Topline A Republican lawmaker in Florida filed legislation Tuesday exempting the Confederate flag from a broad proposal to ban most flags from being flown outside government buildings in the state—inc...
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House GOP Calls Off Trump Financial Probe That Revealed Foreign Spending At His Hotel
Topline The Republican-controlled House is ending a yearslong probe into former President Donald Trump’s finances and whether his businesses benefited while he was president, The New York Times report...
Democrats Blame SVB Collapse On Trump-Era Regulatory Rollbacks—But GOP Opposes Stricter Rules
Topline Democrats placed blame for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank over the weekend on looser regulations signed by former President Donald Trump, and called for Congress to rei...
Future of Bitcoin and Crypto Will Be Determined by Congress – Not the Biden Administration, Says House GOP Leader
A Republican House leader says Congress will shape the future of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency in the US – not the White House. House majority whip Tom Emmer is outlining a list of pro-crypto propo...
Tucker Carlson Blasts McConnell And GOP Senators For Criticizing Jan. 6 Tapes: ‘Illusion Of Partisanship’
Topline Hard-right Fox News host Tucker Carlson fired back Tuesday at a series of Republican senators who criticized his misleading release of January 6 video footage downplaying the severity of the r...
Pro-Trump Twitter Bot Campaign Already Spreading Propaganda About GOP Rivals, Report Says
Topline A bot campaign on Twitter is praising former President Donald Trump and attacking his opponents using thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of fake accounts set up over the past year, accor...
DeSantis And Florida GOP Poised To Take Up Controversial Bills On Trans Rights, Education, Gun Ownership, And More As New Session Begins
Topline The GOP-controlled Florida legislature convenes a new session Tuesday in which they’re set to take up a series of controversial bills on topics like immigration, LGBTQ rights, gun rights...
Republicans In Florida Are Trying To Get Rid Of The Democratic Party
Topline A GOP lawmaker in Florida filed a long shot bill Tuesday that would eradicate the Democratic Party in the state and force more than four million voters to register with a different party or be...
Most GOP Voters Support Weed Legalization, Says New Poll
Closeup of election vote button with text that says marijuana getty To anyone who has ever doubted that cannabis legalization is a bipartisan issue, a new study has come out that finds that an overwhe...
White House Demands GOP, Ex-Trump Officials Apologize To East Palestine For Toxic Rail Spill
Topline President Joe Biden’s office called on former President Donald Trump’s administration and Congressional Republicans to apologize for blocking rail and water safety regulations in a counter-att...
Nikki Haley Angers, Distances Voters With Ageist And Ableist Remark
While older voters may be accepting of Nikki Haley’s call for a new generation of leaders, they are … [+] less supportive of her call for mandatory competency tests for politicians age 75 ...
Democrat Wins Special Election For Virginia House Seat—Avoiding Costly GOP Flip
Topline State Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D) was elected to replace the late Rep. Don McEachin (D) in Virginia’s 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, making her the first Black woman to represent the s...
Twitter Reinstates GOP Sen. Steve Daines’ Account Hours After Suspending It For Violating Policy Against Graphic Images
Topline Twitter reinstated the account of Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) on Tuesday, hours after the company suspended him over a violation of its policy against posting graphic media or adult content—wh...
SBF’s Co-founder Ryan Gave GOP $500,000 before Bankruptcy
Once the world’s third-largest crypto exchange FTX collapsed and filed for bankruptcy on November 11, 2022. Recent investigations revealed some shocking information regarding the debacle; days before ...
Biden Attacks GOP Fiscal Policies As ‘Chaos And Catastrophe’ In First Economic Speech Of 2023
Topline President Joe Biden accused “extreme MAGA Republicans” of backing policies that threaten to drive up inflation and taxes for the middle class—and highlighted his own economic record—in a speec...
Biden Expected To Target GOP Fiscal Policies In First Major Economic Speech Of 2023
Topline President Joe Biden is expected to attack GOP fiscal policies in a speech on the economy Thursday, as he lays the groundwork for a potential 2024 presidential run and Democrats ramp up their r...
Democrats Ridicule GOP’s Proposal To Eliminate Most Taxes And The IRS — And Create One National Sales Tax Instead
Topline Democratic leaders railed against GOP-backed legislation that would scrap some taxes and replace them with a steep national sales tax on Wednesday–a bill that has virtually no chance of passin...
GOP Rep. Greg Steube Sustains ‘Several Injuries’ In Accident At His Home
Topline Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) sustained multiple injuries following an accident at his home on Wednesday afternoon, his office announced in a statement on Twitter. Rep. Greg Steube, (R-Fla.), spea...
GOP lawmakers in Wyoming just proposed a ban on EV sales, phase-out by 2035 — here are 3 big oil stocks to revisit
‘Impracticable for the state’: GOP lawmakers in Wyoming just proposed a ban on EV sales, phase-out by 2035 — here are 3 big oil stocks to revisit Sales of electric vehicles have been boomi...
Former Walker Campaign Staffer Sues GOP Operative Matt Schlapp For Alleged Sexual Assault
Topline A former staffer on Republican Herschel Walker’s failed campaign for the Georgia Senate filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Republican political operative Matt Schlapp, alleging Schlapp sexually a...
GOP Reps. Greene And Gosar Reassigned To House Committees After Previous Congress Voted To Remove Them
Topline Far-right Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) were reappointed to committees on Tuesday under the new Republican-controlled House, following their removal from commit...
FEC Dismisses GOP Complaint Alleging Gmail Sent More Republican Fundraising Emails To Spam Folders, Report Says
Topline The Federal Election Commission dismissed a complaint filed by the Republican National Committee against Google, rejecting claims the company’s Gmail service purposely filtered emails soliciti...
Former GOP Candidate Arrested In String Of Shootings Targeting Democratic Lawmakers’ Homes
Topline Albuquerque Police on Monday arrested a former Republican candidate, who lost a state election in November and then falsely claimed the election was “rigged”, in connection with a string of sh...
House Oversight Chair Demands Visitor Logs From Biden’s Home As GOP Vows To Investigate Classified Documents
Topline House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) demanded the White House release visitor logs from President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home following revelations that classified do...
George Santos Will Be Booted From House If He Broke Campaign Finance Laws, GOP Oversight Chair Says
Topline Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.)—who has refused to resign despite admitting to fabricating significant parts of his resume—will be ousted from Congress if he is found to be in violation of campaig...