Voters in California will be able to vote for former President Donald Trump in the presidential primary after Secretary of State Shirley Weber certified the list of candidates, which included him, Thursday night.
Last year, President Biden announced a $500 billion cancellation of federal student loans but the Supreme Court ruled in June that Biden’s loan cancellation...
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) slammed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) over her decision to switch districts for the 2024 election cycle, calling the move “blatant self-preservation.” Boebert announced Wednesday that she will not seek reelection in the 3rd District and instead move to the 4th District, currently held by retiring Rep. Ken Buck...
A federal judge denied a motion Thursday to delay the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) over bribery allegations. Menendez and his wife were indicted on charges of extortion and misuse of public funds in September. Federal prosecutors alleged the pair accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from interests in Egypt in exchange for political...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Thursday that, if elected president, she would pardon former President Trump, arguing it would be “in the best interest of the country.” “I would pardon Trump,” Haley said at a campaign event, according to a video captured by NBC News. “If he is found guilty, a leader needs...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) criticized the Maine secretary of state’s decision to remove former President Trump from the Maine primary ballot Thursday, arguing that thoughts on the Jan. 6 Capitol riots should be between the voter and the ballot box. “Maine voters should decide who wins the election — not a Secretary of State chosen...
Former GOP presidential candidate Larry Elder blasted rulings removing former President Trump from state primary ballots Thursday, predicting the precedent will “set the country on fire.” Elder, a conservative radio host who had a short-lived 2024 presidential campaign, predicted that Thursday’s decision in Maine and last week’s in Colorado to bar Trump from the respective...
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) criticized the decision by the Maine secretary of state to bar former President Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, saying he should only be left off if convicted of a crime. The moderate Democrat said he believes Trump is responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, but that he should still...
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday he was not surprised Maine’s secretary of state ruled that former President Trump cannot appear on the primary ballot in 2024. In an interview on Fox News with Jason Chaffetz, Comer characterized the ruling as a political one and said he expects other...