Former President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows with his decision to hold campaign rallies deep in Democratic territory, including appearances in Coachella Valley, California, and Madison Square Garden in New York City. Yet it is not the first time Trump has paid attention to the blue states outside of the highly competitive Rust Belt, the […]
The novelist John Gardner once classified a certain type of hack writer as the “disPollyanna” — a curdled optimist whose wounded, childlike idealism is inverted and weaponized in the form of “crude jokes and images, slang phrases borrowed from foreign languages” meant solely “to shock prudes.” The disPollyanna “simplemindedly long[s] for goodness, justice, and sanity” […]
An obscure government oversight group could make major waves in the 2024 election if President Joe Biden fulfills its wishes. The group, a watchdog of government watchdogs, has suggested Biden fire Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari following a four-year investigation and a 1,000-page report. If he does, it could set off a […]
For the first time all week, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the country decreased on Friday. The new price is $3.209, a very slight drop from Thursday’s price of $3.212. The cost of gas had increased four straight days prior to the release of Friday’s pricing. Gas prices are a […]
Every big campaign event playing out across the United States this election season has its essential ingredients. There’s the chanting crowd, the patriotic festoonery, the smiling candidate, the platitude-stuffed stump speech, and the stirring popular song to start the party. The process of how those songs are chosen, what effect they have, and how they’re […]
Vice President Kamala Harris’s historical fundraising haul hasn’t been enough to take down former President Donald Trump, leaving Democrats wondering what, if anything, will. Harris has reportedly raised $1 billion in roughly two-and-a-half months, a pace that surpasses any other presidential candidate in modern history. 2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL […]
States in play for both candidates in this year’s presidential election all allow voters to cast their ballots by mail, a process that has attracted controversies and legal battles in the final weeks of campaigning. That includes Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina — each of which has seen concerns raised over absentee ballots. These swing states see varying […]
Perhaps no state in the country had Republican candidates do better in 2022 than Iowa. The GOP won up and down the ballot. For the first time since the Eisenhower administration, there wasn’t a single elected Democrat at the federal level. Iowa, which had once been the quintessential swing state, seemed on the verge of […]
KENNETT SQUARE, Pennsylvania — On a recent bustling Saturday night, cars parked in an upscale shopping center of this Philadelphia suburb included a healthy minority of license plates from neighboring Delaware. During President Joe Biden’s 36-year Senate career representing Delaware, he and his family were among these types of frequent, and barely, out-of-state visitors. After […]
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) is a big fan of former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of a so-called government efficiency commission. Arrington, who has been in office since 2017 and represents a rural west Texas district, spoke to the Washington Examiner about the proposed reform, which aims to cut down on wasteful federal […]
