Pennsylvania is the ultimate battleground for 2024, with the White House, Senate, and House all poised to flip based on how voters here cast their ballots. In this series, Pining for Pennsylvania: Unlocking the crucial Keystone State, the Washington Examiner will look at the demographics, politics, and key areas that have made Pennsylvania the must-watch state of the […]
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump hinted Thursday that ex-lawyer Michael Cohen isn’t the only witness they plan to prove has an issue with telling the truth during the criminal hush money trial. Trump and his attorneys have made clear they intend to use Cohen’s history of lying to Congress and his recent admonishment by […]
An Army reservist and acquaintance of Robert Card, the gunman responsible for a mass shooting in Maine in 2023, testified on Thursday that he warned about Card’s behavior weeks before the attack occurred, the Associated Press reported. Sean Hodgson told members of his reserve unit of his concerns with Card six weeks before the mass shooting in […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is moving to divide Democrats on the wave of anti-Israel protests at Columbia and other universities as he attempts to overcome the fallout from an intraparty fight over Ukraine. Johnson is navigating a sense of betrayal from his right flank after allowing funding for Ukraine to pass the House on Saturday. […]
In key 2024 battleground states, some Senate Republican candidates are shifting their stances on abortion rights in an attempt to blunt Democrats’ previous success running on the issue and to embrace similar messaging outlined by former President Donald Trump. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has adopted a stance in which he avoids calling for a […]
A press release followed by an Axios write-up this week zeroed in on a sprawling new partnership ahead of the 2024 election between TelevisaUnivision, the world’s largest Spanish-language media company, and “nonpartisan” groups to register and mobilize Hispanic voters across the United States. It’s called Vota Conmigo — or Vote With Me. The collaboration “will […]
China Foreign Minister Wang Yi claimed that the United States has suppressed his country’s development, Reuters reported. The comments came as Yi met with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Beijing, China on Friday in an attempt to strengthen the relationship between the two countries and settle lingering trade and policy disagreements. “And the relationship is […]
Open internet regulations whose repeal became a cause celebre of sorts among “Resistance” types during the Trump presidency are going back on the books. With backing from the Biden administration, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on April 25 to reinstitute updated net neutrality regulations. The rules prohibit broadband providers from blocking or slowing down […]
Rwanda is an astonishing country: safe, prosperous, orderly, and open. Its success is remarkable enough given the rough neighborhood in which it finds itself. But when you think that 30 years ago this month, it was in the throes of the worst mass slaughter of the late 20th century, its achievements look miraculous. I have […]
Harvey Weinstein’s accusers have weighed in on the New York Court of Appeals’s decision to overturn the disgraced film executive’s 2020 conviction on sexual assault charges. His conviction four years ago marked a landmark in the #MeToo movement after more than 100 women accused Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment. His accusers shared their thoughts after […]
