Former President Donald Trump won’t appear on Nevada’s 2024 GOP primary ballot, choosing to stand with the state GOP’s caucus, where delegates will be awarded. Down to a two-person race ahead of next week’s presidential nominating contest, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will be on the primary ballot but left off the caucus. Nevada’s dueling […]
President Joe Biden is facing a possible mutiny among progressive Democrats in Congress, who are threatening him over a major border deal. Tensions between progressive Democrats and Biden, along with his more centrist Democratic allies in Congress, escalated dramatically in October when the party split over stances on the Israel-Hamas war. Tensions are poised to […]
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would hold its interest rate target steady, a pause ahead of an expected move this year to lower rates in reaction to signs that inflation is cooling. Following a two-day meeting of its monetary policy committee in Washington, D.C., the Fed announced that it will keep its rate target […]
Maryland lawmakers are set to hold a hearing on Wednesday on legislation that would prohibit the participation of biological males in girls sports throughout schools in the state. Known as the Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act, the legislation has at least 17 sponsors in the Maryland General Assembly and would require “certain interscholastic and intramural […]
President Joe Biden is prepared to veto a Senate resolution that would repeal the administration’s rule compelling public companies to make certain cybersecurity disclosures. If passed, the resolution, introduced by Sen. Tom Tillis (R-NC), would rescind the Securities and Exchange Commission rule, which covers cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosures, after it was […]
A trucking convoy traveling across the United States is seeking people upset over the influx of illegal immigrants entering the country to join its protest, with the southern border as the destination. The Take Our Border Back convoy is a two-week demonstration organized by the self-proclaimed “God’s Army,” coming from across the U.S. The convoy […]
A judge in Dane County ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission to vote on regulations regarding the acceptance of absentee ballots missing witness address information, which, if passed, could result in more ballots being counted in the 2024 election. Wisconsin law requires every absentee ballot to be signed by an adult witness, which opposers argued violates […]
Oregon leaders came together Tuesday to declare a 90-day state of emergency in Portland after fentanyl-related deaths skyrocketed in recent months, following a 2020 law the state enacted to decriminalize some hard drugs. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D), Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, and the city’s county chairwoman Jessica Vega Pederson announced that the Democrat-led city […]
A shocking crime spree in the Washington, D.C., area this week laid bare the chaos unfolding in the nation’s capital. In an 11-hour stretch on Monday night, one suspect was involved in eight dangerous incidents before he was shot dead by police in the early hours of Tuesday morning. D.C. Police Executive Assistant Chief Jeffery […]
A pair of Republican lawmakers are calling on their colleagues in the House and Senate to advance a financial aid bill to Israel as negotiations in the upper chamber have stalled action on that front over the last several weeks. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) released a joint statement on Wednesday […]
