Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said President Donald Trump told him last year he would back the ex-governor for office if he ever ran again. Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in February 2020, years after the former governor was convicted on corruption charges in 2011 for attempting to sell former President Barack Obama’s Senate seat. […]
Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner holds a significant lead over Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) in the state’s Democratic Senate primary, according to a Thursday poll. Platner, who has painted himself as a political newcomer, leads Mills, a longtime staple in Maine politics, 55% to 28%, according to an Emerson College Polling survey. Thirteen percent of […]
Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish Parliament, has been convicted by the nation’s supreme court for a religious pamphlet published in 2004. The court found Räsänen, who has been entangled in legal tumoil for over four years, guilty of “incitement against a minority group.” The Lutheran pamphlet — titled “Male and Female He Created […]
Texas state Sen. James Talarico (D) is sending “love” back to Pastor Brooks Potteiger, after the pastor made controversial comments insinuating Talarico is not a born-again Christian. The Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate responded with a post on X: “Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love […]
Fox News released new polling data that show growing dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s leadership and the conflict in Iran. The survey, conducted March 20-23, found that 59% of respondents disapprove of Trump, with 47% strongly disapproving. In comparison, 41% approve of the president, with only 22% strongly supporting him. The latest survey puts Trump […]
Senate Democrats voted in lockstep against a GOP proposal to require photo ID at the polls, the latest turn in a dayslong debate over President Donald Trump’s signature election bill. Republicans scheduled the Thursday vote as a “moment of truth” for Democrats who have previously expressed support for voter ID laws but oppose the SAVE […]
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday accused former special counsel Robert Mueller of leading the “Russia, Russia, Russia hoax” during a Conservative Political Action Conference fireside chat in Dallas, days after Mueller’s death, calling the investigation a “weaponization” of the Justice Department. Speaking alongside CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp, Blanche said the […]
President Donald Trump revealed during a meeting of his Cabinet on Thursday that Iran allowed eight oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, an allowance from the Middle Eastern country that comes during fragile negotiations with U.S. officials. Trump said Iranian negotiators told the United States that they would allow the oil tankers through to […]
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The annual Conservative Political Action Conference began with repeated calls from leaders for the GOP to put aside internal fights and focus on uniting behind President Donald Trump‘s agenda ahead of the midterm elections. Infighting over the Iran war, Israel, and antisemitism has divided the MAGA base during the second year of Trump’s […]
President Donald Trump told his Cabinet that he “never” wants to take the National Guard out of Washington. “I never want to take them out of D.C.,” Trump said, referring to the National Guard during a Thursday Cabinet meeting. “I mean, maybe somebody later on will do it, but I never want to.” The National […]
