Trump campaign accelerates vetting of potential running mates
With the start of the Republican Party’s presidential nominating convention less than six weeks away, former President Donald Trump’s campaign is picking up the pace in vetting the potential running mates. The process has started in earnest with documents being requested from several prospective contenders for the 2024 GOP vice presidential nomination, sources on Wednesday Read More
Florida and Kansas are accusing 2 people of forging signatures for petition drives
Florida and Kansas officials are accusing two petition circulators of forging voter signatures during campaigns to put an abortion rights measure to a vote in Florida and allow the No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Jamie Johnson, 47, and George Andrews III, 30, both from Dade City, Florida, in the Tampa Read More
Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: NDA initiates govt formation, INDIA bloc in ‘wait and watch’ mode
The opposition alliance, INDIA bloc, despite making significant gains with 234 seats, adopted a cautious approach, indicating a “wait and watch” strategy.
School boards group backs out of teacher exchange program amid ex-North Dakota lawmaker’s charges
A North Dakota school boards organization has returned over $140,000 to the state and ended its role in a teacher exchange program months after an indictment was unsealed against a former state lawmaker, who traveled to Europe on the state funds and later was accused of traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for Read More
Rural South Dakota voters reject proposal to require hand-counting of ballots
Voters in three small South Dakota counties on Tuesday rejected initiated measures to require hand-counting of ballots in future elections. The votes in Gregory, Haakon and Tripp counties were an unusual step even as other places in the U.S. have considered moving to hand-counting in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s claims of 2020 Read More
Financiers plan to launch a Texas-based stock exchange
The group announced Wednesday it raised $120 million in capital to start a stock exchange in Dallas this year.
Texas A&M bonfire will not return to campus
Resuming the bonfire was “not in the interest” of Texas A&M, said school President Mark Welsh III.
Inherently complicated: House Republicans consider another angle to take on Attorney General Garland
Attorney General Merrick Garland is on the clock. Two House committees have voted to hold Garland in contempt of Congress. House Republicans aren’t pleased with Garland failing to cough up an audiotape of the transcribed interview Special Counsel Robert Hur conducted with President Biden in the classified documents case. Garland released a transcript of the Read More
Following Trump’s guilty verdict, first swing state poll reveals how it impacts voters’ decisions
The first major swing state poll following former President Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York City trial last week revealed a solid lead for one candidate just five months ahead of the November general election. Georgia voters favor Trump over Biden 49% to 44% in a head-to-head matchup, according to the Quinnipiac University poll Read More
‘Misleading’ Dem contraception bill fails key vote as GOP slams broad proposal
Democrats’ contraception bill failed a key procedural vote on Wednesday as Republicans slammed the broad proposal over parental rights and religious liberty implications. The Senate voted 51-39 against moving forward with the “Right to Contraception Act.” The bill needed to garner 60 votes in order to move forward in the upper chamber. JON TESTER CAMPAIGN Read More