Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed his gratitude for the opposition to the “misguided effort” to oust him as House Speaker on Thursday. Johnson appeared on Fox News’s Fox and Friends to respond to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) effort to vacate him as speaker. There were 11 Republican members and 32 Democratic members who voted […]
(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown announced Wednesday that a proposed property tax planned for the ballot is on now on hold. The announcement comes just over a week after the Spokane City Council voted 5-2 to put Brown’s Community Safety Levy on the August ballot. “The City of Spokane’s budget deficit is real and the desire to […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the Texas public university systems and community colleges to not comply with a new rule change implemented by the Biden administration related to Title IX. The latest directive comes after Abbott said last week that the state will not comply and he instructed the Texas […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to be held in contempt of Congress by the House GOP, but possible enforcement of the referral could be complicated by who is overseeing the prosecution. The Washington Examiner has reported that the House Judiciary Committee is looking to hold Garland in contempt for failing to provide audio from […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) questioned whether President Joe Biden’s comments threatening to withhold aid from Israel were due to cognitive decline. In an interview with Politico, Johnson, fresh off defeating an effort to unseat him as speaker, expressed shock over Biden’s remarks Wednesday night, in which the president said the United States would cut […]
Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the Supreme Court and Justice Clarence Thomas over recent decisions, decrying the high court as “an activist court.” Harris slammed the Supreme Court in an interview with the New York Times published on Thursday, pointing to the 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, as she and President […]
Alvin Bragg is hoping to convince a jury that former President Donald Trump committed felonies by allegedly falsifying business records, but to do that, the Manhattan district attorney must prove Trump acted with intent. Over the last three weeks, prosecutors have called upon witnesses to deliver, at times, salacious testimony about Trump, and they have […]
Former President Donald Trump is set to receive the Republican nomination for the third time, but he may be assuming a new role he has never played before: peacekeeper in his own party. As the House voted overwhelmingly to table a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Trump issued a statement praising both the […]
EXCLUSIVE — Americans for Prosperity is pumping money into battleground states to amplify President Joe Biden‘s problems with persistent inflation. AFP, founded by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, is spending “seven figures” on digital and connected TV ads from Thursday to try to help Republicans win five Senate races and 26 House contests, in addition to Washington, D.C., to win over the political chattering […]
Deep-blue Maryland has been a stronghold for Democrats in general elections for decades. But with a popular former Republican governor running for an open Senate seat and eight House races, the Old Line State could spring a few surprises this November. In this series, Old Line, New Battles: Maryland feels the primary pinch, the Washington […]
