By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) The judges and commissioners of four more Texas counties have declared an invasion at the southern border: Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Medina. The judges of these counties also joined a new coalition led by newly elected Atascosa County Judge Weldon Cude in an …
Read More »Democrats Pounce After Jim Jordan Gives Republicans An RFK Jr. Problem
Several House Democrats have sent a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) calling on them to disinvite RFJ Jr. from testifying before Jordan’s weaponization of government subcommittee. Video: House Democrats ask Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan to disinvite Robert …
Read More »Ramaswamy Looks to Supreme Court in Effort to Appeal to Conservatives
Vivek Ramsawamy, an entrepreneur running for the Republican presidential nomination, on Monday will release a list of potential choices for the U.S. Supreme Court, in an effort to highlight his conservative credentials to early-state voters who may be skeptical of a candidate without a political background. The move echoes one …
Read More »A Pro-Trump Crowd, Sensing Disloyalty, Drowns Out Dissent
Not long ago, the names on the marquee would have been right at home on Fox News: Stephen K. Bannon, Tucker Carlson and Roger J. Stone Jr. But Fox News ousted Mr. Carlson three months ago, and Mr. Bannon, Mr. Stone and a boisterous pro-Trump crowd at the Turning Point …
Read More »Democrats Are Getting Tough On No Labels
Democrats are taking the threat of third-party presidential candidacy by No Labels seriously as Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler warned that beneath the No Labels label is a Trump logo. Video: Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler tells @Acosta “If you peel off the …
Read More »Biden National Security Adviser Trashes House GOP Passed DOA NDAA
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that the House Republican-passed NDAA was never going to make it to President Biden’s desk. Video: Biden National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says the House passed NDAA has no chance, “This legislation is never getting to the president’s desk.” pic.twitter.com/0XElaiKCx0 — Sarah …
Read More »Alabama Scrambles to Redraw Its Voting Map After a Supreme Court Surprise
Under orders from the Supreme Court to produce a voting map that no longer illegally dilutes the power of Black voters in Alabama, the state’s lawmakers are now facing a high-stakes scramble to come up with an acceptable replacement by the end of this week. A little over a month …
Read More »With a Centrist Manifesto, No Labels Pushes Its Presidential Bid Forward
The coalition opposing the No Labels effort — which already includes Third Way, the progressive group MoveOn.org, the Democratic opposition research firm American Bridge and the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, formed by Republican consultants — will be joined next week by a bipartisan coalition headed by Richard A. Gephardt, a former …
Read More »What to Watch in the 2024 Money Wars as a Big Deadline Arrives
The financial landscape of the 2024 presidential race — the contest’s haves and have-nots, their momentum and desperation — will come into sharper focus on Saturday, the deadline for campaigns to file their latest reports to the Federal Election Commission. The filings, which detail fund-raising and spending from April 1 …
Read More »Pence Raises Just $1.2 Million, Aides Say, in Worrying Sign for 2024 Bid
Former Vice President Mike Pence has raised a paltry $1.2 million for his presidential campaign, according to two campaign aides, a sum that raises dire questions about Republicans’ appetite for Mr. Pence in 2024. Now Mr. Pence’s campaign is fighting to qualify for the first televised Republican presidential debate next …
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