Texas, US in legal standoff as state refuses to comply with directive on...
The government of Texas and the Biden administration are in a legal standoff over a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border, where Texas National Guard soldiers have blocked access to Border Patrol...
View ArticleJudge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing on Fani Willis misconduct accusations
The Georgia judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case scheduled a hearing next month to weigh accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) hired her romantic partner...
View Article5 takeaways from the DOJ's scathing Uvalde report
On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its long-awaited report on the devastating 2022 shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, painting a sharply critical picture of the police...
View ArticleCongress votes to avert shutdown, sending short-term funding bill to Biden's...
The House approved a short-term spending bill Thursday to keep the government funded through March, sending the stopgap to President Biden’s desk for his signature one day before a partial shutdown...
View ArticleHunter Biden to sit for House deposition on Feb. 28
Hunter Biden will sit for a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight and Judiciary committees on Feb. 28 as part of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden, the panels announced on...
View ArticleTrump urges Supreme Court to 'put swift and decisive end' to 14th Amendment...
Former President Trump told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the decision kicking him off Colorado’s ballot was based on a “dubious interpretation” of the 14th Amendment, urging the justices to...
View ArticleBiden balances Catholicism with hot-button 2024 issues
President Biden is gearing up his reelection campaign with a unique challenge ahead of him — taking on hot-button issues that the Catholic Church opposes. Only the nation’s second Catholic president...
View ArticleGOP infighting over Ukraine creates minefield for Speaker Johnson
Republican infighting over government funding has created a minefield for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he seeks to avert a shutdown this election year without losing his gavel to a conservative...
View ArticleJewish Democrats denounce Netanyahu's opposition to Palestinian state
A group of Jewish House Democrats is pushing back hard against recent comments by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposing a Palestinian state. In a brief, two-sentence statement issued...
View ArticleTim Scott to endorse Trump ahead of New Hampshire primary
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will formally endorse former President Trump on Friday night, a move that comes after a concerted lobbying effort and ahead of next week's New Hampshire primary. Two sources...
View ArticleLawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to bring stock trading ban to floor for vote
More than two dozen lawmakers called on House leadership Friday to bring a bill banning members of Congress from participating in the stock market to the floor for a vote. “This is a critical step to...
View ArticleBiden celebrates nation’s mayors at White House
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Biden welcomed bipartisan mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting to the White House. “When I came to office, the pandemic was raging, the...
View ArticleDemocrats look to abortion politics to draw voters to polls
Democrats are looking to repeat what abortion politics did for them in the 2022 midterms by appealing to a large swath of voters who think overturning Roe v. Wade went too far. President Biden’s party...
View ArticleSenate Republicans face growing pressure to endorse Trump
Senate Republicans are staring down a now-or-never situation over whether to endorse former President Trump. With the New Hampshire primary fast approaching, those who have held off have a shrinking...
View ArticleHaley ramps up Trump attacks as New Hampshire finish line nears
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is stepping up her attacks on former President Trump as she faces the most critical moment of her campaign in New Hampshire on Tuesday. Haley trails Trump in the...
View ArticleDeSantis zeroes in on South Carolina to bolster campaign
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is focusing his energy on South Carolina as the clock ticks down for him to stop former President Trump from running away with the GOP nomination. DeSantis spent much of...
View ArticleRick Scott's pitch to Florida Hispanics: Kitchen table issues with a side of...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says Hispanic voters have the same concerns as the general population, with added focus on conditions in Central and South America. "[Hispanics] generally care about the same...
View ArticleHarris takes center stage in 2024 abortion fight
Vice President Harris has cemented herself as the Biden administration’s foremost messenger on abortion rights, the issue that the White House hopes will define the 2024 election cycle. After an...
View ArticleShutdown averted, lawmakers fret about next looming deadline
The latest shutdown threat may have been averted but some lawmakers are already worried about the next government funding deadline. While leaders on both sides of the aisle were able to come to...
View ArticleHaley takes aim at Trump over mix-ups: 'He's just not at the same level' as 2016
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday took aim at former President Trump's recent mix-ups, suggesting that his mental fitness is "not at the same level" as it was the first time he...
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