Nikki Haley has sharpened her rhetoric against former President Donald Trump, although she has left the most direct attacks to her high-profile surrogate, Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH), in the final days ahead of New Hampshire’s primaries. Even as Trump maintains a large lead in the polls, the former U.N. ambassador has routinely played it safe, […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams vetoed two bills Friday to protect police officers from restrictions placed on them by the city council. Adams rejected a ban on solitary confinement, Intro 549-A, in order to protect jail workers from violent detainees. According to the mayor, the practice hasn’t been used in city jails “for years.” […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is blaming the dozens of indictments filed against former President Donald Trump by prosecutors like Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for interrupting the Republican primary and impacting the downward trajectory of his polling numbers. “I think everyone can go back and point into the Alvin Bragg indictment and what that did […]
Republicans in the Louisiana legislature have passed a new congressional map that protects House GOP leadership but will likely result in a net loss of one Republican seat in the state’s congressional delegation. The map, passed in the state legislature by an 86-16 margin in the state House and 27-11 margin in the state Senate […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) filed a judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron, accusing him of “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance” as he oversees former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case in New York. Stefanik filed the complaint on Friday after the New York Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge from Trump […]
JetBlue Airlines announced a shift of focus to leisure routes in light of its merger with Spirit Airlines getting denied in court. The company sent a memo obtained by CNBC to employees Friday announcing more flights to the Caribbean and Paris, which is one of its three trans-Atlantic routes. JetBlue announced its first trans-Atlantic route […]
The Chicago City Council will consider an ordinance that would ban the use of natural gas in most new buildings in the Windy City in an effort to fight climate change. Ald. Maria Hadden, who is sponsoring the Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance, told the Chicago Tribune that the measure will be introduced next week […]
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sued New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday in the hope of obtaining approximately 180 documents related to a sexual harassment investigation into him. The former governor claimed he needed the documents in order to defend himself in two harassment lawsuits that came out of the investigation. The […]
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) could draw a primary opponent for the first time since he was elected following his vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Former Tennessee state Rep. Jimmy Matlock, a Republican who ran against Burchett in 2018 when the seat was open, told the Washington Examiner that he is seriously considering another bid. […]
As the Republican presidential field has shrunk, one man has benefitted from his former opponents dropping out: former President Donald Trump. Of the three remaining major GOP presidential candidates, Trump has received the most endorsements from former Republican nominees and is set to add an endorsement from Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who dropped out of […]
