White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters on camera for the first time since Hunter Biden’s gun conviction last week. On June 11, President Joe Biden’s son was convicted on all three felony charges he was facing related to a 2018 gun purchase, marking the first time in history that the son of […]
Arizona passed its bipartisan $16.1 billion budget for the next fiscal year, effectively closing the $1.4 billion deficit the state was facing. After weeks of negotiations between Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) and Republican lawmakers, with some Democratic lawmakers expressing frustration they were not heavily involved in the negotiations, the first-term governor hashed out a budget […]
A home goods seller in Tacoma, Washington, was fined $360,000 by the Department of Justice for lying about importing wooden cabinets and vanities from China. Tip the Scale, which operates its business under the name L&D Kitchen and Bath, said the imports were a false species of wood harvested in Malaysia. Between January and May […]
The office of Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) blasted an effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to send more military to the border as being for the sake of optics, not security. Abbott spokesman Andrew Mahaleris chided Newsom in a statement shared with the Washington Examiner over the weekend and called the California governor’s announcement to […]
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki will sit down with lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as part of its investigation into the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021. Psaki will appear before lawmakers on July 26 to discuss her role in the withdrawal, as committee Chairman Michael McCaul […]
Hunter Biden‘s lawyers filed a motion for a new trial in the first son’s gun case in Delaware on Monday but quickly had the filing deleted. Biden was found guilty of three counts related to a 2018 gun purchase in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware last week. The motion for a […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul‘s (D-NY) decision to halt a congestion pricing plan to fund public transportation could hurt her when she’s up for reelection in 2026. Although the plan that would have raised millions for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was unpopular with voters, the governor’s allies who had backed the plan didn’t know Hochul had gotten […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday that he is strengthening his effort to bring the Republican Party’s wandering into populism back to Ronald Reagan-style conservatism, which many consider the original GOP populist position. Viewed by key Republicans as a chief conservative anchor, Pence said he plans to expand his organization to help revive […]
At least three people are dead and one deputy is recovering after a Tampa, Florida, teenager murdered his father Saturday and shot at responding law enforcement, authorities said. The incident occurred around 11:09 p.m. when the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported shooting called in by 48-year-old Rebecca Themelis, who said her son, […]
Indiana‘s Republican delegates voted against a Trump-endorsed choice for lieutenant governor and instead nominated pastor Micah Beckwith. Former President Donald Trump and Sen. Mike Braun’s (R-IN) choice for the role, Republican state Rep. Julie McGuire, lost to Beckwith. It was the first time Indiana Republicans had a contested race for lieutenant governor since 1996. “I’m […]
