A group of prominent Democratic women, including several members of Congress and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, is blasting EMILY’s List for endorsing Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the state’s open U.S. Senate race, accusing the group of caving to “money and influence” from Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D-IL) political machine. In a letter obtained […]

Each day on Capitol Hill for the last 16 days is the same: a press conference (or five), lawmaker demonstrations, partisan fights, rinse, repeat. And the phrase “same s***, different day” is becoming a reality as staffers and lawmakers don’t see an end to the government shutdown in sight. Both House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority […]

The U.S. Marine Corps refuted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) claims of freeway closures during Saturday’s amphibious assault demonstration celebration honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego.  Newsome fretted about the Marine Corps firing weapons from ships in the Pacific Ocean during Saturday’s “Sea to Shore – A […]

The federal government shutdown is holding up rulings in some of the nation’s most significant policy disputes between Democratic-led states like California and the Trump administration.  Just days before the Justice Department was supposed to file its response to a lawsuit by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 14 other states challenging the government’s restrictions on […]