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DCCC chair says GOP fealty to Trump, ‘extreme’ agenda will help flip the House in November

The head of the House Democrats campaign arm says House Republicans' dogged desire to show fealty to former President Donald Trump shows how far the party has drifted away from the mainstream and will haunt them in the November elections.

White House dispatches official to Morehouse College ahead of possible protests at Biden speech

The White House this week dispatched a senior official to Morehouse College in Atlanta to quell concerns about potential pro-Palestinian demonstrations ahead of President Biden's commencement speech.

Dick Durbin wants Justice Alito off the Trump cases because of upside-down U.S. flag at his home

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. to recuse himself from all election-related cases -- including the pending case over former President Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution.

Biden accelerates pitch to Black voters amid cracks in rock-solid support

President Biden is stepping up his outreach to Black voters, desperately trying to reverse the hemorrhaging of support among the Democratic voting bloc that overwhelmingly turned out for him in 2020.

Take congressional committees off TV

There’s a famous adage that politics is show business for ugly people, and nowhere is that more true than in the House of Representatives. On Thursday, a hearing of the House Oversight Committee devolved into insults between lawmakers as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) took turns insulting each […]

America: A nation of small towns

OHIOPYLE, Pennsylvania — Small-town America has a habit of punching well above its weight class.  Whether it is finding innovative ways to maintain a vibrant Main Street, no matter how large or small it is, to creating opportunities within the community to keep young people from moving away to finding ways to attract doctors to […]

Crime is getting worse in Los Angeles — again

Los Angeles continues to be a shining example of what happens when soft-on-crime Democrats are tasked with running a city. The Los Angeles Metro system has become a hotbed of crime over the past week. On Monday night, two separate stabbing attacks on a Metro bus and a train station elevator sent three people to […]

The key failures of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s security detail

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is expected to survive following a Wednesday assassination attempt in the Slovakian town of Handlova. Slovakia‘s Interior Minister claims that Fico’s protective detail reacted “absolutely properly amid a rapidly developing emergency situation, and by doing so, saved his life.” But is that really true? I’d argue that Fico’s life was […]

The NFL dips its hand in anti-Catholic bigotry

The National Football League is full of wife beaters, drunk drivers, and womanizers, but the league is offering its harshest words to a man who is a devout Catholic, faithful husband, and devoted father. In a statement this week, NFL senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer Jonathan Beane denounced Kansas City Chiefs […]

It’s time to rein in Marjorie Taylor Greene

Look, this is easy: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was out of line in a committee hearing Thursday night when insulting other members’ physical appearance and intelligence, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) was derelict in failing to control his committee adequately. No ifs, ands, or buts. Decorum matters. House rules matter. Greene […]

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