President Joe Biden directly addressed the United States’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on Tuesday in a speech before the United Nations that defended his foreign policy legacy across four years in office. “When I came to office as president, Afghanistan had replaced Vietnam as America’s longest war,” Biden said in New York City. “I was […]
President Joe Biden directly addressed the United States’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on Tuesday in a speech before the United Nations that defended his foreign policy legacy across four years in office. “When I came to office as president, Afghanistan had replaced Vietnam as America’s longest war,” Biden said in New York City. “I was […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has promised his Republican colleagues they will not advance an omnibus spending bill at the end of this year, vowing to break the cycle of passing a massive spending proposal right before Christmas to avoid a government shutdown. The House is set to vote on a three-month continuing resolution this […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign announced Tuesday morning that more than 400 economists and policy experts endorsed her campaign, a move meant to challenge former President Donald Trump‘s afternoon speech in Savannah, Georgia, on the tax code. The economists wrote an open letter claiming that Harris “worked on behalf of American families to lower costs, […]
Former President Donald Trump holds an advantage on foreign policy in key swing states over Vice President Kamala Harris, even as she holds a national lead on the matter in a new poll. A poll from the Institute for Global Affairs and YouGov shows Harris leading Trump, 53%-47%, nationally when asked which candidate would “pursue […]
The top House Republican super PAC is dropping millions in cash reserved for keeping the party’s majority in the chamber. The Congressional Leadership Fund is purchasing $18.5 million in ads across House battlegrounds in New York and California, along with attack ads against Blue Dog Democratic Reps. Mary Peltola (D-AK) and Jared Golden (D-ME), among […]
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) argued Vice President Kamala Harris has not changed her view on numerous policies and is “lying” to voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election. There are six weeks left before Election Day, with Schmitt encouraging former President Donald Trump to “keep hammering” the vice president on the issues voters care about. […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter to congressional Republicans urging them to walk back their subpoena and reconsider the contempt proceedings. According to the letter, obtained by Punchbowl News, Blinken said he was “profoundly disappointed” with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) due to his nonaccommodating stance toward his travel schedule […]
(The Center Square) – While California Gov. Gavin Newsom touted a FBI-reported national decline in violent crime for 2023, the same report shows violent crime in California is up 3.6%, and the value of cars stolen in California was over $2 billion last year. Aside from rising motor vehicle theft, reported property theft overall declined […]
(The Center Square) – A Republican lawmaker in Wisconsin want to avoid another fight to get off the ballot. State Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, who oversees the Assembly’s elections committee said on UpFront over the weekend that he wants to change the state law that keeps people on the ballot, almost no matter what. “We can’t […]