Former President Donald Trump said he is narrowing down his options for vice president, highlighting the high interest among politicians in serving as his second-in-command. Trump told Newsmax’s Greg Kelly on Wednesday evening that “really great people” want the position and have expressed they “would love to be vice president.” “Who wouldn’t? If you’re a […]
Democrats are being forced to reckon with the looming reality that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will launch a ground invasion into Rafah despite President Joe Biden’s vocal opposition. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will deliver a floor speech on Thursday morning outlining “a pathway to peace and achieving a two-state solution,” his office […]
All the trips back to Pennsylvania and his team’s promotion of “Scranton Joe” roots have failed to push President Joe Biden ahead of former President Donald Trump in his birth state. In the latest Emerson College Polling/Hill survey out Thursday morning, Trump continues to lead Biden in Pennsylvania, now by a margin of 47% to […]
(The Center Square) — New Jersey Republicans are seizing on a new independent report detailing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it backs up their claims that he mismanaged the crisis. The 907-page report, which was overseen by Paul Zoubek, a Republican former assistant state attorney general, examined New Jersey’s preparedness […]
(The Center Square) – The chorus of voices in opposition to the Internal Revenue Service’s taxation of a state rebate many Arizona families received last year continues to grow. On Wednesday, U.S. Reps. David Schweikert, Greg Stanton and Juan Ciscomani asked the IRS to change course on taxing the “Arizona Families Tax Rebate.” Taxpayers in Arizona […]
(The Center Square) – A bill to substantially restrict oil and gas permitting in Colorado would result in widespread financial and environmental impacts, according to a new report by a research group. The report, published by the Common Sense Institute, a free-enterprise think tank, says Senate Bill 24-159 would negatively impact the state’s economy as well as tax […]
(The Center Square) – Mass gun violence this year is down nearly 50% compared to last year, according to James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who manages the Associated Press/USA TODAY mass killing database. “As for crime, it’s: ‘Good news is no news.’ … mass shootings by the Gun Violence Archive definition (4+ shot, […]
(The Center Square) – Washington state held its first quarterly carbon auction of the year on March 6, selling all 7.4 million allowances at a final settlement price of $25.76 to bring in nearly $192 million, according to a preliminary summary report released Wednesday by the Department of Ecology. That’s on top of the slightly more than $2 […]
(The Center Square) – A U.S. Supreme Court case regarding free speech at higher education institutions has left the ongoing debate about bias on college campuses undecided. The issue began when a legal challenge was filed in Speech First, Inc. v. Sands over Virginia Tech’s “bias-response team policies,” which monitored, tracked and investigated students’ speech […]
Republicans‘ uphill climb of impeaching President Joe Biden got a little steeper following Rep. Ken Buck‘s (R-CO) early retirement announcement, with his departure presenting the House GOP with significant math problems. Buck will leave Congress on March 22, handing Republicans just a two-seat majority over Democrats, likely posing a problem for the divided GOP conference. A lawmaker told Axios in […]
