The Republican Party continues to face many setbacks, mostly of its own doing, in several states heading into the 2024 elections. Many swing states where the GOP is relying on voters to help deliver a presidential victory are plagued by fractured leadership, financial troubles, and infighting. Most recently, Arizona Republicans have been hit with a […]
A bill filed by Iowa Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate would prevent any legal challenges attempting to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment, handing the former president a victory as he faces those efforts in other states. Trump won the Iowa caucuses last week and the New […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been pursuing a risky strategy for months to approve further funding for Ukraine. He’s demanded that Democrats negotiate a compromise on the border before Republicans greenlight that aid. The move reflects a political reality in the Republican-led House, where conservatives complain the United States should not be protecting […]
The state of Alabama is set to carry out the nation’s first execution via nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday, officials said. Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to be executed inside the William C. Holman Correctional Facility for the 1988 murder-for-hire killing of Alabama native Elizabeth Sennett, according to a report. The execution is slated to proceed […]
U.S. Marshals in New Jersey shot and killed one of New York’s most wanted fugitives on Wednesday following an arrest attempt related to armed robbery. Shamar Leggette was allegedly involved in the 2022 livestreamed robbery of Brooklyn bishop Lamor Whitehead, and he died after he opened fire on law enforcement at an MHO Inn and […]
America’s voters view the White House term “Bidenomics” negatively and believe that President Joe Biden’s touting of it will actually help former President Donald Trump win in the fall election. A risky strategy from the start since similar phrases such as “Reaganomics” were used against the sitting president, Biden’s team believed they could spin the […]
President Joe Biden touted the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s strong gross domestic product report as an outgrowth of his plan to grow “the economy from the middle out and the bottom up.” The BEA’s report, adjusted for inflation, showed the economy growing 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023, outpacing projections and allaying concerns of […]
Former D.C. Councilman Michael A. Brown, who served a prison sentence for bribery, will make a run for Washington’s nonvoting delegate in the House of Representatives. Brown pleaded guilty in 2013 and was sentenced in 2014 to three years in prison for accepting $55,000 in bribes from who he believed to be a businessman seeking […]
Vice President Kamala Harris said she and President Joe Biden‘s approval ratings would increase if they took more credit for their administration‘s accomplishments. “I think what the American people want most in their leaders is that we actually get things done,” Harris said in an interview with Katie Couric on Next Question. “And we have […]
The manufacturer of Robitussin, Haleon, is voluntarily recalling eight lots of its cough syrup due to microbial contamination. The Food and Drug Administration published a press statement on Haleon’s behalf late last night, saying that the company is in direct communication with distributors and customers to provide instructions for returning recalled products. Eight different lot […]
