Arizona Republicans are blasting the state Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upholds a Civil War-era near-total abortion ban, claiming the decision goes too far in a state where abortion rights will likely weigh heavily on the outcome of the 2024 election. The Arizona Supreme Court ruling bans abortions with no exceptions for rape or […]
House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) will take on a powerful role as the next chairman of the Appropriations Committee after the GOP Steering Committee elected him to the position on Tuesday night. The Oklahoma congressman will succeed outgoing Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX), who announced that she was stepping down from her […]
The former elementary school assistant principal in Virginia, where a 6-year-old student shot his teacher in the hand and chest, has been indicted by a grand jury on eight child abuse charges. Ebony Parker, 39, was charged in the case on March 11, according to records that were unsealed on Tuesday, with child abuse and […]
Several House Republicans were caught by surprise when GOP leaders announced they would postpone sending articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate, including those preparing to lead the prosecution in the trial. The House was initially scheduled to send the articles of impeachment to the upper chamber on Wednesday evening, […]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) suggested that Ukrainian leaders are spending United States aid money on “beach houses all over the world.” In an appearance on Newsmax, Tuberville bemoaned the financial situation of the U.S., urging the government to focus on that before sending out any foreign funds. He turned his attention to Ukraine, where he […]
First lady Jill Biden previewed Wednesday’s state dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and outlined how the food and decor were chosen to best reflect both the United States and Japan in the spring. The event marks President Joe Biden‘s fifth state dinner since entering office in 2021, with the most recent coming last […]
Two far-right activists agreed to pay up to $1.2 million to New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office for a robocall campaign in 2020 that sought to suppress the state’s black vote. James said Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have agreed to pay the funds, which are drastically lower than a federal $5.1 million charge […]
The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested eight people in connection to an organized retail theft ring, including six minors, three of whom are between the ages of 11 and 15 and accused of peddling the stolen goods. Authorities alleged that the group regularly shoplifted from stores and then traded or sold what they took […]
The Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe Doescher reacted to the decision the Arizona Supreme Court made Tuesday regarding abortion access, arguing that it provides a difficult challenge for state Republicans to navigate ahead of the November elections. The state’s Supreme Court upheld a law from 1864 that bans abortions within the state, with the only exception […]
President Joe Biden slammed former President Donald Trump as a primary threat to freedom and democracy in an interview with Univision, the Spanish language network, that will air Tuesday evening. Biden’s comments against Trump come as he has been working to shore up support with Latino voters ahead of the Nov. 5 election after recent polling […]
