpose was to celebrate Solingen’s 650th anniversary. At a […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign has tapped Yohannes Abraham for an integral role in a presidential transition team. Abraham is the U.S. ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and is based in Indonesia. A U.S. official confirmed that Abraham will conclude his tenure in Jakarta in the coming days, per NBC News. He […]
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris out of sight, a strange turn after a successful Democratic National Convention. Instead of hitting the trail to build momentum, Harris returned to Washington after the Chicago event wrapped up. Harris had a snarky answer to a reporter who asked […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker used the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention to highlight the successes of Illinois and the Democratic Party, but the president of a nonprofit think tank says the numbers don’t add up. Pritzker said there is no better place to see that change is possible under Democratic leadership than […]
(The Center Square) – A 16-state coalition led by Texas has sued the Biden administration to stop a widespread amnesty plan from going into effect. They did so two months after President Joe Biden announced the plan designed to fast track a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who’ve been living […]
(The Center Square) – The state’s law prohibiting candidates who didn’t run in a primary from getting on the general election ballot won’t go into effect this year after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed the state’s appeal of a lower court ruled it unconstitutional. Ron Andermann, a Republican running for the statehouse in the Chicago […]
(The Center Square) – Following the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers held a press call blasting the DNC’s “whitewashing” of the past and the lack of answers offered for the future. “I think what we’ve seen over the past four days is a lack of answers to the biggest challenges […]
