Republicans and Democrats have bickered over versions of the farm bill with both sides finding their largest disagreements remain over SNAP benefits. The GOP favors less money for SNAP but more for farmers, while Democrats are weighing the opposite — potentially setting the stage for a delay in the bill’s renewal. The bill is set […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray declined Tuesday to answer whether the recent New York hush money guilty verdict and three other indictments against former President Donald Trump amount to “election interference,” just five months out from the November 2024 race. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, asked Wray whether the federal […]
Despite building a track record of opposing early and mail-in voting, former President Donald Trump’s campaign team has changed course with a new effort to promote and educate citizens on voting in ways other than just showing up to the polls on Election Day. Swamp the Vote USA, created by Trump’s campaign and Trump Force […]
The Trump family announced on social media that the long-awaited opening of its cidery is scheduled for this Friday. Eric Trump showed off the new cidery’s logo on social media, which marks an expansion of the family’s winery business. The former president’s son is the owner of Trump Winery, which is located in Charlottesville, Virginia. […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York judge to lift the gag order imposed on him in the criminal hush money case, citing his opponent, President Joe Biden‘s 2024 election campaign gloating over his guilty verdict. Trump has been under a gag order since April that bars him from making comments about the jury […]
South Korea suspended a 2018 military agreement with North Korea on Tuesday after promising “unbearable” retaliation for North Korea’s trash balloon campaign. The suspension of the pact will allow South Korea to resume “military training in the areas around the Military Demarcation Line” and enable “more sufficient and immediate responses to North Korean provocations,” according […]
Longtime Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) endorsed incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace‘s (R-SC) challenger on Tuesday, the latest rebuke to Mace as she faces a competitive primary this month. Wilson, the longest-serving member of South Carolina‘s delegation, is throwing his support behind Catherine Templeton, former director of South Carolina’s Department of Health and former US Brick president. […]
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) is facing several attacks from Republicans after criminal allegations from the past surfaced last week. The Washington Examiner confirmed a report that Vasquez called his former place of employment, a call center, and said a racial slur in 2004. The New Mexico Democrat represents the state’s 2nd Congressional District, a swing […]
President Joe Biden said some world leaders are worried about former President Donald Trump taking office again. In a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, Biden recalled the first G7 meeting he attended after being elected. According to the president, after he told the other forum leaders that America was “back,” French President Emmanuel Macron asked […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland spent five full hours testifying before Congress on Tuesday as the Department of Justice leader alternated between receiving pointed questions from Republicans and praise from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. Garland, 71, was asked about everything from gun control to the potential for terrorist attacks stemming from record levels of […]
