House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is responsible for the prospect of a partial government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk opposed Johnson‘s original bipartisan funding deal and called for a debt ceiling debate, according to the White House. “This is a mess that Speaker Johnson created,” White House press […]
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘s chief adviser, was indicted on corruption charges Thursday. Lewis-Martin already turned in her resignation on Sunday before her indictment, released by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Bragg alleges she gave special treatment to a pair of real estate developers in exchange for more than $100,000. He also […]
Like a “candle in the wind,” Elton John extinguished the contemporary positive chatter surrounding marijuana legalization in an interview with Time Magazine published last week. He claimed efforts to legalize the drug were a huge societal error. Apparently, he finally realized what anti-weed proponents have known for quite some time: Marijuana is harmful. “I maintain […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a press briefing around 12:15 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Jean-Pierre is certain to comment on the impending government shutdown and House Republicans’ struggles to pass a continuing resolution. It is one of Jean-Pierre’s last briefings as White House press secretary as […]
(The Center Square) – While the last General Session of the Ohio Legislature ended just a day ago, advocacy groups are already looking ahead to the next one. Policy Matters Ohio wants lawmakers to start next month with bipartisan legislation introduced at the close of the most recent session that dealt with limiting property taxes, free […]
As Republican support firms up behind President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to pardon protesters charged and convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol affair, resentment is growing that liberal Black Lives Matter rioters got off easier for their 2020 violence. A new survey shared with Secrets said that 51% of Republicans feel that the Black Lives […]
House Republicans are planning to move forward with a last-minute deal to advance three separate single-subject bills to extend government funding and provide disaster relief, with lawmakers rushing to finalize a spending package hours before the shutdown deadline. Lawmakers are poised to vote on a bill to fund the government until mid-March in addition to […]
(The Center Square) – A report by a nonpartisan nonprofit says Florida’s citrus industry’s production has dropped 90% in the last 20 years and offers solutions back to primacy. The report by Florida Taxwatch says the industry is under assault by citrus diseases and hurricanes. Florida was hit by three hurricanes this year alone, with two […]
(The Center Square) – Jurors are off until next year at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. The court is in recess until Dec. 30, when Judge John Robert Blakey scheduled a charge conference for attorneys and parties. Blakey instructed the jury to return on […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk waded into international politics, endorsing the right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland party ahead of Germany‘s February 2025 elections. AfD is broadly considered a right-wing or far-right party. It is mainly characterized by its anti-immigration stance, which has won laudits among Germans disillusioned with the country’s immigration system. It has surged in the […]
