GETTYSBURG — Dave McCormick was having a time of it when he walked into a town hall he was hosting here in Adams County in March 2022. It was two months before the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, former President Donald Trump had just endorsed celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz, and conservative activist Kathy Barnette was gaining on him and Oz in the contentious contest.
President Biden on Friday said the commitments made with South Korea and Japan during the Camp David Summit are meant to guard against political whiplash in Washington, D.C., and will push back on former President Trump’s “America First” policy. “There's not much, if anything, I agree on with my predecessor, on foreign policy," Biden said....
An abortion rights group in Nebraska is taking initial steps to put the issue on the ballot in 2024. A political campaign committee called Protect Our Rights filed paperwork earlier this month in support of a ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to protect the right to an abortion. Language for the measure...
The Biden campaign on Friday seized on reports that Donald Trump will skip the first GOP primary debate in Wisconsin, arguing the state is a symbol of the former president's "failed leadership." "Of course Donald Trump wants to avoid appearing in Wisconsin because he knows Wisconsin is a state that illustrates his failed leadership," Biden...
A federal judge in Florida denied a request from a group of Chinese citizens to halt a new Florida law that bans those from certain countries from purchasing property in parts of the state. In a ruling Thursday, United States District Judge Allen Winsor denied a preliminary injunction motion that would have blocked the law...
President Biden on Friday offered his first public comments on the appointment of a special counsel to oversee an investigation into his son, Hunter Biden. "I have no comment on any investigation that’s going on. That’s up to the Justice Department, and that’s all I have to say," Biden said at a joint press conference...
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Friday said former President Trump “should serve time” if he is convicted on federal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. “If in fact he’s convicted of the crimes charged by Jack Smith and the Department of Justice …yeah, I think he should serve time, quite...
Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) went after fellow presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday, saying his campaign is “circling the drain” after a leaked debate prep memo suggests he stand behind former President Trump at the first GOP debate next week. Hurd said in a CNN interview that he wants to be...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed Citibank on Thursday for not cooperating in an investigation into whether financial institutions are sharing data with the FBI. “On June 12, 2023, we requested your voluntary cooperation with our oversight to determine the extent to which financial institutions, such as Citibank, have worked with the FBI...