Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, June 13, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Republican Attorneys General Association is hosting a pr...
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Republican Sen. Lummis: Democrat Sen. Gillibrand Is Teaching Me About NFTs
In brief U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis appeared on the latest episode of Decrypt’s gm podcast. She told Decrypt that she’s learning about NFTs from her crypto bill co-sponsor, Democrat Kirsten Gillibran...
Texas Educators Will Call It ‘Involuntary Relocation’ Under New Plan—And Here’s Where Else It’s Happening
Topline Texas educators proposed the Texas State Board of Educators teach slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second-grade classrooms – the latest attempt from Republican lawmakers to downplay the ...
Senators Demand $632 Million For Coast Guard Yard
The Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Coast Guard In Congress, a bipartisan effort is coming together to help boost the Coast Guard’s aged and underfunded ship repair infrastructure. On Ju...
These 15 Republican Senators Break Filibuster On Gun Control Bill—Final Passage All But Certain
Topline The Senate voted 65-34 early Thursday afternoon to limit debate on a bipartisan gun control bill, with nearly a third of Republican senators siding with their Democratic colleagues to break th...
Republican Officials In New Mexico County Refuse To Certify Election Results—And State Officials Want A Criminal Probe
Topline Republican officials in a rural New Mexico county refused to certify their primary election results this week due to vague concerns about ballot boxes and voting machines, echoing former Presi...
Harvard expert warns of potential ‘harm’ to index investing, as Republican bill takes on ‘woke fund managers’
Senators and legal experts tussled Tuesday over the merits of a Republican bill that aims to reduce the voting power of the three index-investing giants — BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street. Republi...
South Carolina Republican Who Voted To Impeach Trump Loses Primary In Mixed Night For Candidates Backed By Ex-President
Topline A Trump-backed candidate defeated incumbent Rep. Tom Rice—one of the few Republicans who voted to impeach the former president last year—in the Republican party’s Congressional primaries in So...
Biden Has Seen Biggest Drop In Approval Among Young Voters Since Taking Office, Poll Finds
Topline President Joe Biden has seen the largest decline in his approval rating among young voters—who helped drive his win in 2020 when they turned out in record numbers—since he took office, accordi...
Republican Counties Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Democratic Ones, Study Finds
Topline Americans living in counties that voted Republican during presidential elections from 2000 to 2016 experienced higher death rates than those who lived in Democratic counties, according to a ne...
People Living In Pro-Trump Counties More Likely To Die From Covid, Study Finds
Topline People living in counties that voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election were more likely to die from Covid-19 than those living in counties that voted Democrat, according to a study ...
Musk Endorses Billionaire Caruso For Los Angeles Mayor
Topline The world’s wealthiest man Elon Musk made a rare political endorsement Friday, tweeting his support for fellow billionaire Rick Caruso’s Los Angeles mayoral bid in an apparent contradiction of...
U.S. Republican Senators Propose Bill to Ban China’s Digital Yuan Use in America – crypto.news
United States Senators have on May 26, 2022, introduced a new bill aimed at stifling the adoption of China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), e-CNY in America. If passed, the “Defending Americans...
Fed Vice Chair Brainard defends CBDCs against Republican attacks in first hearing since confirmation
“America can’t be left behind,” said Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, opening a May 26 hearing on a US central bank digital currency. The virtual hearing fea...
Florida Republican Rep Introduces Bill to Include Bitcoin in 401(k) Plan
47 seconds ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News According to Donald, the Department of Labor (DOL) is limiting investors’ options. On May 5, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduced a similar bill. To prohi...
Elon Musk Bites The Hand That Fed Him By Bashing California And Democrats
Elon Musk moved to Texas and now appears to embrace the politics of the Republic Party and Texas Governor Greg Abbott Getty In the weeks since Tesla CEO Elon Musk began his gambit to acquire Twitter, ...
McConnell Makes Secret Trip To Ukraine With Delegation Of Republican Senators
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) led a delegation of Republican senators to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, making them the latest group of ...
Voting On The Economy Or On Abortion? [Infographic]
In the last three election cycles, American voters have named the economy as their biggest concern. While the country is approaching the 2022 midterms, another topic—abortion—is vying for the attentio...
Trump-Endorsed Candidate Beats Manchin-Backed Challenger In GOP Primary
Topline Rep. Alex Mooney won a Republican House primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, after a tense race that pitted the Trump-endorsed Mooney against fellow incumben...
Republicans Are Warming To Biden’s Handling Of Ukraine Crisis, Poll Finds
Topline Though public opinion on the Biden Administration’s response to the war in Ukraine remains divided along party lines, Republican disapproval has fallen by 12 percentage points in the past two ...
Bitcoin-friendly Republican candidate JD Vance wins Ohio Senate primary
JD Vance has won the Ohio Republican Senate primary election, making him the GOP’s candidate in the highly anticipated Senate race against Democrat Tim Ryan in which both parties are trotting out cryp...
Energy Companies Weigh In On Red-Hot WV Republican Primary
MONTCOAL, WV – APRIL 08: Brian Lemon, a Massey Energy miner at the Blackstone Mine, leans against a … [+] truck near the Upper Big Branch Mine on April 8, 2010 in Montcoal, West Virginia. ...
Orrin Hatch, The Longest Serving Republican Senator, Dies At 88
Topline Orrin G. Hatch, the conservative lawmaker from Utah who served seven terms as U.S. Senator—making him the longest-serving Republican Senator—died on Saturday at the age of 88. Former Sen. Orri...
Who May Decide Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fate? Republican Trump Foe Brad Raffensperger
Topline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) testified Friday in a hearing that will determine whether she can run for reelection after allegedly supporting efforts to overturn the 2020 election and th...
Republican Lawmakers Pen Open Letter to SEC Criticizing Two New Proposals
Two high-ranking US lawmakers are attacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for proposing new rules that could “stifle innovation” in the crypto ecosystem. Republicans Patrick McHenr...
Republican Policymakers Want SEC Chair to ‘Re-Propose’ Crypto Rules
Republican representatives Patrick McHenry and Bill Huizenga have expressed worry with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler in their latest public letter. Earlier in March, ...
Republican lawmakers accuse SEC of restricting crypto exchanges in recent rulemakings
Two Republican lawmakers have taken issue with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent rule changes. On April 18, Representatives Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) wrote to...
Nelson Peltz hosted Joe Manchin for fundraiser featuring Republican megadonors
Nelson Peltz, left, and Joe Manchin CNBC; Reuters Wall Street veteran Nelson Peltz hosted a $5,000 a plate fundraiser for Sen. Joe Manchin at the billionaire’s sprawling Florida estate last mont...
Ahead Of Elections, FTX Co-CEO Gives $4 Million To A Republican PAC
According to Politico, Co-CEO of FTX Digitals Markets, Ryan Salame, has donated $4 million to a political action committee aligned with Republican candidates ahead of mid-term elections. The recent d...
FTX exec launches new Republican PAC with $4 million donation
Ryan Salame, co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, has launched a new political action committee. First reported by Politico’s Stephanie Murray, the American Dream Federal Action PAC aims to support &...
My financial adviser seems deeply Republican, and I’m liberal. Does this matter?
Should you let differing political beliefs impact your choice of a financial planner? Getty Images Question: I’ve worked with the same financial adviser for about 10 years — and I feel like he’s done ...
Fox News’ Shannon Bream Says Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Likely Get ‘A Handful Of Republican Votes’
Fox News Channel’s Shannon Bream during the confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Fox News Channel Fox News Channel anchor Shannon Bream—the network’s top Supreme Court correspond...