Rep. Ken Buck‘s (R-CO) announcement on Tuesday that he will be leaving Congress at the end of next week has taken a narrow GOP House majority and put it on life support. With Buck’s exit, Republicans will only maintain a 218-213 majority after next week, which is expected to shrink to a 218-214 majority when […]
Former special counsel Robert Hur faced questions from lawmakers Tuesday during a public hearing about his yearlong investigation into President Joe Biden‘s handling of classified documents. Republicans and Democrats alike took issue with elements of Hur’s findings, which were detailed in a lengthy report the Department of Justice released last month. Hur had found evidence […]
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) described the current congressional term as “the worst year” in his nearly decadelong tenure following his announcement to make an early exit next week, leaving his seat vacant and further shrinking the House Republican majority. “It is the worst year of the nine years and three months that I’ve been in […]
(The Center Square) — Virginia’s congressional races will soon heat up, as competitors must declare their candidacy by April 15 to make June’s primary ballot. The seats for districts seven and 10 will be the most competitive, with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7, declaring a run for governor and Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-10, not seeking reelection due to […]
(The Center Square) – Pittsburgh’s recent decision to reroute early morning emergency calls comes one year after the mayor planned to triple police presence downtown. The policy change, announced Feb. 22, means calls received between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. for crimes not in progress – including theft, harassment and criminal mischief – will reroute […]
(The Center Square) – Texas Republican and Democratic members of Congress oppose President Joe Biden’s proposed ban on liquified natural gas (LNG) exports. After Biden announced the ban, claiming exports would increase energy costs and methane emissions, claims that have been refuted by multiple organizations citing federal data, a coalition of Texas Democrats urged the president to […]
(The Center Square) – The Pritzker administration is set to remove thousands of non-citizens over the age of 65 from the state’s taxpayer-subsidized health care plan in an effort to save state taxpayers millions of dollars. Much of those costs would be shifted to federal taxpayers. Officials with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family […]
(The Center Square) – Less than eight months from now, Washington state voters will – in addition to casting a ballot for president in November’s general election – decide the fate of three initiatives for repealing the state’s Climate Commitment Act and its carbon market, getting rid of the capital gains tax, and letting people […]
(The Center Square) – An average of 1,000 North Carolina residents are signing up each day for Medicaid since the state expanded the program Dec. 1. That’s twice as fast as other states that recently expanded their programs, said Kody Kinsley, the state’s secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Meeting with a […]
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both surpassed the threshold to become the presumptive nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, Tuesday night. However, results from the primaries, especially in Georgia and Washington state, offered warning signs for both candidates that they must reckon with before the Nov. 5 general election matchup. Biden, who never faced […]
