The Supreme Court delivered a predictable blow to Democrats’ lawfare campaign against former President Donald Trump, ruling 9-0 that state officials cannot unilaterally decide a candidate is disqualified and remove him from the ballot. That authority belongs to Congress, not the states, five of the justices held. The decision is just the latest setback for […]
Los Angeles County found a new way to pander to a Democratic constituency. The county designated the Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center in the Fairfax area as a voting center for early voting, Super Tuesday, and the November general election. It’s a move that Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis supported, saying that people who identify as […]
The Biden administration really doesn’t like consolidation in the health insurance industry. The administration should blame Obamacare. When it comes to forces driving more business into the hands of fewer and fewer insurers, the 2010 Affordable Care Act isn’t the whole story, but it’s a pretty big freaking deal. Biden’s Justice Department is investigating UnitedHealthcare […]
Of all of the primary races that a Republican candidate can win on the way to the presidential nomination, Washington, D.C., is arguably the least important. That is, unless you are Nikki Haley. As the seat of the United States government, the nation’s capital is the most Democratic region of the nation that is afforded […]
President Biden’s reelection campaign on Monday dismissed the Supreme Court ruling that Colorado cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot, arguing that the efforts to keep him off the ballot weren’t part of its strategy to defeat him. “We don’t really care,” Quentin Fulks, principal deputy campaign manager said when asked about the ruling. ...
The Senate will vote this week on a standalone measure to expand and reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) after amendments to expand it failed to pass, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told reporters on a call Monday afternoon. The bill will come up for a vote by Friday under the terms of a unanimous...
Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) urged former President Trump not to take a victory lap after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot bar him from the ballot in this fall's presidential election. "I would encourage him to do something that he doesn’t often do, which is show humility because...
The congressional funding bills unveiled Sunday do not include bipartisan reforms to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, as lawmakers and the Biden administration look for a path forward. Lawmakers rolled out six full-year spending bills to fund a slew of agencies until early fall, including the departments of Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban...
Maine's secretary of state on Monday withdrew her determination that former President Trump should be blocked from the state's ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause after the Supreme Court ruled in Trump's favor. "The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individual states lack authority to enforce Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment with respect...