Just hours after the Supreme Court allowed a Texas law to take effect that gave state law enforcement the authority to arrest people they suspect are entering the country illegally, a federal appeals court issued an order that puts it on hold. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order came late Tuesday evening. The...
Despite citing Ruppelt more than any other individual, AARO's report ignores the countless cases, that left Ruppelt and the Air Force thoroughly baffled.
Former President Trump is narrowly leading President Biden in Arizona and Nevada, new polling shows, as the pair head toward a general election rematch. A new Emerson College Polling/KLAS-TV/The Hill poll in Nevada found Trump up three points, with 44 percent to Biden’s 41 percent, while another 15 percent of voters were undecided. In Arizona,...
Progressive Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) has scored some notable wins in his effort to buck the party establishment in New Jersey’s increasingly surprising Senate race, raising the possibility of an upset in the June Democratic primary. Kim is facing off against New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy, who has the support of numerous party leaders...
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) holds a 4-point lead over Republican candidate Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate race, according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey released on Wednesday found that 44 percent of Arizona registered voters chose Gallego while 40 percent chose Lake in the race to replace retiring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema...
House conservatives are railing against the latest spending deal negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), accusing leadership of ignoring their demands and warning that future generations will be swamped in federal debt. Their outcry is just the latest headache for Johnson, who has already cut a number of bipartisan funding deals with President Biden and...
President Biden has a significant cash edge over his rival former President Trump, but some Democrats say they doubt it will make much of a difference in a general election race between two candidates who are both well known to voters. “I'm glad we have more money than Trump, but I think it doesn't matter almost at all,”...
Former President Trump has less than a week to secure a half billion-dollar bond or risk the seizure of his assets as he challenges a trial court’s finding that he conspired to alter his net worth for tax and insurance benefits. A New York judge found Trump liable for fraud last year ahead of a...
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s decision not to endorse former President Trump — his old boss and two-time running mate — marked the most significant departure to date among former Trump officials who have declined to back his 2024 candidacy. Ex-Trump administration officials turned critics emphasized the historic significance of a former vice president opting not to back a former...
Democrats' sweeping Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has fueled significant progress in the fight against climate change since its passage in 2022. But if former President Trump wins back the presidency in November, he's likely to undermine those gains — or help a Republican Congress do away with the law entirely. The IRA includes a suite...
The lobbying and public affairs firm Signal Group, which had been a wholly owned subsidiary of Wiley Rein LLP since 2014, is now wholly owned by Signal Management Committee member Blake Androff. The deal was completed with Wiley’s “strong and enthusiastic support,” according to a statement from the firm. Androff, who will serve as chief...
Pharmaceutical executives have given surprisingly optimistic reactions to initial offers from Medicare in drug price negotiations, signaling a break from industry lawsuits that warn of dire consequences from the program. With the offers remaining secret, some have speculated the price reductions may be relatively modest, but patient groups suspect CEOs may be paying lip service...
President Biden on Thursday will tout an agreement with Intel to provide up to $8.5 billion to bolster semiconductor manufacturing and expand the company’s operations in four states, the latest major investment through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. Biden will travel to Chandler, Ariz., where he will visit an Intel campus to tout the...
A Democratic group that works to expand party control within state Capitols is arguing in a new memo that state legislatures are the "arbiters of reproductive freedom." Heather Williams, president of Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), said in a new memo that "we are always just one Supreme Court decision away from a state law...
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold steady Wednesday after a run of strong economic data delayed the central bank’s plans to cut interest rates this year. The Fed closed out 2023 with inflation falling steadily and the job market slowing slightly after the bank jacked interest rates up to a range of 5.25 percent to...
President Biden has won the Arizona Democratic presidential primary, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Biden has already become the presumptive Democratic nominee with his near sweep of the contests held last week. His win in the Grand Canyon State will give him most if not of the state’s 72 pledged delegates available. ...
Former President Trump has won the Arizona Republican presidential primary, Decision Desk HQ projected. Trump’s win in the state will add all of its 43 delegates available to his total, having already mathematically clinched the GOP nomination last week. With Nikki Haley having dropped out of the race earlier this month, Trump was the only...
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) praised the Supreme Court for allowing a Texas law to take effect on Tuesday that would allow state law enforcement to arrest people they suspect are illegally entering the United States along the southern border. The Supreme Court greenlighted the controversial law, S.B. 4, in a Tuesday order that Collins said was...
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) voiced his disagreement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday allowing a Texas law to take effect that will authorize the state’s law enforcement to arrest people who enter the U.S. through the southern border illegally. Cuellar, the co-chair of the recently established border security task force, disagrees that a state can enforce...
President Biden on Tuesday aimed to court Latino voters while fundraising in Arizona, outlining the comparison between himself and former President Trump. "You're the reason why, in large part, I beat Donald Trump," Biden said at a campaign event in Phoenix. "I need you badly." He then pointed to Trump's comments about Latino immigrants. Trump...
A New York judge ruled that a handful of social media companies must face lawsuits from survivors of the Buffalo grocery store shooting in 2022 that left 10 people dead. An Erie Supreme Court judge ruled that social media companies — including YouTube, Meta and Reddit —must face lawsuits that have been brought against them...
President Biden will win the Kansas Democratic presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Sunflower State offers 33 pledged delegates to the winner, with 11 delegates allocated based on the statewide result and 22 based on the results of the state’s four congressional districts. The remaining six are unpledged and will be allocated at...
Former President Trump has won the Kansas GOP presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump was the only active candidate on the ballot and will claim all of the 39 delegates up for grabs in the winner-take-all primary. He already became the presumptive Republican nominee last week when he won enough delegates to mathematically...
Alabama’s Republican-led legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies. The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender and prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity at public universities and colleges. Under...
After recently visiting Boeing’s facilities, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker said he found there are issues with the company’s safety culture but expects the aviation giant will get its act together. “There are issues around the safety culture in Boeing. Their priorities have been focused on production and not on safety and quality,”...