Michigan voters have an outsized 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 issues that will swing the critical battleground state. Part One, […]
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) pledged to refuse donations from corporate PACs, which the Senate candidate running to fill Michigan’s open seat has sought to outlaw. Her donors rely on them. In 2022, Slotkin co-sponsored a bill that would ban for-profit corporations from operating political funds she’s chided as being “corrupt” for exerting outsize influence on […]
Demoralized Border Patrol agents are warning the Democratic-controlled Senate against sabotaging the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Five federal law enforcement agents who spoke with the Washington Examiner after the House’s Feb. 13 vote said they have been dragged through the mud since Mayorkas was confirmed by the Senate in February 2021. […]
The economy will expand by more than previously expected this year and the Federal Reserve will likely pull off a “soft landing,” avoiding a recession, leading business economists said in a new survey. The monthly survey, which was conducted by the National Association for Business Economics in February and released on Monday, found that more […]
An Italian comedy skit show premiered its eighth season with an homage to President Joe Biden that was full of jokes at his expense. Comedian Maurizio Crozza has a one-man show on Warner Bros. Discovery where he impersonates various figures called Fratelli di Crozza, which translates to “Crozza’s brothers.” While his catalog typically includes skits […]
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) believes Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has to “be better” in order for the House to “get things done” as the government faces a partial shutdown this week. McHenry, who served as speaker pro tempore in October after the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, sounded frustrated over the lack of progress […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) wants to see a debate between President Joe Biden and his likely opponent in the 2024 general election, Donald Trump. Newsom appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday, where host Kristen Welker asked the California governor whether Biden should debate Trump after the former president expressed his desire to do so. […]
TROY, Michigan — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley was adamant before Michigan Republicans that she is the GOP presidential candidate who can win the 2024 general election against President Joe Biden, despite former President Donald Trump‘s 20 percentage point win this weekend in South Carolina. “You can’t have a candidate who’s going to win a […]
A former consultant for Rep. Dean Phillips’s (D-MN) 2024 campaign revealed himself to be behind a controversial robocall that used an impersonation of President Joe Biden to discourage New Hampshire Democrats from voting for the incumbent in the state’s primary. Steve Kramer, who was hired to help with ballot access in New York and Pennsylvania, […]
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) has said President Joe Biden’s inaction on securing the southern border has led to the death of a Georgia college student in an open letter he addressed to the president and his administration. The letter comes after Jose Ibarra, an illegal Venezuelan immigrant, has been identified as the sole suspect in the […]
