Georgia's secretary of state on Thursday came out against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board, specifically rejecting a proposal to count ballots by hand at polling places on election night.
"The so-called Inflation Reduction Act was a trillion-dollar grab-bag of special interest giveaways that was never intended to reduce inflation. The name of the bill should be a reminder of Washington's cynical attempt to fool everyday Americans into thinking this was anything but a political wish-list bill," said Akash Chougule, vice president of government affairs for Americans for Prosperity.
Three years after the fall of Kabul, Vice President Kamala Harris has escaped political damage from the Biden administration's first major international stumble, and experts doubt that will change.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is pushing his state’s university system to look into former University of Florida Ben Sasse’s expenses in the wake of reporting from a student newspaper on the subject. “We take the stewardship of state funds very seriously and have already been in discussions with leadership at the university and with...
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the House GOP campaign arm, encouraged members to ramp up fundraising efforts and investment during a private conference call on Thursday, as Vice President Harris’s nascent White House bid intensifies Democratic enthusiasm. The plea from Hudson, the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), came after the...
NJ Transit will offer free rides to customers for one week this month after service interruptions and rate hikes sparked frustration among regular riders. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced Thursday a “fare holiday” for the week leading up to Labor Day — from Monday, Aug. 26 to Monday, Sept. 2. Fares on all...
A Democratic political action committee (PAC) is launching a $2 million campaign in key House battlegrounds as they sound alarms about Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for the next Republican president. Save Democracy PAC, which has backed Democrats in dozens of congressional races, is launching cable and digital ads in eight critical districts across the...
Vice President Harris is set to announce a plan to lower housing costs and end the housing shortage through the construction of new units and down payment support to first-time homebuyers, according to Harris-Walz campaign officials. Harris’s “urgent and comprehensive four-year plan” will call for constructing 3 million new housing units, a tax incentive for...
Thursday saw dueling events on the 2024 campaign trail. President Biden and Vice President Harris appeared together for their first fully public event since she supplanted him as the Democratic nominee. Meanwhile, former President Trump sought again to take back the spotlight from Harris by holding a news conference at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club. The Biden-Harris...
Vice President Harris’s campaign hit former President Trump over his remarks Thursday, arguing he lied and wouldn’t defend his agenda. The Harris campaign’s email in response to Trump had the subject line, “Statement on Trump’s…Whatever That Was.” “We aren’t sure what we just watched and neither is America,” it said. During his press conference at...