The Republican National Committee is raising its requirements for candidates who want to participate in the third GOP presidential debate in Miami in early November.
Right-wing Polish leaders amplified their denunciations of a new feature film by director Agnieszka Holland before its scheduled premiere in the country Friday, accusing the work of defaming Poland with its exploration of a migration crisis along the border with Belarus.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) seemed to draw a wrath as powerful as a thousand suns last week when it was revealed she was kicked out of a performance of Beetlejuice at a Colorado theater because of rude behavior. After a video showed Boebert vaping, violating rules against using cameras and video during the show, and engaging in inappropriate behavior with her companion for the evening, the outrage against her grew even louder. The congresswoman messed up. But you don’t have to take my word for it; take Lauren Boebert’s word.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has once again been indicted on corruption-related charges, raising the question of just how much duplicity Democrats are willing to ignore among powerful members of their own party.
JOE BIDEN'S INTENTIONAL CRISIS. The continuing incursion of illegal border crossers into the United States is the most astonishing story in American politics. There have been days recently in which 10,000 people crossed illegally into the country — and remember, in a long-ago era, when Barack Obama was president, a tenth of that was considered a crisis.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN.) is calling on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ.) to resign in the face of corruption charges, becoming the first Democrat lawmaker to do so. The Hill has reached out to Phillips to confirm this. Phillips, a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, said that while everyone is innocent until proven guilty,...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Friday that he still hopes to pass a Republican-only short-term spending bill next week, as his party has shifted strategies to focus on passing full-year appropriations bills after a series of defeats this week from the conservatives in his conference. Asked if Republicans will still push forward with a partisan...
Democrats on Friday reintroduced legislation that would require colleges receiving federal funding to establish policies that protect enrolled students from harassment based on six protected classes, including sexual orientation and gender identity. The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act, named for the 18-year-old Rutgers student who died by suicide in 2010, would direct colleges to...