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Flaw and order: Jack Smith election case hangs on by a thread

Former President Donald Trump’s four criminal cases have created an unprecedented legal gauntlet for him to run before voters have a chance to decide if he should return to the Oval Office. While Democrats cheer what they see as long-overdue accountability for the former president, some legal experts have expressed concerns that the cases — […]

Biden-Trump TV brawls are set: Here’s what senators will be watching for

Senators have mixed feelings about forthcoming clashes between President Joe Biden and the presumptive GOP nominee, former President Donald Trump, when the two take the stage for televised debates this summer. The 2020 election debates between the pair devolved into mudslinging contests of who could more effectively talk over the other, likely promising more on-air […]

Kari Lake says illegal immigration adding to housing affordability crisis

EXCLUSIVE — Arizona Republican Senate contender Kari Lake said the explosion of immigration over the past few years has hurt housing affordability. Lake, a former TV news anchor and 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate, told the Washington Examiner during an interview focused on economic policy that the flood of immigrants into the United States has had […]

Green policies imperil supply after Biden ban on Russian uranium, producers warn

Top uranium producers warned that President Joe Biden’s new ban on Russian uranium imports could result in supply shortages because of restrictions on domestic mining advanced by the administration. In interviews with the Washington Examiner, uranium producers praised the ban President Joe Biden signed into law, which also unlocked $2.7 billion in uranium conversion and […]

The looming Biden tax hike

Democrats will use a misleading Congressional Budget Office report earlier this month to argue against extending 2017 tax cuts that jump-started the economy. Congressional Republicans would be wise to push back. Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging them to do just that, writing that failure to renew the tax cuts “would be disastrous for […]

Trump claims he’s going to win Minnesota

Former President Donald Trump told supporters at a Minnesota GOP dinner on Friday night that he is going to win the state and expand “the electoral map.”  No Republican candidate has won Minnesota since 1972. Trump lost the state in 2016 by just 1.5% and 7.1% in 2020 but claimed at the dinner that he […]

CPD co-founder says Biden campaign urged CNN to promise RFK Jr will not participate in debate

Commission on Presidential Debates co-founder Frank Fahrenkopf claimed that President Joe Biden’s campaign urged CNN to “promise that they wouldn’t let [Robert F Kennedy Jr.] in regardless” to its June 27 debate. Fahrenkopf also implied that Kennedy could file a lawsuit given a potential violation of Federal Election Commission rules. When asked if this constituted […]

Hug between Putin and Xi comes as ‘no surprise’ to John Kirby

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby reacted Friday to a hug shared between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kirby offered a cool response to the interaction, claiming it was “no surprise” to him that the two are close and said, “That’s nice for them.” Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir […]

South Carolina judge quashes Planned Parenthood challenge to heartbeat bill

A South Carolina court has rejected Planned Parenthood’s challenge to the state’s “heartbeat” law. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic made a motion to move the legal cutoff mark for performing abortions from the current six weeks to nine weeks, which is when the organization says a baby’s heart is fully formed. Advocates of the heartbeat law argue […]