A federal judge prohibited Illinois from enforcing its ban on assault weapons, marking a victory for Second Amendment activists and reversing a law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL). U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled Friday in favor of plaintiffs who argued that the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) was “an unconstitutional infringement” of Second […]
President-elect Donald Trump challenged California’s ban on voter ID requirements during a response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) plans to “Trump-proof” the Golden State. While expressing concern that “Newscum” is trying to “kill” California, Trump criticized the governor’s decision to sign a bill banning voter ID requirements in late September and declared he would work […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) has made a U-turn on one of the most controversial moves of her time as governor right after Election Day. Hochul is talking about reviving an unpopular congestion pricing plan that might have made the prospect of flipping several Republican House seats more difficult. President-elect Donald Trump also opposes the plan, […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Vice President Kamala Harris‘s running mate, is grappling with why so many people voted for President-elect Donald Trump this Tuesday. During his own concession speech in Minnesota on Friday, Walz told a crowd of supporters it is “hard to lose.” “I just want to acknowledge the moment,” Walz said. “It’s hard […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been battling federal corruption charges, but President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday could be good news for him. Trump has compared Adams’s case with his own federal criminal charges, calling the Justice Department “dirty players” for charging Adams with bribery and fraud. “I just want to be nice because […]
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pointed the finger at President Joe Biden after Vice President Kamala Harris lost on Tuesday and dashed Democratic dreams of keeping President-elect Donald Trump away from the White House. Pelosi is a long-standing ally of Biden, but their relationship took a turn for the worse earlier this year when […]
Allies of President-elect Donald Trump are debating whether he should forgo using the federal government to help fund the process of transitioning his staff into the White House. After the major parties select their nominees at their respective conventions, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 authorizes the General Services Administration to provide major candidates with […]
President-elect Donald Trump has more than an army of Secret Service agents protecting him at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. Trump famously does not have any pets and broke a decadeslong tradition of bringing an animal along with his family to live in the White House. It’s not clear if the robotic dogs spotted at […]
The election of President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Senate victory could be the nail in the coffin for the World Health Organization’s pandemic accord, a governing document proposed by the international public health body in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has yet to be passed by member states. The pandemic accord, which […]
Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) daughter, Hope, has recently turned to TikTok in the wake of the 2024 presidential election, which saw her father and Vice President Kamala Harris lose to President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance on Tuesday. Hope Walz’s TikTok account only has three videos posted on it since Thursday, the second […]
