It’s time for Iowa politics to abandon Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register. For too long, we have let Ann Selzer use her polls to influence races. She is fully aware that her polls can influence voters. She said it herself in a guest column she wrote after the election, where she said: “I […]
Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) are holding a joint hearing to uncover alleged secret research programs conducted by the U.S. government into unidentified anomalous phenomena. Synonymous with the term unidentified flying object, the term UAP was first coined by the Pentagon in 2022 to include the tracking of unexplainable sightings in bodies […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas increased on Wednesday to $3.084 from Tuesday’s price of $3.078, according to AAA. Wednesday’s slight increase bucks the recent trend of falling gas prices after last week’s presidential election. Gas prices have fluctuated in recent months but have mostly trended downward. Wednesday’s price is the […]
President Joe Biden’s history of walking off with classified documents has put greater scrutiny on his transition to President-elect Donald Trump. Trump and Biden have each been accused of mishandling classified documents when they left office previously, which they’re hoping to avoid this time around. “The president is committed to making sure this transition is […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was part of a delegation that traveled to Italy this week to forge trade deals between the country and his state of Florida. The governor was one of 85 representatives from the Sunshine State who traveled to Europe hoping to develop a myriad of economic opportunities for his state, according to […]
Republican senators emerged Tuesday night from a candidate forum largely tight-lipped on which of their colleagues they would support to replace Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the eve of a secret ballot vote and President-elect Donald Trump’s visit to Washington. Two hours of huddling behind closed doors with the trio of contenders fielding […]
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ended speculation he could be in contention for Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s soon-to-be-vacant Ohio Senate seat on Tuesday night. Ramaswamy was appointed to a job in the Trump administration’s Department of Governmental Efficiency along with Elon Musk and made a point to take himself out of contention for the […]
As Democrats deal with the prospect of losing the House and Senate to Republicans, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is in for a new wave of criticism. There are reports of progressive Democrats lopping blame onto him for failing to capture the House majority and not forcing President Joe Biden out of the race […]
Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) believes there should be more than one person in the race for House speaker to avoid a “Soviet-style” election following reports that hardline conservatives are hoping to find a challenger for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). So far, Johnson is the only person seeking the speaker’s gavel after alerting his […]
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) will not face punishment from the House Committee on Ethics after she received a weapons charge for having a firearm in her carry-on bag at Dulles International Airport. The charge, carrying a weapon in an airport terminal, a Class 1 misdemeanor in Virginia, was later dropped after she completed a firearm […]
