The public broadly supports pardons of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots on a case-by-case basis, essentially the plan put forward by President-elect Donald Trump. While the country generally approves of Jan. 6 pardons by a slight margin, many more back a selective process, including 68% of Democrats. In the latest Rasmussen Reports […]
President Joe Biden talked about America’s commitments to Africa during his Tuesday state visit to Angola, a trip that comes as his White House continues to court controversy. Biden has declined to say whether he will hold a closing press conference before leaving office, and his exit approvals now sit at the lowest point of […]
Former Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said his documentary on his time on the Jan. 6 committee is “even more important” in the wake of the 2024 election and President-elect Donald Trump‘s legal battles. The documentary, titled The Last Republican, focuses on Kinzinger’s last year in Congress while investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol protest, with […]
A Republican in the Florida Senate introduced a bill to ban activities that would change weather patterns. Although no such activities exist that have the ability to change the weather, state Sen. Ileana Garcia introduced the “Weather Modification Activities” bill to prohibit any actions that would affect the weather. The legislation would ban “the injection, […]
Kashyap “Kash” Patel, President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the FBI, has been a Trump loyalist for years. The two have shared the same distrust of the FBI, but Patel has made his thoughts of overhauling the FBI known through interviews and his book, Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth and the Battle for Our […]
Meta may have gone too far when it came to moderating posts on Facebook and Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Global Affairs President Nick Clegg. On Monday, Clegg said the company’s moderation practices were overzealous during a call with reporters, according to the Verge. “We know that when enforcing our policies, our error […]
Ken Martin, a front-runner in the race to become the next Democratic National Committee chairman, proposed sweeping reforms to help his party rebound from staggering losses on Election Day. With outgoing DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison retreating from a renomination battle after voters handed Democrats setbacks at the White House and both chambers of Congress, Martin […]
Ben & Jerry’s shared a petition from the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asking social media users to sign it to show their support for “gender-affirming care.” The petition was shared on the ice cream brand’s social media account on the eve of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments on Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, […]
President-elect Donald Trump called into Senate Republicans’ policy retreat on Tuesday, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting, an early sign of their close coordination as the GOP prepares for unified control of Washington. Senate Republicans huddled for hours at the Library of Congress, a stone’s throw from the Capitol, to discuss their priorities […]
The Republican Governors Association calls on congressional leaders in both the House and Senate to take up a new farm bill by the year’s end. A letter signed by 17 GOP governors addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell outlines […]
