Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) needs to understand that House Democrats are not a “cheap date” and will need “something” in return to save his gavel from the motion to vacate introduced last month by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). “If Speaker Johnson wants help in staying as Marjorie Taylor Greene...
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has won the Republican primary in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Fitzpatrick fended off a primary challenge from anti-abortion activist Mark Houck. Houck was indicted in September 2022 for allegedly assaulting a volunteer reproductive health care escort near a Planned Parenthood center, violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic...
Inactive fragments of the bird flu virus that has sickened dairy herds in eight states have been detected in pasteurized milk, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
Businessman David McCormick has won the Republican nomination for Senate in Pennsylvania, setting him up to face Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in what will be a closely watched race, Decision Desk HQ projects. McCormick was unopposed for the nomination and coalesced GOP support around his candidacy to try to unseat the three-term incumbent Casey. The...
President Biden won the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, according to Decision Desk HQ. The incumbent has already crossed the delegate threshold needed to score his party nod, but the win in the Keystone State could add as many as 159 delegates into his column, according to a tracker from Decision Desk HQ/The Hill. Biden has eclipsed his...
Former President Trump has won the GOP primary in Pennsylvania, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump has already hit the delegates he needs to secure the Republican nomination for 2024, and there are another 67 delegates up for grabs in the Keystone State's Tuesday night contest, according to a tracker from Decision Desk HQ/The Hill. Across the...
The “Abandon Biden” group is rallying Pennsylvania voters ahead of the state’s primary contest to protest President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Biden has secured the Democratic nomination and has visited the Keystone State in recent weeks. Pennsylvania, a swing state in the 2024 general election, carries 19 Electoral College votes and stands as...
The Texas Supreme Court ordered Harris County to not issue payments under its guaranteed income program until Attorney General Ken Paxton's fight against it is adjudicated.
David Joseph Gietzen, a North Carolina man who assaulted a police officer with a pole during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison.
New federal legislation has been announced to help build the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota; the bill would authorize funding for its continued construction.