Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) vowed Friday to investigate claims that the ABC News debate moderators were “biased” against former President Donald Trump and coordinated with Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of their Sept. 10 presidential debate. Since the debate that the majority of voters polled said Harris won, Republicans have lobbed unproven allegations that Harris was provided with debate questions prior to the […]
San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell could be in hot water over a new mailer he sent out that his rivals claim violates campaign law. Farrell’s mailer urges voters to support a reform measure but then on the backside touts his unrelated accomplishments as interim mayor. One side of the 8-by-11-inch card features a smiling […]
While aboard the papal plane on his way back to Rome, Pope Francis held a news conference to share with Catholic Americans that both major presidential candidates are deeply flawed and that he cannot determine which one would be less harmful. “One must choose the lesser of two evils,” Francis said. “Who is the lesser of two evils? That […]
A day after a bomb threat closed the Springfield, Ohio, City Hall, three schools in the city closed due to bomb threats. The Springfield City School District said Friday that two schools had to be evacuated, and another school was closed over bomb threats mentioning the buildings. Officials did not specify a motivation behind the […]
Former President Donald Trump defended his relationship with Republican activist Laura Loomer Friday after her presence alongside the GOP presidential nominee has sparked criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. Loomer, an outspoken Trump supporter who has embraced conspiracy theories, flew on the former president’s plane to the debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday and also traveled […]
A half-dozen House Republicans have signed on to a bipartisan pledge circulating Congress that vows to certify the results of the 2024 election, including those running for reelection in districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020. The “Unity Commitment” is being led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Don Bacon (R-NE) as a way […]
At the Congressional Black Caucus‘s annual legislative conference on Friday, members of Congress and their allies stressed the importance of increasing turnout among black voters as Vice President Kamala Harris seeks the White House. In Washington, multiple speakers on different panels discussed the ability of black voters to decide the November election, just 53 days […]
Former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard pushed back on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s claims that the Department of Justice would never “be used as a political weapon.” During an address to DOJ employees, Garland fought back against threats made against them, which he said were spurred by “dangerous falsehoods” that the department is being weaponized […]
President Joe Biden has taken new executive action to crack down on illegal goods, such as fentanyl, that criminals are concealing in the millions of small e-commerce packages mailed into the United States daily, particularly from Chinese entities. The Biden-Harris White House signed an executive order Friday to give officers at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s […]
Longtime Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) is expected to be discharged from the hospital in “a matter of days,” according to the congressman’s office. Wilson’s office said the lawmaker got a pacemaker and “is recovering quickly” in a statement on X on Friday. The news comes after reports that Wilson collapsed at an event earlier this […]
