Nevada election officials scrapped a record number of ballots because of unresolved questions about ineligible signatures during the 2024 elections. More than 9,000 mail-in ballots with inadequate signatures, or 0.6% of all votes cast, were tossed after Nevada’s deadline to “cure” or fix any problems with ballots passed on Nov. 12, a week after Election […]
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) will not seek a waiver to retain his chairmanship, opting to end his six-year tenure as the top Republican on the committee. McCaul did not specify what he hopes his next leadership position will be, but he previously led the House Homeland Security Committee. “I have deep appreciation […]
Fox Business host Larry Kudlow has told President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team that he does not want to return to government and would not take a role in the administration. The pair met this week at Mar-a-Lago, as Trump’s advisers saw Kudlow as a top contender to lead the National Economic Council or the Treasury […]
One Democratic megadonor is trying to explain President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last week as a result of him being a “super candidate” the party underestimated. Alex Soros, the son of Democratic megadonor George Soros, was the latest person to try to explain what led to the GOP recapturing the White House and Senate while maintaining […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) removed her pronouns from her bio on X as some Democrats are assessing if some social issues may have hurt them in last week’s elections. The congresswoman had previously listed her “she/her” pronouns at the end of her bio on the social media platform earlier this year, but as of midday […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams told the hosts of The View that the nation needs to tone down its rhetoric as the panel discussed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. possibly serving as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the HHS, and […]
Reports that the Taiwanese president may make a stop in the United States during a future trip are reigniting China’s indignation over the close relationship between the two governments. Six separate sources told Reuters on Friday that President Lai Ching-te will make a stop in the state of Hawaii while traveling overseas in the next […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), who he selected to lead the Department of the Interior, will also chair a newly formed National Energy Council. According to a statement by the Trump administration, the National Energy Council will consist of agencies and departments across the government to address U.S. […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s high-profile nominees for his second administration have simultaneously stunned Washington and prompted warnings from Trump not to outshine the boss. During an America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-a-Lago Thursday night, Trump teased Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick for Health and Human Services Secretary, about the increasing attention the Kennedy scion […]
Bucks County commissioners who voted to violate the law by flouting a ruling from the Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania Supreme Court spurred outrage from local and national Republicans. The decision to count roughly 124 provisional ballots that were missing signatures, against the advice of the board’s lawyers, shocked Bucks County Republican Party Chairwoman Pat Poprik, who blasted […]
