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State highway system in ‘early stages of failure’: WSDOT

(The Center Square) – The Washington state highway system is in “early stages of failure” due to a lack of maintenance and preservation for not only the highway infrastructure itself, but also regarding the equipment and facilities that need to be replaced or upgraded, according to a recent presentation by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The warning comes […]

Republicans’ 2024 legal army guards against a repeat of Trump’s stolen election claims

Legal fights over election integrity are well underway with less than two months to go to the election. This Washington Examiner series, Legal Games, will look at Democratic attempts to make sure they don’t have a repeat of 2016. Republican lawyers, meanwhile, are still spooked by what happened in the aftermath of 2020. Part 4 will look at […]

Ground game grumbles: Questions about Trump turnout machine abound

Before President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, his loyalists held on to one last hope: that he could keep the race close enough that his more traditional ground game could outperform former President Donald Trump’s unconventional one in the Rust Belt, eking out an Electoral College majority and a second term. Most senior Democrats […]

Celebrities lend Harris star power as political honeymoon fades

Vice President Kamala Harris is turning to A-list celebrities as she seeks to recapture the sense of Democratic enthusiasm that marked her early campaign for president. Oprah Winfrey, who endorsed Harris during the Chicago convention, will join her on Thursday for a live-streamed event in the battleground of Michigan as early voting gets underway in […]

Democrats to keep pumping cash into Montana despite Tester’s long odds

Senate Democrats pledge to stick by Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) until the very end, even against increasingly long odds he can repel Republican Tim Sheehy. The path to the Senate majority likely runs through Big Sky Country. But a dour outlook on the race in Trump-dominated Montana raises questions about whether Democrats should shift crucial […]

Florida election chief says DHS ‘not cooperative’ on noncitizen voter roll cases: ‘Radio silent’

Florida’s top election official is accusing the Biden administration of not being “cooperative” enough as Republican-led states attempt to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls ahead of the 2024 election. Secretary of State Cord Byrd said in an interview with the Washington Examiner on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration database would be […]

Venezuela’s opposition candidate ‘forced’ to accept Maduro presidential election win

Venezuela’s opposition candidate was forced to admit Nicolas Maduro as the election winner in July. Edmundo Gonzalez released a video message on Wednesday claiming that the Maduro regime pressured him into signing a letter stating he lost the election. “I had to either sign it or deal with the consequences,” Gonzalez said on X on […]

Labor strikes add to Harris’s union headache after Teamsters snub

A series of brewing labor disputes are threatening to undermine Vice President Kamala Harris‘s message on the economy just as early voting begins in a handful of states. Harris was already dealt a political setback Wednesday when the Teamsters, one of the largest unions in the country, announced it would not endorse in the presidential […]

Trump announces he will visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado

Former President Donald Trump announced that he will visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado, in the not-too-distant future. “I’m going to Springfield, and I’m going to Aurora,” Trump said during a political rally on Wednesday.  The two cities have become focal points of the 2024 presidential election because of the national conversation surrounding illegal immigration. […]

Trump says ‘only regret’ from debate with Harris is he didn’t ‘go after’ moderators

Former President Donald Trump lamented on Fox News’s Gutfeld that he didn’t “go after” ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump said he wanted to be “elegant,” so refrained from doing so. “I think my only regret is that I wanted to be elegant, and […]
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