Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) floated running mates should he launch an independent run during a Thursday stop on his listening tour. “Hypothetically, if I was picking my running mate, really who I would ask right now is Mitt Romney,” Manchin said, referring to the Republican senator from Utah and the 2012 Republican nominee for president. […]
The Alaska Department of Revenue is sending out checks from the Permanent Fund Dividend to another batch of eligible residents who have yet to receive their dividend checks on Thursday. The eligible residents who will receive their payment from the program on Thursday include Alaskans who had the “Eligible-Not Paid” status as of Feb. 7 and have not gotten their PFD […]
National Republicans’ favored candidate to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in the fall will launch a Senate run next week, according to a campaign spokesman. The decision by Eric Hovde, a wealthy businessman who will partially self-fund his campaign, is a major win for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is expected to back him […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not get “full satisfaction” from his viral interview with Tucker Carlson, which was his first interview with a U.S.-based journalist since the start of the war in Ukraine. The one-on-one interview was released last week and lasted over two hours. In reflecting on the interview, Putin said he […]
A new bipartisan bill could ban homeless encampments near “sensitive community areas” in California if shelters are available. Proposed earlier this month by state Sens. Brian Jones, a Republican, and Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat, the goal of Senate Bill 1011 is to curb the homeless crisis in California. The legislation would prohibit homeless individuals from […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) brushed off criticisms from U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron regarding U.S. aid to Ukraine. Cameron published an op-ed in the Hill on Wednesday in an attempt to encourage Congress to pass the bill surrounding aid to Ukraine, which includes $8 billion in “direct budget support” for the Ukrainian government, $14 billion to […]
Officials in Harris County, Texas, are slated to alert applicants who have been selected for its pilot basic income program for low-income individuals within 11 days. The county announced earlier this week that roughly 83,000 people have applied for the Uplift Harris program and added that it will notify those selected for the pilot program by Feb. 26, per the Houston […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his country’s intent to carry out military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah despite strong international preemptive condemnation. More than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in Rafah after fleeing south when Israeli forces carried out operations in the northern part of Gaza. Israeli troops have moved […]
Can the polls get worse for President Joe Biden? Apparently, yes. Consider the latest from Rasmussen Reports that simply asked if Biden’s presidency so far has been a success or failure, a base test for his reelection. The results weren’t good. Some 58% said that Biden has failed. That included 40% who called his lackluster […]
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) discussed a Washington Examiner report on Hamas-owned cryptocurrency as part of a House floor speech this week calling for the Palestinian aid agency of the United Nations to be defunded over terrorism ties. The House Foreign Affairs Committee member in a Wednesday speech excoriated the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which […]
