Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R-OH) cowardice in the face of transgender activists and liberal media pressure is a characteristic of a weak Republican Party of the past that must be left behind. DeWine’s decision to veto a bill that would prevent irreversible sex change procedures for children and prevent boys from playing in girls’ sports was […]
Former President Trump’s push to kill the border deal in order to deny President Biden a legislative win is upsetting members on both sides of the aisle as negotiators hope to wrap up work on an agreement within days. Trump had been the sleeping giant in the background of talks, but his wins in Iowa...
A draft resolution before the Republican National Committee (RNC) would, if approved, label former President Trump as the party’s presumptive nominee for 2024. The Dispatch first reported that David Bossie, an RNC committee member from Maryland, submitted a resolution that aims to declare Trump “as our presumptive 2024 nominee for the office of President of...
A senior aide to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told a group of Senate Republican chiefs of staff Thursday that a border security deal that is being put together with Democrats in the Senate has no chance of passing the House, underscoring what is becoming more and more apparent to GOP senators. Scalise’s chief...
A rule published by the Trump administration removed protections for 21 percent of streams and 25 percent of wetlands that otherwise could have received federal protection, new research has found. The protections removed under the 2020 rule amounted to a deregulation of 690,000 stream miles and 35 million wetland acres, according to a paper published in...
The IRS is expecting several hundred thousand taxpayers to use its new online tax filing portal when it launches to the public in March, but officials aren’t putting a limit on the number of people who can use it. The new digital tax filing system known as Direct File was initially characterized by the agency...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley threw her support behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in his fight with the federal government over border authority, stating the Biden administration's position is "absolutely ridiculous." "Governor Abbott is right: the state of Texas has every right to defend itself and its borders," Haley wrote in a post on X,...
The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday that it has ended its investigation into Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) for pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol complex during a contentious debate over government funding last fall. The panel determined that, because Bowman had already accepted legal responsibility for the episode — and because the House had...
The former chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol praised the prison sentence of a onetime adviser to former President Trump. "Peter Navarro abandoned his oath to the Constitution and abused the public trust while he worked as a trade adviser to former President Trump when, in the...
The average life expectancy in predominantly nonwhite communities along the Houston Ship Channel, the site of largely unregulated petrochemical production, is up to 20 years less than nearby predominantly white communities, according to a report released Thursday by Amnesty International. The 52-mile channel is lined by more than 600 petrochemical plants that operate 24 hours per day,...