Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) criticized news outlets that opted not to air former President Donald Trump’s victory speech in Iowa, describing it as “state-run media” being used “by authoritarian governments.” In the wake of Trump’s victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday, MSNBC chose not to air his victory speech live, while CNN aired parts […]
Officers with United States Customs and Border Protection captured nearly 500,000 fentanyl pills at Arizona’s border in a single bust. The seizure occurred on Jan. 12 at the Area Port of Douglas when field operations officers noticed a pickup truck attempting to enter the United States, according to a Wednesday CBP news release. A 19-year-old […]
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich encouraged House Republicans to “stand firm” in negotiations with GOP senators by refusing to give aid to Ukraine until additional security measures are established for the southern border. “I hope the House Republicans stand firm and tell the Senate Republicans, ‘We want a real border bill or nothing, and we’re […]
Federal juries in Washington, D.C., have a pretty consistent record of convictions in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, and a defense lawyer who has worked in over 50 of them thinks she knows why. “This is a Democratic town. People here are Democrats,” Kira Anne West said. After two years of […]
A coalition of abortion rights advocates launched an effort to put a measure on the ballot in the 2024 elections on Thursday asking voters to enshrine abortion rights into the Missouri Constitution. The organization Missourians for Constitutional Freedom has until May to collect over 170,000 signatures from registered voters for the amendment language to be […]
Former President Donald Trump is being warned by allies about potentially choosing former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley as his running mate in 2024. Close Trump allies warned that selecting Haley as his vice president would result in an “intra-party coup,” Politico reported, with Republican senators moving to use every tool at their disposal to […]
Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin its February payments, worth up to $1,751, in 15 days. Montana‘s SNAP payments are distributed over five days each month, starting on the second. February’s payments will be disbursed from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6. The dates recipients get their payments depend on their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or […]
EXCLUSIVE — Kari Lake received the endorsement of Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), a sign of Republicans in Washington, D.C., starting to coalesce around her as she vies for a Senate seat in Arizona. Marshall is the fourth senator to endorse Lake, the former TV news anchor who rose to political prominence last cycle in her […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) days in his prestigious position, like those of his predecessor, could come to a premature end as a new year hasn’t relieved old problems for the top Republican. After an initial honeymoon period following his election as House speaker amid the chaos of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s removal, many House […]
The White House released a memo on Thursday criticizing the House Republicans’ effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Instead of working across the aisle to find bipartisan solutions to strengthen border security and fix an immigration system that has been broken for decades, House Republicans are choosing to play extreme, far-right politics by […]
