Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will launch a presidential exploratory committee on Wednesday, according to a source familiar, taking him one step closer to formally challenging former President Trump for the GOP nomination in 2024. The launch comes as Scott makes stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina this week. Scott would be the highest-profile...
A first-of-its-kind bill that would grant farmers access to affordable equipment repairs passed in Colorado’s State Legislature on Tuesday and will now head to the governor’s desk. If signed by Gov. Jared Polis (D) into law, the Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural Equipment Act, HB23-1011, would require manufacturers to provide parts, embedded software, firmware, tools and...
Crooked Media co-founder Jon Lovett said Tuesday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) should resign, noting that her current absence from the upper chamber is preventing the Senate from confirming justices. "There's been a lot of reporting about Dianne Feinstein no longer being fit to serve in the Senate representing the biggest state in this country....
Two hundred and forty Democratic members of Congress are asking an appeals court to block a Texas judge’s ruling last week that will halt the prescription and distribution of mifepristone, a widely used pill for abortions and managing early miscarriages. The lawmakers — 50 senators and 190 House members — signed onto an amicus brief that was...
The biggest leak of classified documents in a decade created a sprawling crisis in Washington this week as records detail alleged U.S. spying on allies, insights into American thinking on the war in Ukraine and at least two neutral countries mulling plans to support Russia. Pentagon officials are still reviewing the documents for validity and...
Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday announced his nomination of professor Katherine Curry to succeed Ryan Walters as the Sooner State's education secretary.
Former Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler is changing his plea in a child pornography case, reaching a deal with prosecutors that reportedly involves prison time.