Biden administration officials did damage control against a special counsel report questioning the president’s memory and handling of classified documents while promising to make changes going forward. The White House rolled out General Counsel’s Office spokesman Ian Sams for a rare briefing room appearance Friday, during which he said a new “task force” would be […]
The Georgetown University College Democrats have been lobbying the D.C. Council to end legacy admissions at public and private schools in the city. The group’s Furthering Admissions Inclusion and Representation proposal would ban admissions preferences for applicants who are related to former students as well as those related to major donors. Historically black colleges and […]
As Democrats defend President Joe Biden against accusations of memory loss, transcripts are likely to be one of the next battle lines. White House spokesman Ian Sams, many prominent Democrats, and President Joe Biden himself have said the special counsel report’s accusations that he could not remember when he became vice president and the year […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), an influential member of the Senate Committee on Finance, trashed the bipartisan child tax credit and business tax bill on Friday and said he hopes it never comes to a vote. The bill in question passed the House in a 357-70 vote but is facing an uphill battle in the Senate, […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), seen as a possible 2024 running mate for former President Donald Trump, burnished her loyalty credentials Thursday when she claimed she would not have certified the 2020 election results if she were vice president on Jan. 6, 2021. Stefanik said on Thursday she did not think former Vice President Mike Pence […]
More gains for U.S. stocks on Friday sent Wall Street to its latest record, milestone and winning week.The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and finished a day above the 5,000 level for the first time. It’s the 10th record in less than a month for the index, which closed its 14th winning week in the last […]
Former President Donald Trump gave his coveted endorsement to Republican Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy on Friday, just hours after Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) announced his bid for the Montana seat. Trump praised Sheehy as an “American hero” who is in the best position to beat Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) in November because he has the […]
Arizona legislators passed a bipartisan bill Thursday that would change the date of the state’s primary to allow more time for votes to be counted in an effort to avoid electoral complications ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Arizona enacted a law in 2022 that raised the threshold for an automatic recount from 0.1% to […]
The Department of Justice’s announcement this week that President Joe Biden would face no charges for mishandling classified documents drew renewed attention to the case against former President Donald Trump related to the same issue. Republicans swiftly criticized the DOJ for choosing to prosecute Trump but not Biden, accusing the department of having double standards. […]
The hosts of The View scoffed at Rep. Elise Stefanik‘s (R-NY) recent defense of former President Donald Trump as she appears to prop herself up as an option for vice president. Stefanik appeared on CNN on Thursday night to lament that Trump’s case in Colorado had reached the Supreme Court for deliberation because “radical leftists” […]
