It was a consequential week for the 2024 race for control of the Senate, where Democrats were dealt both a political gift and a new challenge in races in Montana and Maryland as they attempt to hold on to their slim Senate majority. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) announced Friday that he will run for Senate […]
California cities and counties are on the hook for $300 million in coronavirus aid the state says was promised to them by the Federal Emergency Management Agency but then reneged, leaving many communities already facing financial shortfalls, scrambling to cover their portion of the bill. Sonoma County, for example, has $32 million to pay back, while […]
The Treasury Department confirmed on Friday that politically charged terms like “MAGA,” “Kamala,” “antifa,” “Biden,” and “Trump” were used to monitor private bank transactions in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot. Treasury officials told Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the lead Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, in a letter that private banks would flag […]
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a decrease in city services on Friday to help offset costs inflicted by the city’s migrant crisis. The reduction includes cuts in the hours of operation for several Department of Motor Vehicles offices, and the city’s Parks and Recreation services will reduce their spring programming by 25%. Community centers will […]
LAS VEGAS — Former House Speaker and California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy trashed Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) Thursday, claiming she won’t win reelection in her purple South Carolina district. Asked about Mace and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as potential running mates for former President Donald Trump in the November election, McCarthy dismissed the former immediately, […]
Former President Donald Trump predicted that there is a “100% chance of a major terror attack in the not-too-distant future” under President Joe Biden’s open border policies. Trump said that “terrorists” who were crossing into the United States made U.S. prisoners look like “very nice people” and touted the success of his “travel ban,” which blocked […]
EXCLUSIVE — A group of 12 prominent conservatives, including a former governor, media executives, and a former U.S. attorney general, have issued a letter calling for Nikki Haley to drop out of the race for president. The former U.N. ambassador is the last remaining GOP opponent in former President Donald Trump‘s quest to win a nonconsecutive […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis downplayed the alleged “self-dealing” by her and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, according to a court filing Friday by a lawyer for a defendant in former President Donald Trump‘s Georgia election interference case. Last week, Willis responded for the first time in a motion acknowledging that she and Wade had […]
The White House is defending its media strategy of scheduling President Joe Biden for a prime-time address to dispute mental acuity allegations in special counsel Robert Hur‘s report. But instead of putting the public’s mind at ease with his four-minute remarks and the eight minutes he spent answering questions from reporters, Biden provided more examples […]
LAS VEGAS — Former House Speaker and California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is equipped to continue leading the party. “Very much so,” McCarthy replied when asked by the Washington Examiner on Thursday whether he had confidence in McDaniel’s ability in her role. He also told reporters at former […]
