Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden‘s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan while dropping his strongest hint yet that of a potential 2024 presidential bid. The former president told fellow Republicans ‘the time is coming’ for him to make a formal announcement about his next bid for the White House. Trump said he believes ‘people are going … Read more
WASHINGTON D.C. — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where … Read more
WASHINGTON D.C. (WABC) — Democrats drove their election-year economic package toward Senate approval early Sunday, debating a measure with less ambition than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but that touches deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming,moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. Debate began Saturday and by sunrise on Sunday, Democrats had swatted … Read more
Of all the reactions to Kansans’ rejection of an effort to overturn the abortion rights contained in their state constitution, the one that stood out to me most came from Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut. Murphy, a Democrat, isn’t up for reëlection this November, but, writing on Twitter, he offered some advice for colleagues in … Read more
Joe Biden has led emotional tributes to Congresswoman Jackie Walorski after she was killed in a horrific head-on car crash in Indiana. The President said he was ‘shocked and saddened’ by the Republican’s passing when a car crossed the road and veered into oncoming traffic in Elkhart County on Wednesday. He said the 58-year-old had … Read more
KANSAS (The Borowitz Report)—Republicans in Kansas woke up to the dark prospect of life in a state where women have human rights, G.O.P. activists report. Harland Dorrinson, a Republican stalwart in Kansas for more than forty years, said that now, after voters in the state appeared to affirm women should be treated as humans, “I … Read more
Back in January, 1983, the twenty-eight-year-old Democrat Jim Cooper of Tennessee was the youngest member of the United States Congress—a former Eagle Scout and Rhodes Scholar, just a few years out of Harvard Law School, with an unabashed zeal for public service. “I feel like I’m the luckiest person in the United States,” he told … Read more
WASHINGTON — Republicans continued to express their frustration with their inability to get votes on amendments to the PACT Act, a multi-billion dollar bill that would provide help to millions of veterans who suffered toxic exposure to burn pits during their military service, as Democrats continued to rail against their position, saying Senate Republicans are … Read more
Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Glenn Thompson joined GOP colleagues last week in voting against a bill that would reinforce the legal right to same-sex marriage in the United States. Three days later, Thompson and his wife attended their gay son’s wedding with full support for the marriage. The House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage … Read more
New York gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Lee Zeldin was nearly stabbed at a campaign rally on Thursday in Perinton, New York, a small town just outside of Rochester. The Republican was in the midst of a speech at VFW location about bail reform as part of his ‘United to Fire Hochul’ campaign when he was confronted. Video … Read more