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Hours after Michael Flynn, the retired three-star general and former national security adviser and convicted criminal, told a group of QAnon conspirators who gathered in Dallas over Memorial Day weekend that the Biden administration expected to be overthrown by force, Democratic lawmakers at Texas State House, two hundred miles away …

WASHINGTON – Dr Anthony Fauci has been a political lightning rod since the early days of the pandemic, acclaimed by the left and vilified by the right. But with the publication of a mine of emails from Fauci last week, the political attacks by Republicans on the country’s top government …

Warren said Duhnke’s removal was “absolutely the right move” and signaled that she would be pushing for a bigger reshuffle. The SEC, which is also responsible for hiring PCAOB executives, may grant his wish. The agency said it would seek candidates for all five of the regulator’s board positions, although …

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) will resume making political donations to U.S. lawmakers but will not give to Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn President Joe Biden‘s election victory, according to an internal memo released Friday by Reuters. The bank was among many companies that suspended political donations …

In Idaho, some Republicans see their state as a bastion of conservatism in an increasingly liberal world. “People flock here because they are looking for the last safe space for the American dream,” said gubernatorial candidate Ed Humphreys during an outdoor campaign launch speech last month at Eagle. “Idaho is …

PHOENIX – Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers on Wednesday visited an ongoing audit of the 2020 Republican-ordered polls and called on their state to conduct a similar review, the latest sign that political fights for last year’s election are far from over. Arizona Senate Republicans have ordered an audit of approximately 2.1 …

I agree with all violent protesters and their supporters when they complain “it’s all about politics”. But what they don’t take into account is what this nation really is. Let’s go back in time to explain. It was only the radical Republicans of the post-Civil War era who were adamant …

By: KDKA-TV News Team HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Lieutenant Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman says he marks the start of Pride Month by “technically breaking a law” and displaying pride flags from the balcony of his office in Harrisburg . READ MORE: Man pleads guilty to federal charges arising …

SPRINGFIELD – Some Republican senators are calling JB Pritzker “America’s most dangerous governor” after Senate Democrats refused to vote on 10 people appointed by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Monday. These Republicans say this move will allow these appointees to continue serving without going through the constitutionally required confirmation …

Ryan, a good friend with whom I served in Congress and who is passionately devoted to conservative ideals in the tradition of Ronald Reagan and his mentor, Jack Kemp, has stated many difficult truths that speak to the heartbreaking experience of the presidency of Donald Trump and the state of …

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – As the widely open races for governor and the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania take shape, Republican candidates with close ties to Donald Trump are coming forward and are seen as strong contenders for the party’s nominations – a a powerful sign of the enduring popularity of …

Foster Friess, a Wyoming businessman who founded an investment firm, made his fortune and donated much of it to Republican presidential candidates and charities, sometimes with flair, died Thursday in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 81 years old. His organization, Foster’s Outriders, which confirmed the death, said he was treated there …

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters after the Senate Republican Luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 18, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a bill that would create an independent commission to investigate the Jan.6 insurgency on Capitol Hill, as …

Two Republicans at Oregon House said a lawyer investigating a harassment complaint about a Democratic lawmaker whitewashed concerns they shared about that lawmaker’s behavior in his report. Representative Brad Witt, a Democrat from Clatskanie, is under investigation after a Republican lawmaker complained about texting him what he believed was a …

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Members of the Illinois redistribution committees held two meetings Wednesday night. Still, Democrats did not explain the data they used for their proposed map in addition to information from the 2019 U.S. Community Survey. Republican lawyers and lawmakers have asked Democrats when the public can see this …

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans have restarted negotiations over President Joe Biden’s sweeping investment plan, preparing a $ 1 trillion infrastructure proposal that would be funded with COVID-19 relief funds as a counter-offer in the White House before the Memorial Day deadline towards a bipartisan deal. Republicans said on Tuesday they …

Light grabs the security fence around the United States Capitol, erected in the aftermath of the January 6 attack but now slated to begin to be removed, in Washington, USA on March 15, 2021. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst Two moderate U.S. Senate Democrats known for their independent streaks on Tuesday …

The Republican-controlled state legislature is expected to take no action on Tuesday during a special session called by Gov. Tony Evers to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin and accept $ 1 billion in additional federal funds. Evers called the special session last week and proposed a bill that would add Wisconsin …

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (RW.Va.) asks questions during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to consider the FY2022 budget request for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the building from the Dirksen Senate office in Washington, USA on May 19, 2021. Greg Nash / Pool via REUTERS Republicans …

TSenate Republicans are making a concerted effort to overturn the creation of a 9/11-type commission to investigate the attack on Capitol Hill, putting the bill’s passage in serious jeopardy amid fears over what a high-level investigation into the events of January 6 could reveal. Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …

A Republican senator sent letters to three regional leaders of the Federal Reserve Bank on Sunday seeking information about their recent work on racial economic equality, which he sees as politicized activity at odds with the central bank’s mandate . Senator Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) Has written to the heads …

The four candidates vying for this year’s Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey have at least one common goal: They want to deny incumbent Democratic MP Phil Murphy a second term. But the specter of another politician has swayed the contours of the race – even though he’s not …

Disgusted Republicans, you are not alone. You know that our democratic institutions are under attack by the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Reagan. Today’s Republican Party has made a mockery of its founding principles and Republican leaders in Congress refuse to tell the truth. That’s why I joined more than …

They have been seeking the right to abortion for decades. The next thing they did was attack the Voting Rights Act. And look: they will go after Brown v. Board of Education and Civil Rights Act. Nothing is more sacred to Republicans. Not the right to vote. No right to …

SPRINGFIELD – Declaring that it is time for this type of thing to end, North Side State Senator Mike Simmons on Friday dismissed Republican Darren Bailey’s explanation for his use of the word ‘perversion’ during the debate on a bill on sex education, accusing the legislature in the north of …

Republican lawmakers in charge of funding the US military responded this week to claims that there was “awakened” political bias against conservatives in the military. Several prominent Republicans on the House and Senate armed services committees have criticized the culture of annulment and stirred up ideology that they believe could …

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – The Illinois Department of Employment Security has struggled to help residents resolve fraudulent claims or receive unemployment benefits throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. IDES closed the doors of local offices at the start of the pandemic and has not opened them since. Illinois residents quickly turned to their …

More than three-quarters of Republican-led states plan to prematurely end $ 300 a week in federal unemployment benefits, as jobless claims hit a new pandemic low, likely triggering a decline in the number of benefit recipients this summer. The move came as initial jobless claims through the state’s regular programs …

“This is absolutely wrong. You know, I was there. I watched a number of people go down to the White House and then come back. I have a balcony over my desk. So I saw them come down. heard the noise – the flash bangs, I felt some of the …

PHOENIX – Arizona Senate Republicans have signed a lease to continue their slow audit of the 2020 Maricopa County election results until the end of June. The State Senate and its contractors had rented the Veterans Memorial Coliseum until Friday, when they must leave the old basketball arena as it …

Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday in Washington. Democrats are trying to devise a strategy to fight a wave of restrictive ballot bills coming from Republican-controlled states. Bill O’Leary / The Washington Post via AP, Pool WASHINGTON – A small group of civil …

Go Gonzo: US Representative Anthony Gonzalez became the last pro-impeachment House Republican to be raked by his state party on Friday. But as Jeremy Pelzer reports, the Ohio Republican Party not only voted to censor Gonzalez, but also passed an impromptu resolution calling for his resignation. Gonzalez did not respond …

Asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo about his thoughts on Representative Elise Stefanik, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump who is emerging as the top contender to potentially replace Representative Liz Cheney as the party’s leadership, McCain said in part: “We need to be careful.” “There is no point …

WASHINGTON – When a group of Republican doctors in Congress released a video promoting the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, their message was not explicitly aimed at their conservative constituents, but had a clear political bent nonetheless. Getting the photo is the best way to “end government restrictions on our …

In her opening of “The Ingraham Angle” on Monday, Fox News host Laura Ingraham explained how the Democrats‘ “radical” politics are catching up with them and highlighting the victories the GOP has seen. INGRAHAM: The point is, Democrats have grown far too arrogant over the past year, and especially since …

The president proposes to spend about $ 4.5 trillion on infrastructure and social programs combined. by: Basil John Posted: May 3, 2021 / 10:11 p.m. EDT / Update: May 3, 2021 / 10:11 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – After President Biden’s joint speech to Congress, Republicans say they can’t back …

HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf has taken the ‘extraordinary’ step of recalling the appointments of seven Cabinet members in response to a threat by Senate Republicans not to confirm his nominees for the Public Utility Committee if the administration continues its planned entry into a regional greenhouse gas initiative (RGGI). …

SPRINGFIELD – Some Republicans in the General Assembly, including parliamentary minority leader Jim Durkin, are calling for a criminal investigation into the coronavirus-related deaths at the state-run LaSalle Veterans Home. The push for a criminal investigation comes after the release of a state investigation report on Friday, which found there …

Amy Walter: Well the battle is over, Lisa and Donald Trump have won. This is Donald Trump’s party. There are wrestlers who have continued to denounce the president, as you pointed out to MP Cheney. But they’re a very scarce commodity right now. Many of them are already facing major …

With Minnesota’s legislative session set to end in the coming weeks, members of the State House and Senate met on Monday, May 3 for its first meeting. The bipartisan group of state officials and senators will strike a compromise between the Republican-controlled Senate and the Democratic-controlled House, which will hopefully …

(The Center Square) – Republicans who will draft Wisconsin’s new state budget are asking Gov. Tony Evers to share his ideas with them. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, joined Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg and Senator Howard Marklein, R- Spring Green on Monday to …

With the benefit of months of hindsight – and still no evidence (or anything close to it) that the 2020 election was stolen or skewed – CNN’s Pamela Brown asked the Kansas Republican if he had any ” regret your actions and whether he feared they contributed to the disinformation …

Former President George W. Bush said in a recent interview that if the Republican Party stands for “exclusivity” and “white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, it will gain nothing.” Asked in an interview on The Dispatch podcast last week about Republicans who touted the transposition of “Anglo-Saxon traditions,” Bush replied that “the idea …

Jim Lamon, chairman of a solar energy company and supporter of former President Donald Trump, has launched a campaign in the US Senate, hoping to oust incumbent Senator Mark Kelly. Lamon, 65, a Paradise Valley resident who grew up on a farm in Alabama before serving as an airborne officer …

WASHINGTON – Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Has made the political life of Parliamentary Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hell this year – and there are no easy fixes. Cheney fanned the flames on Monday, tearing apart former President Donald Trump for calling his ouster “THE BIG LIE.” “The 2020 presidential election …

photo by: John Hanna / AP Kansas Governor Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters following a visit to a daycare center on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in Topeka. The Democratic governor called a Republican proposal to ban transgender athletes from female and female school sports “regressive”. Updated at 5:15 p.m. …

NASHVILLE – In the closing days of the legislative session, Republicans at Tennessee House reopened an education committee to curb what public schools will be allowed to teach on the topics of racism and inequality. Members of the House Education Administration Committee – which had previously closed for the year …

(The Center Square) – A new law that changes the way state-funded construction projects are awarded by the state of New Jersey is receiving bipartisan praise. The law allows government entities to award construction contracts to a single company that would oversee a construction project, as opposed to a government …

Once upon a time, Joe Biden‘s spending proposals would have sparked mass protests in the opposition. Nothing else would have been talked about in the conservative media, and ambitious Republican politicians would have clashed to demonstrate the most intense resistance, up to and perhaps even chain themselves to the US …