Michigan voters have an outsize impact on who will win the White House and which party will carry the House and Senate in 2024. In this series, Great Stakes: The fight to be hailed as victors in Michigan, the Washington Examiner will look at the thorny politics and unique matters that will swing the critical battleground state. Part four, […]
Nearly a decade ago, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was making a name for herself inside Democratic circles on Capitol Hill. In 2012, she spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then won a landslide victory in her election to the House of Representatives. The former Hawaii representative served as a […]
Hunter Biden is set to appear on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a long-awaited deposition with House lawmakers, who are expected to question the first son on his years’ worth of international business dealings as part of their impeachment inquiry into his father. The deposition with President Joe Biden’s son is set to take place […]
The White House is taking action to protect people’s private data from foreign and enemy nations. President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order on Wednesday that will authorize Attorney General Merrick Garland to prevent Americans’ personal data from flowing to adversarial countries such as China, North Korea, and Iran. The order will […]
More than a thousand miles north of the southern border, Republican voters who turned out at the polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina have one issue front of mind: immigration. The issue of the border crisis surged past all other voter concerns, including foreign policy, the economy, and abortion, to become the greatest […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case surrounding whether the federal government can ban attachments known as bump stocks that allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot quicker — and whether those attachments bring the firearm within the definition of a machine gun. Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, handed over his bump […]
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) filed for reelection on Tuesday, giving House Republicans some room to breathe following the departure announcements of several chairpeople in the last month. Smith filed for reelection in Missouri‘s 8th Congressional District, where he is touting the House’s recently passed tax relief bill as a “huge win.” […]
A Michigan judge ruled against the state’s Republican leader on Tuesday, issuing a temporary injunction that bans the GOP chairwoman from conducting party business. The ruling from Kent County Circuit Judge Joseph Rossi is considered a victory for former Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who was elected to replace Chairwoman Kristina Karamo. Rossi dated the order back […]
DEARBORN, Michigan — President Joe Biden survived a grassroots campaign in Michigan that aimed to send him a message through Tuesday’s Democratic primary regarding his response to the Israel–Hamas war. The Associated Press called the race for Biden at 9:01 p.m., and he had received about 79% of Michigan’s Democratic primary vote on Tuesday at the time it was called, compared to […]
LANSING, Michigan — Former President Donald Trump won the Michigan Republican Party‘s presidential primary Tuesday night, defeating former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for the second time in less than one week. The Associated Press called the race shortly after all the polls closed at 9 p.m. ET. With a fifth of the ballots counted, Trump had 66% of the […]
