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California House Republicans press Newsom to suspend gas tax increase

EXCLUSIVE — A group of House Republicans from California are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to suspend the state’s annual gas tax increase as residents grapple with the nation’s highest gas prices in the country. In a letter sent to Newsom on Thursday, all 11 House Republicans from California urged Newsom to suspend a pair […]

The most anticipated Supreme Court decisions remaining in 2024

The Supreme Court will soon unveil the final decisions from this term in the most consequential cases it heard over the past seven months that will define precedent for the years to come. Three cases involve former President Donald Trump, two concern abortion, two focus on gun rights, three tackle First Amendment issues for social […]

Three questions answered by Haley’s support for Trump

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley answered an important question when she said for the first time publicly that she will vote for former President Donald Trump this year. By effectively endorsing Trump in the general election, Haley may answer another important question: Who are her voters? Haley’s campaign for the Republican […]

Soaring rents a top concern for younger voters

Pollsters and political analysts have of late twisted themselves into contortions trying to figure out what top priorities are for young voters, a key constituency in the neck-and-neck race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The explanation is likely much simpler: The rent is too darn high. Housing costs, and a languishing […]

Mike Johnson keeps calm: Questions remain about governing a small and unruly GOP caucus

“Like Saturn,” wrote the Genevan journalist Jacques Mallet du Pan, “the Revolution devours its own children.” For a few fateful weeks, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looked like he was the next entree on the menu. The House Republican majority was hanging by a thread. Johnson’s grasp on the speaker’s gavel looked just as tenuous. […]

Judgment Day: New election laws set to shape how millions vote in November

Election Day is less than six months away, and voters have a familiar choice of Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Unless it’s The Godfather Part II, sequels rarely live up to the hype. Although it may look like a 2020 repeat, the stars are competing in a different game and under different rules. This series, Judgment […]

Senate conservatives keep GOP leader race on ice despite Rick Scott shake-up

Senate conservatives are holding off on endorsing Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) run for GOP leader, keeping the race to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) effectively frozen six months out from the secret ballot. Talk of the leader contest has receded into the background since McConnell announced his retirement from leadership in February. Two contenders viewed […]

In some states, breaking the law is still illegal

If you think it might be demoralizing to be a police officer in a city where the district attorney doesn’t prosecute criminals and the mayor cuts your department’s budget to give welfare to illegal immigrants, you’re right … and the sheriff of Laramie County, Wyoming, is looking to capitalize. Elected on a campaign promise to […]

Nebraska Electoral College vote a key brick in Biden’s needed blue wall

OMAHA, Nebraska — The road to President Joe Biden’s reelection bid runs through … deep-red Nebraska? It may sound strange, considering the Midwestern state last backed a Democratic presidential candidate in 1964. And former President Donald Trump in 2020, losing the White House to Biden, still romped to victory in the Cornhusker State 59% to […]

Three’s a crowd: One way history shows RFK Jr.’s popularity spells doom for Biden

President Joe Biden looks nervous about what effect Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is having on his chances for reelection. When he threw down the gauntlet to offer terms of debate to former President Donald Trump, he made it clear he wanted to keep the insurgent independent as far away from the debate stage as possible.  […]
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