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Steve Scalise takes on Jim Jordan, says his fundraising expertise is an advantage in speaker race

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise on Friday highlighted his fundraising prowess as an edge over Rep. Jim Jordan in the speaker's race, previewing the argument he will make to House Republicans next week.

Democratic revolutionary RFK Jr. poised to shake up presidential race with independent bid

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has worn a lot of hats in the 20204 presidential race: vaccine skeptic, anti-war champion and environmental warrior -- as well as shirtless gym rat and backflip master.

I’ve seen firsthand the damage an open border can do

On a dark night in south Texas, I encountered something I will never forget.

Democrats’ magical (or cynical) thinking on prices

California is raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers from $15 an hour to $20. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all get 33% raises?

Why you can still find the American dream in rural America

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem did not come up with the rallying cry, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” but she did popularize it. Unfortunately for families over the last 50 years, Steinem has been proven spectacularly wrong.

Texas Democrat praises new Biden border wall, ‘a necessary step’

Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) came out in support of the Biden administration’s decision Thursday to expand construction of new border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, an issue which has divided Democrats. “This is a necessary step to help Texas’ overwhelmed border communities deal with this current surge of migrants,” Allred said in a statement to...

New York City mayor in Mexico: ‘There is no more room in New York’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams visited Mexico’s Puebla state Thursday, where he attempted to balance the migrant-friendly stance New York is known for with the struggles the city is facing amid an influx of asylum-seekers. Adams focused on the ties binding his city and the Mexican state that has sent some 800,000 of its...

Former Cranston, R.I., mayor drops out of presidential race: ‘You haven’t heard the last from me’

Former Cranston, R.I., Mayor Steve Laffey announced Friday that he is dropping out of the Republican race for president in 2024 after failing to gain traction with his candidacy. Laffey said in a release that he is also leaving the Republican Party because the party has become a “laughingstock” under the “shadow” of former President...

Trump seeks pause in New York fraud trial 

Attorneys for former President Trump are seeking to temporarily pause his civil fraud trial, along with the enforcement of a ruling issued before the trial started that found Trump and his business liable for fraud, until after the case has been appealed. Trump’s legal team wrote in a 1,154-page court filing that Judge Arthur Engoron’s...

Why did Mayorkas expand temporary protected status to 714,700 Venezuelans?

The new designation period will begin on Oct. 3, 2023, and end on April 2, 2025. This means that Venezuelans who came here after the March 9, 2021, continuous presence deadline for the 2021 designation and remained here unlawfully until July 31, 2023, will be able to get TPS now.   

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