House Republicans are sharpening their attacks against President Biden ahead of his primetime State of the Union address. House GOP leaders arranged a counter-programming offensive for Biden’s big speech on Thursday, lining up rank-and-file lawmakers…
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Sweden has officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) after almost a year of endless wrangling and negotiations, adding another key piece to the defense against Russian interests. ‘Sweden is now a NATO member,’…
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During every State of the Union, one member of the president’s cabinet is ushered away from Washington, D.C. and labeled the ‘designated survivor’ with the intention of ensuring that someone in line for presidential succession…
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McConnell endorses Trump for president after Super Tuesday results: ‘He will have my support’
Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed former President Trump’s re-election campaign on Wednesday after Trump collected nearly 1,000 delegates from a thunderous performance on Super Tuesday. ‘It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has…
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case on April 25. The Supreme Court last week agreed it would…
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, endorsed former President Donald Trump to be the Republican presidential nominee on Wednesday, becoming the final member of the Senate GOP leadership conference to do so. ‘We must beat Joe Biden…
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House GOP relents on LGBT center funding in $460B package as Dems cheer lack of ‘poison pills’
The $460 billion government funding bill the House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday had included $1 million marked for an LGBTQ community center that once held a drag event with children. It…
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By a strange process of transformation, Joe Biden has become Jimmy Carter. Everything he touches turns into a crisis. Like Carter, Biden has presided over an inflationary economy, spiking interest rates, shortages of essential goods,…
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House Speaker Johnson launches fundraising hub to grow GOP House majority after Trump Super Tuesday victories
House Speaker Mike Johnson launched a fundraising hub in an effort to grow the Republicans’ majority in the House of Representatives in 2024 following former President Trump’s near-sweep of critical Super Tuesday primary contests. The…
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What is next for Gaza? With or without a hostage deal, the best hope for peace depends on continuing along the path endorsed by President Biden after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack: destroy Hamas’s military and governance capabilities, prevent its ability to threaten Israel again, and deal a defeat to Iran’s ‘axis of resistance.’ Such hopes…