House Democrats‘ campaign arm selected five more seats to target in the 2024 election, focusing on swing seats or contests in key battleground states that could decide whether Democrats flip the majority this November. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced on Wednesday five additions to the committee’s “Red to Blue” program, which allocates fundraising, strategic […]
Washington, D.C., residents and sports fans can’t get behind the Commanders — or, at least, their name. In 2020, the Washington Redskins football team temporarily changed its name to the Washington Football Team after criticism that the former name was racist toward Native Americans. Then in 2022, the NFL team’s new name, the Commanders, was […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a new complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that CNN collaborated with the Biden and Trump campaigns to exclude the third-party candidate from a June 27 debate. In the complaint filed on Tuesday, Kennedy alleged the entities colluded to prepare debate criteria “that were designed to result in the selection […]
Former Mayor Jay Ostrem of Centerville, South Dakota, was arrested in connection to the shooting deaths of three people, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced on Tuesday. Ostrem is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond after he allegedly shot and killed three people at a Centerville residence across the street from his […]
Comedian Rob Schneider slammed Robert De Niro’s speech in which he claimed former President Donald Trump would not leave office if he wins in November. De Niro appeared outside Trump’s trial Tuesday in Manhattan to warn that the former president is a threat to both the United States and the world. It was the first […]
Council of the District of Columbia Chairman Phil Mendelson is proposing tax increases on businesses and homeowners to counteract Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget cuts to early education funding. Mendelson’s plan increases property taxes on homes worth more than $2.5 million, increases the tax businesses must pay toward the Paid Family Leave program, and reinstates the […]
Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the case accusing the former president of illegally retaining classified documents, has moved slowly and seemed confused at points during the case’s public court hearings, according to a New York Times reporter in the courtroom. Seven public court hearings have taken place over the past 10 months, indicating that […]
Justice Samuel Alito will not recuse himself from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6, 2021, defendants despite calls from Senate Democrats to step aside over flags flying outside his home. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Alito wrote that he […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has not decided whether to endorse former President Donald Trump for president a third time, and his relationship with another presidential candidate looks to complicate matters. A source told the Washington Free Beacon that in recent months, “Paul has cozied up to third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,” though he […]
Former President Donald Trump appeared to pre-spin a conviction in his hush money trial, contending even “Mother Teresa could not beat those charges.” Trump’s comments come as the jury in the six-week trial starts its deliberations regarding the 34 counts of falsifying business records brought against the former president by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. […]
