Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton skewered President-elect Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, accusing him of doing shoddy work and inflating his résumé. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, straightforwardly titled “Kash Patel Doesn’t Belong at the FBI,” Trump’s former national security adviser excoriated Patel for his conduct during the […]
Luigi Mangione allegedly had a notebook in which he recorded plans to murder UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Law enforcement officials said when they arrested Mangione as the prime suspect in the Thompson murder case, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate was found with a possibly incriminating notebook on his person. “What do you do? You wack […]
The pressure campaign to flip Sen. Joni Ernst‘s (R-IA) feelings about Pete Hegseth running the Department of Defense appears to have worked. Normally a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, Ernst looked as though she was preparing to step out of line when it came to letting him select his next secretary of defense. Her […]
President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son has an approval rating of only 22% according to a poll. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research surveyed 1,251 adults in the days since the president announced he was pardoning his son Hunter from the federal gun and tax fraud convictions, including those offenses he “may […]
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) will leave behind the gridlock of Washington politics in January as he takes on a new role as Indiana’s next governor. Braun has promised to bring a business mindset to Indianapolis, successfully campaigning on his years building an auto parts company in his hometown of Jasper. MEET THE NEW CONGRESS: THE […]
District in disarray A unified Republican government interested in flexing greater control over Washington, D.C., is almost certain to make life rough for the deep-blue district. Democrats have total control over the district. Presidential candidates with a “D” next to their name have never received less than 74% of the vote there since 1980. President-elect […]
(The Center Square) – Democrats in the Washington State Legislature have been hinting that tax increases will be necessary to deal with a projected operating budget deficit of between $10 billion and $12 billion – or more. They are pointing to the failure of three out of four ballot initiatives last month as an endorsement of […]
Robert Kennedy Houton is imploring members of the Democratic Party to set aside scorn for President-elect Donald Trump in his quest to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Houton, no relation to the famous presidential Kennedy family, could play the proverbial Robert F. Kennedy Jr. role in the race for DNC leader. […]
Officials in Washington, D.C., are eyeing the looming Republican trifecta with uncertainty, debating whether returning to a “resistance” mindset will be more effective than finding ways to work with President-elect Donald Trump. Republicans, led by Trump, made criticism of the district a familiar talking point on the campaign trail. They criticized soaring crime rates in […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose slightly to $3.02 on Wednesday, bucking the trend of downward fuel costs. It was less than a one-cent increase from Monday’s price of $3.011. Despite the rise, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is still less expensive than a week ago, […]
