Former President Donald Trump unloaded on the New York judge overseeing his civil trial Wednesday, accusing him of being a "political hack" for the Democratic Party as Attorney General Letitia James called the ex-president's oldest child to the witness stand.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and former Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina are trading China-laced smackdowns in their bruising battle to become the clear alternative to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential race.
Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the second person in history — Richard Nixon was the first — to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president three times? Many thoughtful observers, and others as well, think so.
Let’s face it: the Democrats don’t care about the nation’s elected leaders lying. All their talk about how politicians lying is a threat to democracy, or their condemnation of former President Donald Trump, was nothing more than the latest release of political theater produced by the Democratic National Committee and directed by the Biden administration. If any of the Democrats did care about truth, they would hold the “Squad” of left-wing members of Congress accountable for their rampant widespread use of misinformation.
House Democrats scrapped plans to vote on a resolution to censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday, a last-minute move that came immediately after a coalition of Republicans joined with Democrats in torpedoing a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over her criticism of Israel. The two censure measures were largely viewed as...
President Biden was confronted Wednesday evening by a heckler calling for a cease-fire at a campaign event and responded with support for a pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Biden was speaking to an audience of 200 people at a fundraiser when one person in the audience shouted out, “As a rabbi, I...
A former Arizona lawmaker is running for his old seat more than five years after he resigned from it in 2017. Former Rep. Trent Franks (R) announced Tuesday he is running for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, according to an Arizona Democratic Party press release. Franks faced allegations from female staffers that he made unwanted advances...
A Republican-led effort to oust Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from office failed Wednesday, allowing the embattled GOP lawmaker to stay in the House despite mounting legal and political trouble. The chamber voted 179-213-19 on a resolution to oust Santos from office, far short of the two-thirds threshold needed to expel a member of Congress. Twenty-four...
House Republicans passed legislation Wednesday to fund the legislative branch for fiscal 2024, as the party works to pass its remaining spending bills before a looming Nov. 17 shutdown deadline. House Republicans, along with four Democrats, approved the legislation in a 214-197 vote Wednesday evening. The House, which had already passed five of its annual funding bills,...
A group of Senate Republicans attempted to overcome Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) blockade of more than 370 military nominations, marking the first time GOP members have attempted a maneuver of this kind. Led by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Senate Republicans sought to move numerous promotions for military officers but were blocked by Tuberville as part...