A candidate running to replace former Arizona GOP Chairman Jeff DeWit asked Maricopa County supervisors to delay certifying the state’s 2022 midterm elections. According to an email obtained by Votebeat, Jim O’Connor, chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, asked the county supervisors on Nov. 27, 2022, to delay certifying the election. “Please look over the […]
A bipartisan group of senators has cut a deal that would effectively shut down the border if crossings exceed certain levels as Border Patrol struggles to handle a record influx of illegal immigrants. The proposal, part of a border bill expected to be released in the coming days, would grant the Biden administration a new […]
2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley weighed in on the New York jury verdict that ruled former President Donald Trump must pay millions for defaming E. Jean Carroll, arguing that the country can “do better.” “Donald Trump wants to be the presumptive Republican nominee and we’re talking about $83 million in damages,” Haley said in a […]
Alina Habba, attorney for former President Donald Trump, blasted U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan for not allowing her client any defense in front of the New York jury deciding whether or not Trump defamed E. Jean Carroll over her allegations of rape. “We were stripped of every defense, every single defense before we walked in […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) issued the latest update on his Operation Lone Star effort to secure the border Friday amid Texas’s fight with the Biden administration. The latest press release highlighted crimes that were prevented thanks to the cooperation of multiple agencies. Since the operation’s beginning in March 2021, officials seized more than 454 million […]
The Georgia state Senate approved the creation of an investigative committee to scrutinize the conduct of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The state Senate voted 30-19 on Friday to investigate Willis following allegations that she engaged in an improper relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade while he continues to lead the prosecution in the […]
President Joe Biden weighed in himself Friday evening on the drama surrounding the Senate‘s Ukraine-immigration deal, claiming the legislation represents the “toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country.” Biden’s comments come as the White House has repeatedly criticized House Republicans and former President Donald Trump for […]
Low-income Colorado residents will receive their February payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in six days. Food stamps will be sent out from Thursday through Feb. 10 in the Centennial State. SNAP households that become eligible after Feb. 10 can still receive benefits for the month and will not need to wait until March. Benefits are distributed […]
Rep. Nancy Mace‘s (R-SC) former chief of staff filed paperwork to run against her in the 2024 elections on Friday. Dan Hanlon, who recently departed from Mace’s office, filed with the Federal Election Commission to run in the GOP primary in South Carolina‘s 1st Congressional District, according to FEC records. Hanlon worked with Mace since […]
Recently retired National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre confirmed that his chartered flights and gifts were bankrolled by his former company. LaPierre, 74, testified in a New York courtroom Friday in a series of yes or no questions that there were times he and his family personally benefitted on the company’s dime during his over […]
