Senators return to Washington, D.C., for a Monday evening vote and have several items on their to-do list before embarking on a two-week recess for July 4 at the end of the week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants to address several hot-button matters as Senate Democrats forge ahead with their election-year agenda, which […]
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said Monday that polling released after the conviction of Donald Trump could signal defeats for the former president in battleground states. Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records last month, and recent polling reported that 7% of Republicans and 21% of independents believe his conviction makes them less likely to support Trump in the […]
The Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to deny former Trump adviser Steve Bannon‘s attempt to delay his prison sentence pending appeal. Bannon filed an emergency motion to avoid going to prison on July 1 after being convicted on contempt of Congress charges. In a filing on Monday, the DOJ contends that […]
Voters in Virginia and Oklahoma head to the polls Tuesday, when they’ll decide on a slew of congressional, but not presidential, primaries. Chief among the most notable primary contests is whether House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) survives a primary challenger backed by former President Donald Trump. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) is also defending […]
The state of Maine is now accepting designs for its new state flag to be voted on in the November general election. The secretary of state announced last week that a contest will be held to pick the design that will be on the November ballot. The referendum will allow Maine residents to vote on […]
Several House Democrats pulled their support from a bipartisan White House ethics bill after officials from the Biden administration allegedly reached out to lawmakers regarding the legislation, according to a report. After Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced their Presidential Ethics Reform Act last month, the pair have […]
With some polls showing former President Donald Trump down 5% in support from seniors, President Joe Biden could have an opening to up his game with a traditionally Republican voting bloc. The Wall Street Journal’s national and swing-state polls have Trump pulling in 46% of senior voters, down from 51% in 2020. The latest polling data […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) is demanding answers from the Customs and Border Protection commissioner after reports of “maltreatment” of veterans. In a letter sent to Commissioner Troy Miller on Monday, obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, Mills wrote that he is concerned military service members are not receiving the same support and resources […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters on camera for the first time since Hunter Biden’s gun conviction last week. On June 11, President Joe Biden’s son was convicted on all three felony charges he was facing related to a 2018 gun purchase, marking the first time in history that the son of […]
Arizona passed its bipartisan $16.1 billion budget for the next fiscal year, effectively closing the $1.4 billion deficit the state was facing. After weeks of negotiations between Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) and Republican lawmakers, with some Democratic lawmakers expressing frustration they were not heavily involved in the negotiations, the first-term governor hashed out a budget […]
