The 2024 election cycle has ended, with Republicans holding control of all three branches of government. The Washington Examiner interviewed over two dozen new members as they prepare to take office in January. Part 7 of Capitol’s new crop will focus on Shomari Figures, who represents a new court-ordered district in Alabama. Rep.-elect Shomari Figures (D-AL) will enter Congress […]
President-elect Donald Trump and his top advisers have long cited impoundment, a little-known legal theory, as a means of shrinking the federal government. But, pursuing that path will almost assuredly bring the incoming administration before the Supreme Court. The Constitution grants Congress sole authority to appropriate a federal budget, but impoundment theory essentially claims that any […]
The Department of Health and Human Services gave a six-figure grant to the University of Cincinnati in December 2023 to fund the development of an app intended to help transgender people cope with “voice dysphoria.” HHS’s description of the grant defines voice dysphoria as “distress because a person’s voice does not match their gender identity,” […]
As assessments of what went wrong for Democrats in the 2024 election have poured in over the past few weeks and the party searches for its next leader, one former House member is calling for a “complete rebranding.” Speaking on MSNBC’s The Weekend, former Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who launched a failed Senate bid […]
The White House condemned a video posted by Hamas earlier Saturday that showed an Israeli-American hostage visibly emotional and under duress while giving a statement, as the terrorist group continues to hold over 100 hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel. In a statement, National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett called the […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday night that Sheriff Chad Chronister is his pick to be the next administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Trump pointed to Chronister’s service in Tampa, Florida, as a sheriff in Hillsborough County and record of “keeping his community SAFE” in a Truth Social post announcing the nomination. “I am […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he chose Kash Patel to serve as his next FBI director, signaling that he plans to terminate current FBI Director Christopher Wray’s 10-year term early. In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised Patel, a Trump loyalist, former senior adviser to the director of national intelligence, and a favorite […]
Claims that the incoming Trump administration would weaponize the legal system against Hunter Biden justifies a pardon for President Joe Biden’s criminally convicted son, his legal defense team said. With just weeks until Hunter Biden is sentenced by California and Delaware judges, his lawyers on Saturday released a lengthy document titled “The political prosecutions of […]
The tiny South Carolina town of McColl, whose entire police force quit earlier this month, was thrust into further turmoil after its mayor was killed during a car crash. While being pursued by neighboring Marlboro County deputies Tuesday afternoon, McColl Mayor George Garner II was killed in a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler truck. MEET […]
The Democratic Party underdelivered in the 2024 elections for many reasons, one being a large shift in male voters toward President-elect Donald Trump and Republican candidates. Sen. John Fetterman (R-PA) has a theory for why men, especially young men, have ditched Democrats. Fetterman told the New York Times that the Left turned off young voters […]
