A favorite pastime of political aficionados is speculating on what people will get top Cabinet positions if a given presidential candidate is elected, and with former President Donald Trump wrapping up the Republican nomination last week, the speculation about who would join his administration is moving more into focus. A new report from Bloomberg citing […]
Russian elections are frequently driven by violence. This one was no exception. When I was part of a small team of American consultants that secretly advised then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s reelection campaign in 1996, I remember a news report of a campaign worker on the St. Petersburg mayor’s race having acid thrown in his face, […]
Fox News cut away from a press conference former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was giving to fact check claims he was making before he reported to prison for a four-month sentence in connection with his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena. Navarro, who would not comply with the House investigation into the...
Story at a glance Fewer U.S. Latinos are keeping up with current events, following a years-long trend among Americans in general, according to a new study. The report, published Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, found that about one-in-five Latino adults — or roughly 22 percent — follow the news all or most of the time,...
President Biden on Tuesday touted the decrease in crime in 2023, citing data from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The FBI data, released on Tuesday found that the U.S. experienced 11 percent less crime in cities over 1 million people compared to 2022, 13 percent fewer murders overall and 6 percent less violent crime. “Across America,...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a Texas law to take effect that enables state law enforcement to arrest people they suspect are illegally entering the United States from Mexico. The three liberal justices publicly dissented from the court’s order reinstating the controversial statute, SB4. The Biden administration had urged the justices to block the...
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) argued that the United States should be worrying more about the remaining hostages taken by Hamas and less about pressuring Israel to agree to a cease-fire, saying “this is war.” Huckabee joined NewsNation Tuesday morning, saying he has visited Israel “over a hundred times,” as recently as December when...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that the U.S. should fund Ukraine aid via interest-free loans, opening the door to GOP support to assist the country’s defense against Russian invasion. Graham visited Ukraine Monday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “I told the president, I am all in for helping Ukraine, but we have...
Democrats have secured Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Guiliani, as their witness for a Republican-led hearing Wednesday to review Hunter Biden's financial activity in his absence. Parnas is just the latest addition to an unusual slate of witnesses after Biden declined to appear for a House Oversight Committee hearing titled, “Influence Peddling:...