Former Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck shared some of his greatest frustrations and lifted the lid on how Congress works in an interview airing several retiring lawmakers’ thoughts on how the House is operating. Buck, who started representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in 2015, announced his retirement, resigned early, and left his seat wide open. […]
EXCLUSIVE — The United States is one of the most permissive countries in the world for abortion, among only a small worldwide minority of countries that impose zero gestational limits on the procedure, according to a new report. The report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute, a research organization that supports bringing unborn babies to term, […]
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is demanding an ethics investigation into Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, accusing him of attempting to expedite former President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 criminal case in order to interfere with the 2024 election. In an ethics complaint submitted on Tuesday, Stefanik accused Smith of pushing for an […]
Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University in New York City took control of one of the buildings on campus early Tuesday morning after defying orders to disperse from their encampment on campus. University officials gave protesters a 2 p.m. Monday deadline to leave the encampment after talks between the administration and protesters broke down, with the […]
(The Center Square) – A resolution to change how Missouri voters approve constitutional amendments was returned to the Senate for possible consideration this week. Currently, any constitutional amendment can be approved by a simple majority. By a vote of 103 to 48, the House approved Senate Joint Resolution 74, a ballot proposal to require voters to […]
(The Center Square) – With one of the highest minimum wages in the country, the city of Denver is looking to give subpoena power to its auditor so it can go after businesses for what it has deemed “wage theft.” The city of Denver’s auditor is the only elected official without subpoena power. The city stated that […]
(The Center Square) – There seems to be some confusion among certain state agencies about workers who received exemptions from WA Cares, Washington’s mandatory long-term care benefit program. The program is paid for by 58 cents out of every $100 earned deducted from workers’ paychecks. WA Cares provided a one-time opportunity for people to opt […]
Former President Donald Trump has firmed up his thin lead in the key battleground states likely to determine the fall presidential election. In the latest collection of surveys released by Emerson College Polling/Hill, Trump leads President Joe Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Republican, declared the outright national poll […]
(The Center Square) – Texas National Guard troops are continuing to build concertina wire barriers and expand Texas’ border wall through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star. Since launching OLS three years ago, Texas achieved a milestone this month of installing more than 100 miles of concertina wire along the Texas-Mexico border. […]
(The Center Square)– Add the University of Wisconsin to the list of schools experiencing anti-Israel protests. Groups of students began to gather Monday on the campuses in Madison and Milwaukee, joining pro-Hamas groups on campuses across the country after the terrorist organization invaded Israel in October, killing more than 1,000 men, women and children and taking […]
