If Republicans win a Senate majority in November, it will be with a dose of irony for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Across several cycles, the Senate Leadership Fund, the big-spending outside group aligned with the GOP leader, will have built that majority with tens of millions invested in electing some of his loudest critics. There’s […]
Fast-moving bipartisan House legislation that would force TikTok to seek an owner outside of China faces free-speech obstacles. TikTok faces the risk of being forced to divest completely from its parent company, ByteDance, over its connections to the Chinese Communist Party. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, set for a vote Wednesday, […]
Voters in four states will cast their ballots in the March 12 presidential contests on Tuesday. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their party’s nominations Tuesday night, with voters in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington casting ballots. Hawaii will also be voting in the GOP caucus. Polls for Democrats in the Northern […]
Former President Donald Trump is projected to cross the threshold of the 1,215 delegates needed to become the GOP‘s presumptive nominee during Tuesday’s night primaries. Trump won’t be awarded the nomination till the Republican convention in Milwaukee in July, but he surpassed the party’s delegate threshold Tuesday night after winning Washington’s Republican primary. The Associated Press […]
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison mocked the Republican National Committee after it laid off dozens of staffers. Harrison spoke on the MediasTouch podcast, which he appeared on last week to mock Lara Trump’s election as co-chairwoman. This time, he mocked the RNC and Trump over Monday’s mass firings and other alleged troubles. “Hey, listen, as […]
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress on Tuesday that the United States “cannot rule out” that China could use TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections. Haines made the comment at a House Intelligence Committee hearing after being asked by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) if the Chinese Communist Party intended to use the […]
A Boeing whistleblower who was one of the first to raise an alarm about safety concerns at the company was found dead in South Carolina from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. John Barnett was in Charleston for a deposition in a lawsuit accusing Boeing of retaliating against him after he raised concerns about the design […]
GOP senators said legislation barring transgender females from participating in women’s sports will receive floor consideration next year if Republicans retake the Senate in November. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) individually expressed confidence on Tuesday that a Republican Senate majority leader would bring such legislation up for a vote. […]
The federal judiciary announced Tuesday a new rule aimed at mitigating so-called judge shopping strategies, a controversial practice where litigants single out a particular judge to hear their case. The practice has come under bipartisan scrutiny in recent years. The Judicial Conference of the United States, the advisory body of the federal judiciary, announced the changes following its semiannual […]
While House Republican leaders forge ahead with a vote Wednesday on a bill to push the Chinese owners of TikTok to divest or face being banned in the United States, the legislation is far from certain in the Senate. Senators on both sides of the aisle are signaling they’re conflicted about the legislation amid concerns […]
