Matter of Debate: Trump returns to Fulton County
ATLANTA — One month after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty in his hush money trial, the former president is returning to Fulton County, not to face his election interference charges in Georgia but to debate President Joe Biden. But with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis‘s racketeering charges hanging over Trump’s head, […]
After Bowman’s loss in New York, pro-Israel lobby eyes next targets
Pro-Israel groups are vowing their work is far from over in the wake of Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-NY) loss in New York at the hands of Westchester County Executive George Latimer on Tuesday. Bowman’s defeat represents a high-profile rebuke of Congress’s most progressive members, dealing a significant setback for progressive critics of Israel in a […]
Courts flunk Biden on his student debt amnesty
The lawlessness of President Joe Biden‘s power grabs is made especially clear when even Democratic-appointed judges repeatedly smack them down. Two judges appointed by left-wing former President Barack Obama did so this week, putting Biden’s student loan vote-buying scheme into merited limbo. The even better news is that by upholding the Constitution’s separation of powers, […]
Ayanna Pressley condemns ‘dark money’ in politics after Bowman primary defeat
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) called “special interests” such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee a “threat to democracy” after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was defeated by his primary opponent, George Latimer, on Tuesday. “This unprecedented sum of money, $20 million … we can not allow special interests, dark money, super PACs to buy congressional […]
Debate substance secondary to cognitive and character display: Sarah Bedford
The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford suggested voters will be primarily watching Thursday’s presidential debate for President Joe Biden’s cognitive performance and former President Donald Trump’s display of character. “I think that most voters tuning in, especially independents who haven’t quite made up their mind, are not necessarily going to be looking at the substance of […]
Policies Biden does and doesn’t want to talk about at debate
President Joe Biden’s high-stakes rematch with former President Donald Trump is coming up, and both want the debate to go a certain way. A campaign memo obtained by Reuters last month gave hints into what topics Biden would like to discuss. Public statements and rhetoric from the Biden administration give additional insight into how the […]
Bolivian armed forces launch failed coup attempt to overthrow socialist government
Bolivian armed forces launched an apparent coup to overthrow the socialist-run government, but it quickly faltered and sizzled out. The coup attempt is the first in the South American country since 1984 and marks the latest of over 190 coup or revolution attempts since its independence in 1825. Bolivian soldiers under the command of the […]
Alito defends free speech as Supreme Court majority punts on Biden censorship case
Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday wrote a dissent that stood up for defenders of free speech after the majority on the Supreme Court declined to weigh the merits of a major case accusing the Biden administration of attempting to censor users on social media. The lawsuit known as Murthy v. Missouri alleged the Biden administration violated the […]
House Republicans advance measures to slash Mayorkas salary
House Republicans advanced two amendments to halt the government from using federal funding to pay Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s salary, tucking the measures into one of their annual must-pass spending bills. Lawmakers approved two separate proposals that target Mayorkas’s salary, including one amendment proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) that would prohibit the use […]
The 2024 presidential election will come down to these three states
FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver introduced his new presidential election forecast with an almost 5,000-word essay on the state of the race between President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. You can read it here, but the short version is this: Thanks to commanding Trump leads in Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, all states Biden won in […]