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Tester under fire for praising poster depicting Trump dead: ‘Sick and twisted’

Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is under fire from Republicans following a Washington Examiner report revealing the senator praised a poster depicting former President Donald Trump dead in front of the White House. “It’s sick and twisted that Dems like Jon Tester are always fantasizing about my father being killed,” Donald Trump Jr., the eldest child […]

Top Senate Democrat ‘optimistic’ party can oust Ted Cruz

Democrats are facing an uphill battle to retain the upper chamber of Congress, but the chief of the party’s Senate campaign arm says the red bastions of Texas and Florida are theirs for the taking. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) said it’s “very possible” his party can capture 52 seats in the Senate. That would require […]

US announces new military deployments to aid Israeli defense

The White House announced new defensive military deployments to help Israel defend itself ahead of an expected retaliatory attack from Iran and/or its proxies elsewhere in the region. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, during which the president “discussed efforts to support Israel’s defense against threats, including against ballistic missiles and […]

Roy Cooper claims concerns over GOP Mark Robinson as reason for dropping out of VP race

Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) said concerns over what Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson would do when Cooper went out of state to campaign served as a reason why he took his name out of the running to be Vice President Kamala Harris‘s running mate. Cooper, who is term-limited, was widely considered a top contender for […]

Comer opens inquiry into 9/11 plea deals, questions ‘lack of transparency’

The House Oversight Committee asked President Joe Biden on Friday to provide Congress with information about his administration’s plea deal negotiations with three 9/11 suspects. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a letter to Biden that he wanted to understand what role his administration had in the negotiations and what factors led to the […]

The seven people who make up Harris’s inner circle

Vice President Kamala Harris has a daunting challenge ahead with former President Donald Trump facing her in this year’s election. In the past, she has had the support of many Democratic power brokers and figures in her forays into electoral politics. She has hand-picked every person in her inner circle she will find useful for […]

Pritzker says America deserves better after Trump calls Harris ‘fake’

(The Center Square) – Illinois took center stage in national politics this week after former President Donald Trump made comments about Vice President Kamala Harris’ race.  Trump made headlines for comments about Harris in Chicago with the National Association of Black Journalists Wednesday.  “Because she was Indian all the way and then all of a […]

WA school leaders make case for more spending despite court-ordered funding bumps

(The Center Square) – The Washington Association of School Administrators launched a new website last month that makes the case for increased state spending on K-12 education, even as the state’s public schools now spend $19,000 on average statewide for the education of each student, a dramatic rise over the pre-McCleary level of $10,000 per […]

ARCH2 gets $30M for hydrogen hub; critics call it a ‘boondoggle’

(The Center Square) — The federal government cut its first check for a multi-state experiment to build a hydrogen-based manufacturing and energy hub in Appalachia, sending $30 million to ARCH2. The team behind the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub expects up to $925 million from the Department of Energy to spearhead development. “This federal funding […]

Senators hold the cards on three veto overrides

(The Center Square) – Including a bill supported by 148 of 157 lawmakers, three vetoes from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper are in the process of being tested by the override process. The House of Representatives on Wednesday sent all three pieces of legislations to the Senate. The governor’s 102 vetoes are a state record, […]
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