(Associated Press) The Alaska Republican Party previously censured U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting to convict former President Donald Trump after his impeachment trial and now doesn't want her to identify as a GOP candidate in next year's election, a member of the party's State Central Committee said Tuesday.
"The party...
(Headline USA) Attorneys general from 21 states on Wednesday sued to to overturn President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.
Led by Ken Paxton of Texas and Austin Knudsen of Montana, the states said Biden had overstepped his authority when he revoked the permit for the...
(Headline USA) Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic "rescue" plan that bars states from using its funds to offset tax cuts.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday, they said the prohibition is “unclear, but potentially breathtaking” — airing...
(Headline USA) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster in hopes of muscling legislation supporting President Joe Biden's agenda past GOP opposition.
McConnell unleashed the dire forecast of a Senate that would all...
(Headline USA) The pressure against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual harassment allegations reached the White House on Tuesday, with President Joe Biden saying Cuomo should resign if the state attorney general's investigation confirms the claims against him.
Biden made the remarks in an interview with ABC News that is...
(Headline USA) Facing his own political woes amid a recall effort over his mishandling of the pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he expects and hopes fellow Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein will serve her full term despite recent attacks from the Left.
The backpedaling came a day after Newsom...
(Headline USA) As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to return to the business of governing Monday, one of his sexual harassment accusers met via Zoom for more than four hours with investigators working for the state attorney general’s office.
During the interview, Charlotte Bennett revealed new details about Cuomo's behavior...
(Headline USA) Leaders and elected officials in Portland, Oregon, came together Monday to demand an end to violence, criminal destruction and intimidation by “anarchists” as destructive protests continue in the city.
For nearly nine months rioters have trashed the city in the name of "police reform" and an end to "systemic...
(Headline USA) Amid strong bipartisan pushback, security officials say they will soon scale back fencing that has circled the U.S. Capitol and cut off the entire area to pedestrian and vehicular traffic since the Jan. 6 siege during an otherwise mostly peaceful protest.
Timothy Blodgett, the acting House sergeant-at-arms, said Monday...
(Associated Press) California Gov. Gavin Newsom established a political committee Monday to begin raising money to defend his seat in a potential recall election, the strongest acknowledgment to date that he expects to be on the ballot this year.
The Democrat’s new fundraising arm could soon send a powerful message to...
(Headline USA) U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether it caused the officer's death.
George Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, W.Va., and Julian Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, were...
(Headline USA) Wyoming lawmakers will continue to discuss proposed election changes endorsed by Donald Trump Jr. for their potential to undermine U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, but not for next year as originally planned.
A legislative committee voted Thursday to delay the proposal for what would be Wyoming's first primary runoffs from...