The Republican National Committee made public record requests surrounding the voter rolls of 48 states and Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump has long suggested that election fraud played a role in his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. Now, the RNC is seeking to learn how each state is maintaining voter registration lists. The RNC […]
Public broadcasting executives, facing the biggest threat yet to taxpayer funding, today plan to argue that cutting federal support will rob Americans of vital “lifesaving” programming. In a desperate bid to defeat efforts to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, and Public Broadcasting Service, the executives appearing before the House DOGE subcommittee […]
Democrats won a significant upset victory in a Republican-leaning state Senate race in Pennsylvania, adding to recent GOP special election woes. Democrat James Malone narrowly defeated Republican Josh Parsons by less than 1 percentage point in the race for state Senate District 36 on Tuesday, narrowing the GOP’s majority in the chamber to a 27-23 […]
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman reversed a ban on the death penalty set by his predecessor, George Gascón. Hochman announced Tuesday that he was rescinding Gascón’s “extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in any case,” effective immediately. “I remain unwaveringly committed to the comprehensive and thorough evaluation of […]
President Donald Trump has long argued he is more competent than his political opponents, while they, in turn, contend he is more chaotic, a debate likely to continue as his national security team’s communications in a Signal group chat come under scrutiny. This has been true since the early days of the 2016 Republican presidential […]
The Trump administration’s mass firing of federal workers has taken a significant toll on Washington, D.C.’s economy, largely offsetting benefits from the end of federal telework. A new survey from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, released on March 18, illustrates the anxieties and poor conditions many restaurant owners are facing. Roughly 44% of fast-casual restaurants […]
President Donald Trump‘s dominance of Washington isn’t just dividing Democrats, who are struggling for a unified resistance strategy, it’s now dividing the legal world. The president on Tuesday issued an executive order targeting Jenner & Block, the law firm where Andrew Weissmann, who worked on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, was employed. The order calls […]
Senate Republicans are attempting to include a debt ceiling hike in their sweeping tax and border bill, a move that would cut Democrats out of the equation amid a progressive revolt against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Republicans see the price of negotiating with their colleagues across the aisle as too high after Schumer […]
Gas prices continue to rise throughout the country even while President Donald Trump touts low prices at the pumps. The national average cost for a gallon of regular gas jumped to $3.15 per gallon on Wednesday, according to AAA. The latest increase at the pumps comes after fuel costs decreased for weeks in March. Wednesday’s […]
As President Donald Trump looks to imprint his agenda despite a pileup of courtroom setbacks, he’s being urged to work more with his GOP friends in Congress. Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have slashed budgets and cut jobs across the federal government but have also been on the wrong side of judicial […]
