In ousting McCarthy, GOP demotes key fundraiser and campaign cheerleader before 2024

by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | Politics

Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are rudderless in Washington as they search for a new leader — leaving one half of Congress in the lurch and freezing key legislative business — but the political ripple effects of former...

Why Biden claims he has no choice but to build more of Trump’s border wall

by admin | Oct 5, 2023 | Politics

SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said his administration had no choice but to build about 20 miles more southern border wall — after he’s long dismissed Donald Trump’s wall as a waste of money...

Trump considers attending GOP’s House speaker forum in first post-Jan. 6 Capitol appearance: Sources

by admin | Oct 5, 2023 | Politics

Mary Altafeer-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is considering attending House Republicans’ candidate forum for speaker next week, multiple sources familiar with his thinking told ABC News. The sources, however, cautioned that...

Cornel West switches parties again, and other campaign trail takeaways

by admin | Oct 5, 2023 | Politics

Mark Makela/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Progressive activist Cornel West switched parties for the second time as he wages a third-party presidential campaign. West is planning to run as an independent for president, ditching the Green Party, which has a more...

Nancy Marks, George Santos’ former campaign treasurer, pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge

by admin | Oct 5, 2023 | Politics

Jason Marz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge. Marks allegedly filed the names of false donors to Santos’ congressional campaign....