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Violent crime has been on the decline in D.C. since 2023, funneling into a nationwide crime drop the following year that saw homicide rates plummet across the country, reported The…
The fiscal, political, and moral case for another round of tax reform. Source link
Republicans are suddenly petrified of Washington—in the nick of time. Hours after Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard members to the streets of the nation’s capital, conservative…
“Well we’re going to look at that. We’re talking about it, and they’re doing a very good job, and you know that is a pass,” Trump said. “Operation Warp Speed was—whether you’re Republican…
The FBI has agreed to help hunt down Texas Democratic lawmakers, according to Republican Senator John Cornyn, who made the request. “I am proud to announce that Director Kash Patel has…
When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, he remarked that broadcasting is built on a collection of…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton set a Friday deadline for Democratic state lawmakers to return to work in the Legislature or else face removal from office. Source link
Rep. Delia Ramirez recently took the stage at a leftist conference in Mexico City and declared that she's more proud of her Guatemalan heritage than her American citizenship. Source link
In red states, Republicans gerrymander state legislatures to ensure massive majorities that then pass abortion bans, tax cuts for the rich, school vouchers, and other policies that polls…
“Americans went to the polls in November, and they had a choice between a Democratic candidate that had an open border, no enforcement, fentanyl, drugs, human trafficking, and they had a…
Hardball in Texas isn’t exactly unknown to Democrats. Source link
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the arrest Monday of Democratic state legislators who've fled the state, as a partisan standoff escalated over Republican plans to redraw congressional…
“Listen, Donald Trump is a piece of shit, we know that. He is,” Crockett said, to applause. “But in a functioning democracy, he still would not be able to get away with this. But he’s been…
Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association, told NBC the move was “inappropriate behavior of a partner organization,” adding, “We’re all on the…
Piercing through the Democratic talking points won’t be easy. Source link
As Republicans move to redraw legislative maps in red states to pad their narrow House majority in Washington, some Democrats are rethinking their embrace of a nonpartisan approach to…
Senate Republicans, save for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, are not rushing to implement President Trump's idea to use incoming tariff revenue to give Americans a share of the windfall coming…
Texas Republicans are moving forward with their gerrymandering plan that will essentially create new pro-Trump districts in a state that already has an overwhelming GOP majority. The new…
Senate Republicans, frustrated with Democrats' refusal to fast-track any of President Trump's nominees, are considering last-ditch options for ending the blockade, including changing the…
Her campaign committee, Karoline for Congress, didn’t raise any money during April, May, or June of this year, failing to pay off a dime of her mountainous debt, according to the…
In recent months in Texas, hemp—and the state’s $5.5 billion hemp industry—has become a flashpoint in state politics and the wider cultural war. A successful push by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick…
Senate Republicans surmounted a Democrat-led filibuster attempt Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Trump's personal defense lawyer and deeply controversial pick for…
They had a chance to institute private accounts 20 years ago but allowed Democrats’ scare tactics to kill the idea. That failure cost us all dearly. Source link
Central banks charged with maintaining price stability, meanwhile, have been relatively slow to recognize the challenge climate change poses to that mandate. Wonkish conversations about…
