Rural South Dakota voters reject proposal to require hand-counting of ballots
Voters in three small South Dakota counties on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have required manual vote counting in future elections. The votes in Gregory, Haakon and Tripp counties were an unusual step as other parts of the U.S. consider moving to manual counting in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s claims of […]
‘Misleading’ Dem contraception bill fails key vote as GOP slams broad proposal
Democrats’ contraception bill failed in a key procedural vote on Wednesday, with Republicans blasting the sweeping proposal for its impact on parental rights and religious freedom. The Senate voted 51-39 against moving forward with the “Birth Control Bill of Rights.” The bill needed 60 votes to advance in the Senate. Jon Tester’s campaign acknowledges ‘hard […]
Reform California chairman slams proposal mandating illegal immigrants be hired for taxpayer-funded state jobs
Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio is slamming a bill proposed by Democrats in the California Assembly that would direct the University of California system to hire undocumented immigrants for taxpayer-funded state jobs. “We’ve seen a lot of outrageous proposals from California Democratic politicians who are doing everything they can to make it easier for illegal […]
North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer says Joe Biden border proposal will hurt him with Democrats
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-S.C., said border proposals that President Biden is expected to release this week could be damaging for Democrats. Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday that will give his administration additional authority to limit the number of migrants coming across the southern border. Cramer suggested Monday that Biden is […]
Biden administration expects Israel will accept ceasefire if proposal is accepted by Hamas: John Kirby
White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said that the Biden administration has “every expectation” that Israel will accept a ceasefire if Hamas accepts its new proposal. In an appearance on ABC News’s This Week, Kirby discussed the newest ceasefire proposal, which was announced by President Joe Biden on Friday. He gave a confident […]
Israeli ministers threaten to resign over cease-fire proposal
Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government over a ceasefire proposal put forward by President Biden on Friday. National Security Minister Itamar Bengvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich both said on social media platform X that no deal could be reached unless the Palestinian militant group Hamas […]
Biden’s Ceasefire Proposal Isn’t ‘Meaningful Peace’, Hamas Has to Be Destroyed
In an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” that aired Friday, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) responded to President Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal, saying, “As long as Hamas is able to operate, there will be no meaningful peace.” host Bret Baier asked. [relevant exchange begins around 3:50] “Senator Fetterman, just to let you know, the […]
Biden Lied About Israeli ‘Proposal’; Right-wing Ministers Threaten to Quit
The reaction from Israel’s ruling coalition parties confirmed that U.S. President Joe Biden lied to the world on Saturday when he claimed the ceasefire and hostage deal proposal came from the Israeli government. Biden unveiled the three-part proposal on Friday, as reported by Breitbart News: ClaimedHe claimed four times that it was an Israeli proposal. […]
Netanyahu on Biden ‘Proposal’: Hamas Must Be Destroyed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel would not accept a ceasefire that would prevent the destruction of Hamas, after U.S. President Joe Biden presented a so-called Israeli “proposal” that would allow Hamas to survive. Biden on Friday presented a ceasefire proposal that he claims was proposed by Israel, whose terms make no […]
Vermont Gov. Scott vetoes ‘safe injection site’ proposal
Vermont’s governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed the state’s largest city, Burlington, to open a pilot overdose prevention center, including a safe injection site where people could use drugs under the supervision of trained staff and be resuscitated if they overdosed. Republican Gov. Phil Scott wrote in a letter to lawmakers Thursday that […]