FBI Director Christopher Wray declined the House Homeland Security Committee’s request to testify next week on Capitol Hill about the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, a committee aide has confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The refusal puts lawmakers and government officials further at odds following the shooting at Saturday’s Trump rally in Butler, […]
If bets were placed a year ago about who would be at the top of the Democratic ticket, Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) believes he would be cashing in. During the short-lived 2024 Republican presidential primary cycle, Sununu often said he believed his party would not be facing President Joe Biden come November. While many wrote […]
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned Thursday in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as President Joe Biden remained in COVID-19 quarantine in Delaware. Harris’s trip puts her center stage as Biden remains in quarantine while calls for him to exit the 2024 presidential race and as the possibility that she would replace him atop the ticket continue to grow. […]
A Sierra Leone man has been indicted for allegedly smuggling “thousands” of illegal immigrants into the United States by way of the southern border, according to the Department of Justice. The DOJ unsealed an indictment that contained federal criminal charges against 42-year-old Abdul Karim Conteh of Sierra Leone and alleged he oversaw a human smuggling […]
A federal judge in Nevada has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Republicans and former President Donald Trump’s campaign challenging state law regarding mail ballots received after Election Day. The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign filed the lawsuit in May, arguing the state law, which allows ballots received up to four days after Election […]
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks to be gearing up for another shot at a political office as his campaign committee paid a pollster about $67,700 for “polling costs,” according to state financial disclosures reviewed by the Washington Examiner. According to the Expedition Strategies website, the pollster works “collaboratively with campaigns, companies, and advocacy […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, which seeks to lower payments for more than 8 million borrowers. President Joe Biden‘s Saving on a Valuable Education Plan is the latest income-driven repayment program that intends to offer affordable payment plans and pathways to student loan forgiveness at […]
The Biden-Harris campaign is denying any involvement with the exclusion of battleground Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) from a coordinated campaign effort in Michigan after she called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Scholten, a first-term House Democrat who flipped a Republican stronghold in 2022, was reportedly cut off from a coordinated […]
A 17-year-old was arrested over the weekend for stealing a Chevrolet Tahoe that belonged to former President Donald Trump‘s campaign advance team. The vehicle was stolen from the Pfister Hotel in Downtown Milwaukee, where Trump is staying for the Republican National Convention this week. The SUV was stolen around 4 a.m. on Saturday, according to […]
Walt Disney World reopened one of its attractions on Wednesday following a six-month refurbishment, though one animatronic character, Liver Lips McGrowl, was noticeably absent from the lineup. The character, which had been one of 18 animatronic bears at the “Country Bear Jamboree” in Magic Kingdom, had been part of the attraction since 1971, when Disney […]
