House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dismissed concerns over a motion to vacate the speakership, even as threats to his tenure continue. Johnson was asked on Fox News’s Fox and Friends about the potential for him to be booted from the speakership, as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) continues to dangle a motion to vacate over […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly enlisted influencers as part of his push to publicize an election fraud bill alongside former President Donald Trump. After Johnson and Trump made their pitch on the legislation on Friday, several right-wing social media accounts touted the SAVE Act. NBC News reported that Johnson’s office gave several of the […]
Former President Donald Trump raked in more than $1 million in campaign fundraising after the first day of his criminal trial in New York on Monday. According to newly appointed Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman Lara Trump, who is Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, the former president raised the money as he is being charged with 34 counts […]
Abortion will likely be on the ballot in Arizona in November, and Republicans are considering leaning into using language that suggests protecting the procedure as a way to flip the script on Democrats. The GOP in the Grand Canyon State is reportedly considering an alternative ballot measure among its options, according to an internal presentation […]
(The Center Square) – A Tuesday special election could return a Democrat majority to the Michigan House or give Republicans control of one chamber. The election will fill two seats opened after Democrat Reps. Lori Stone of Warren and Kevin Coleman of Westland won mayoral races leaving a 54-54 deadlock in the House. In Warren, […]
(The Center Square) – In less than two months, law enforcement agencies across Washington state will have a less restrictive set of rules when it comes to vehicle pursuits of fleeing suspects. The Washington State Legislature this session loosened restrictions on law enforcement pursuits in the form of passing Initiative 2113 to allow police to pursue […]
(The Center Square) – A ruling that declared state-funded allotments for the correspondence programs has some confused as to what it means for Alaska’s more than 24,000 homeschooled children. Gov. Mike Dunleavy crafted the law as a constitutional amendment while serving as a state senator in 2013. That measure failed and he reintroduced it as […]
(The Center Square) — State agencies across the commonwealth gather data on jobs, employment, and the economy — but they struggle to share it, hamstringing how useful it is. Legislators have taken notice and are looking to compel some digital cooperation. Senate Bill 761, introduced by Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Washington, would require the Department of […]
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released a report on Tuesday detailing its investigation into China’s role in the fentanyl crisis, calling attention to the nation’s “abhorrent” actions and failure to pursue “flagrant” violations of its own laws. In its investigation, the committee found that China subsidizes the exports of illegal fentanyl […]
(The Center Square) – A new legislative effort boasts that it can help rein in wasteful federal spending. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, introduced the Government Spending Oversight Committee Act to empower federal watchdogs to better combat fraud and work with agencies to prevent it from happening. […]
