Oregon was the first state to vote entirely by mail, the first state to offer over-the-counter birth control, and the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Three years ago, Oregon embarked on another first-in-the-nation feat: Passing a policy to decriminalize hard drugs in an attempt to focus on treatment over punishment to help turn the […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans’ main fundraising arm is adding four candidates running in competitive districts to its “Young Guns” program as the final sprint to Election Day begins next week. The expansion to the National Republican Congressional Committee‘s program, which is designed to provide mentors and financial resources throughout the election cycle, comes as the party seeks to expand its slim majority […]
America’s allies believe the Biden administration’s credibility is deteriorating on the world stage and that it has lost control of escalation management in conflict zones, namely the Middle East and Ukraine. This Washington Examiner series, Lost Authority, will look at the reasons why. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The United States’s counterterrorism landscape has changed in the three […]
Former President Donald Trump stands a substantial risk of having to pay more than half a billion dollars in civil penalties before 2025 — whether he wins or loses the 2024 presidential election. Against the backdrop of Trump’s four criminal cases, which bring with them the threat of years of prison time, the former president […]
Gas prices dropped again on Friday as the country prepares for Labor Day Weekend. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the country decreased to $3.35, according to AAA. This was a slight decrease from the previous two days in which the cost was $3.361 per gallon. It is also less expensive […]
Republicans are urging former President Donald Trump to attack Vice President Kamala Harris exclusively on policy as Democrats take the opposite approach. In the early weeks of her campaign, Harris has made Trump’s character the centerpiece of her campaign while largely skirting around the proposals she would adopt as president. Harris has not avoided policy […]
SAVANNAH, Georgia — Voters who planned to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November are not bothered by her recent policy “flip-flops,” viewing it as personal growth. Harris has faced criticism over her shifting support over Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, a mandatory gun buyback program, a fracking ban, expanding the Supreme Court, and a federal job […]
Foreign ministers in the European Union announced on Thursday they would not recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s “democratic legitimacy.” The decision comes slightly over a month after Venezuela’s controversial presidential election, in which Maduro was declared the winner, even though the opposition candidate provided much evidence suggesting the country’s president was actually defeated. “We cannot […]
In her own telling, Rebecca Cooke is running for Congress in Wisconsin as an outsider who doesn’t “come from a career background in politics.” In a recent campaign video, she emphasized how the public “doesn’t see a lot of people” like her in Washington, D.C., a city the Democrat warned is full of “career politicians […]
New Jersey Democrats have decided who they want to replace recently-deceased Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) on November’s ballot: Democratic state Sen. Nellie Pou. Several high-profile state Democrats like Gov. Phil Murphy and the family of Pascrell had rallied around Pou to take his spot on the ballot after his death on Aug. 21. Pou has […]
