White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre urged Congress to pass a national right to abortion on Friday in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court decision but shied away from previewing any new actions President Joe Biden might take on the matter. The Alabama ruling, which found that frozen embryos are children, drew ire from […]
Senior House Democrats are warning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) not to acquiesce to conservative demands for controversial policy riders in proposed legislation to avert a scheduled government shutdown next week. In a letter sent to Johnson on Friday, more than a dozen Democrats urged the speaker to advance must-pass appropriations bills without “harmful poison policy […]
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he does not plan on using the recent state Supreme Court ruling on embryos to prosecute families who use in vitro fertilization. Marshall said he “has no intention of using the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision as a basis for prosecuting IVF families or providers,” in a statement from […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Friday to reaffirm U.S. support for the war-torn country as efforts to pass additional aid stall in Congress. Schumer and his Democratic colleagues touched down in Lviv, Ukraine, early Friday ahead of meetings at the U.S. Embassy, including one with Ukrainian President […]
The leading Republican candidates for Senate are mounting a coordinated counteroffensive to Democratic claims that the party wants to limit access to in vitro fertilization. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, spurred by the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are human beings, released a memo on Friday urging that candidates “clearly and concisely reject […]
A bipartisan commission of ethics regulators in Wisconsin believes one of former President Donald Trump‘s fundraising groups and state GOP officials committed felonies by allegedly dodging campaign finance laws to donate money to take out the state’s top Republican lawmaker. The Wisconsin Ethics Commission recommended felony charges against the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee, state […]
EXCLUSIVE — National Republicans are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to boost election integrity and fund possible litigation efforts ahead of November. The National Republican Congressional Committee has transferred $3.75 million to the Republican National Committee so far this cycle to go directly toward its Election Integrity Department. The integrity project was launched last […]
The View co-host Sunny Hostin attempted to argue that the recent ruling on frozen embryos was about race to no avail among her fellow co-hosts. Friday’s episode included a discussion of the Alabama Supreme Court decision that declared cryogenically frozen embryos are “extrauterine children.” As a result, in vitro fertilization procedures throughout the state have been halted in […]
After nearly four years of the Biden presidency, satisfaction with conditions in the country is a very underwhelming “anemic,” the latest sign that President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle to win a second term. “Today’s 33% satisfaction with the nation’s system of government remains one of the lowest readings,” the latest Gallup survey of […]
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Republican voters attending the Conservative Political Action Conference this week have made clear they’ll vote for former President Donald Trump — but many have expressed concerns about who he may face on the ballot come November. As voters raise concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and political viability, some Republicans are […]
