Opponents of the Electoral College argue that the effort to abolish it is bipartisan and would not change if the popular vote swung toward former President Donald Trump. The Electoral College has become an increasingly partisan matter, particularly after Democratic resentment in 2016, when Trump lost the popular vote but won enough electoral votes to […]
Wisconsin’s legislative and statewide races have caught the attention of local and national officials under newly competitive maps in what is expected to be a competitive general election in November. In the 2022 midterm elections, outside groups spent $93 million on races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and treasurer. That number […]
In the last month, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has pulled off what at one time seemed like an impossible feat. Despite an unruly conference and his own inexperience, he managed to usher through the House three sets of bills that fractured Republicans for much of the 118th Congress. Each piece of legislation, on foreign aid, […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) referred Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to the New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct after her controversial statements and actions during a traffic stop last week in Webster, New York, according to various reports. According to reports, Doorley allegedly refused to pull over to police after being caught speeding by local law […]
Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, could be served arrest warrants this week from the International Criminal Court on charges related to the country’s military campaign in Gaza. Israeli and other foreign officials reportedly believe Hamas leaders face arrest warrants too. The ICC has not confirmed its plans, but senior officials in the Israeli […]
Three Louisiana police officers were shot during a standoff Sunday that resulted in a fatal shooting of the suspect. Matthew Lathers, 31, was suspected in two shootings before Kenner Police Department officers gathered outside the residence of Lathers’s relative on Sunday. Earlier that day, there were two victims shot outside that same residence, which helped […]
Former White House chief of staff Ronald Klain believes the speculated presidential debates between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump need to be “different” from previous years. Klain, who worked in the Biden White House from 2021 through 2023, claimed previous debates involving Trump saw the former president not “follow the rules at […]
Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell is out of the hospital after suffering an injury in a mass shooting in Florida on Sunday. Dell was at a private event hosted by the restaurant Cabana Live. Typically, the restaurant limits its patrons to those over the age of 18 at sundown. However, the suspected gunman, 16-year-old […]
A grand jury has decided not to prosecute a Texas mother after she killed a 14-year-old boy who was invading her home. The grand jury in Tarrant County did not find enough evidence to charge Aleah Wallace, a mother of four girls. As such, the jury opted to no-bill her, four months after the shooting […]
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) has defended her decision to kill her dog Cricket, which has caused major controversy ahead of the release of her new book. Noem’s new book includes a story of how she put down her 14-month-old puppy due to the dog killing a local family’s chickens after a pheasant hunting trip and […]
