Susan J. Demas, Rhode Island Current A growing field of contenders for House speaker has assembled after Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio fell short of the 217 votes needed for the chamber’s top job three times last week. At least 10 GOP lawmakers have said they would run. The …
Read More »Architect Of Fake Elector Scheme To Overturn Georgia’s 2020 Presidential Election Pleads Guilty
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Ex-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro pled guilty Friday in Fulton County Superior Court to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents for his role in attempting to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win. Chesebro was promptly sentenced by Judge Scott McAfee to five …
Read More »White House Asks Congress For $100 Billion For Israel, Ukraine, Border
Jacob Fischler, Florida Phoenix The Biden administration asked Congress on Friday to approve nearly $106 billion in new funding for military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Israel and other countries and to improve security on the U.S.-Mexico border. The funding request includes $92.2 billion for national security, including $61.4 billion …
Read More »Jim Jordan’s Bid To Be House Speaker Ends After Rejection By GOP In Closed Meeting
Ariana Figueroa, Washington State Standard Ohio Republican Jim Jordan is no longer the Republican nominee for speaker of the U.S. House. Shortly after a failed floor vote Friday on Jordan’s bid, Republicans held a closed-door meeting where Jordan failed to garner enough votes from his fellow GOP lawmakers to stay …
Read More »California Senator Laphonza Butler Opts Out of 2024 Senate Race
Recently appointed California Senator Laphonza Butler has announced that she will not run for a full Senate term in the 2024 election. Her decision averts a contest featuring three high-profile Democratic candidates vying for the Senate seat left vacant by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Butler’s choice not to run …
Read More »House Gripped By Paralysis Again After GOP Punts Proposal For Speaker Pro Tempore
Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance A resolution meant to temporarily allow U.S. House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry of North Carolina to move critical legislation won’t be acted on and there is no new floor vote scheduled for speaker nominee Jim Jordan, House Republicans said following a tense, closed-door meeting on …
Read More »Members of House GOP Describe Threats Sparked By Votes Against Jim Jordan For Speaker
Ashley Murray, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Nebraska GOP Rep. Don Bacon said his wife slept with a gun for protection after she received threatening phone calls demanding that her husband support Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for U.S. House speaker. Bacon was among a handful of members who reported threats and the …
Read More »‘Kraken’ Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell Flipped Her Plea To Guilty In 2020 Election RICO Case
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Texas attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to election interference charges in Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, one day before jury selection was scheduled to begin for her trial. As part of the plea deal, Powell was sentenced to six years of probation for conspiring to …
Read More »Social Media Influencer Sentenced to Prison for Spreading False Election Information
Douglass Mackey, also known as the social media influencer “Ricky Vaughn,” has been sentenced to seven months in prison for his role in disseminating false information during the 2016 presidential election. Mackey convinced supporters of Hillary Clinton that they could cast their votes through text messages or social media posts, …
Read More »Amid House Speaker Chaos, GOP Confess Attack on Social Security, Medicare Still Top Priority
In the midst of the second vote on U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s nomination to be the next House Speaker on Wednesday, one right-wing lawmaker cut through the Republican infighting to remind his fellow GOP members of the common goal they share: cutting programs that millions of Americans rely on to …
Read More »Biden In Tel Aviv Pledges U.S. Support For Israel, Humanitarian Aid For Gaza
Ashley Murray, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden assured Israel that the U.S. will replenish defense stockpiles and also announced new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza during his historic visit Wednesday to the war-torn region where thousands have died in just a dozen days, including 31 Americans. Biden plans to …
Read More »House Stalled Again After Rejecting Jim Jordan As Speaker A Second Time
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan in his second bid for U.S. House speaker on Wednesday, failed to win enough support from his fellow Republicans, leaving the party deadlocked with no clear path to govern the chamber. Jordan’s 200 votes on a first ballot on Tuesday dropped Wednesday to 199, a signal …
Read More »Ahead Of Another House Vote For Speaker, Anti-Hate Groups Join Rep. Lee’s Call To Reject Jordan
Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to hold another round of voting to fill the vacant Speaker of the House position, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) is urging House Republicans not to support Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for the job. “At a moment when our …
Read More »Biden Visits Israel, Expresses Support Amid Gaza Hospital Explosion Controversy
President Biden expressed his condolences and solidarity with Israel during his visit to the country on Wednesday. While in Israel, he addressed the recent hospital explosion in Gaza City, which Hamas attributed to Israel, although Israel has vehemently denied involvement. “I’m deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the …
Read More »Jordan Fails In Bid For House Speaker, Leaving Chamber Paralyzed Again
Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa and Ashley Murray The U.S. House rejected Ohio’s Jim Jordan as a candidate for speaker on Tuesday in the first round of voting, though the chamber was expected to potentially conduct additional votes on Jordan’s bid as early as Wednesday. Jordan, co-founder of the far-right Freedom …
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