Author: Hailey Bullis

The Libertarian Party is urging President Donald Trump to follow through immediately on his campaign promise to commute the life sentence of “Silk Road” website creator Ross Ulbricht on the first day of his presidency. Trump signed a flurry of executive orders during his first day as the 47th president of the United States. His first actions as president included pardoning approximately 1,500…

The 2024 election cycle has ended, with Republicans holding control of all three branches of government. The Washington Examiner interviewed over two dozen new members as they prepare to take office in January. Part 9 of Capitol’s new crop will introduce Jeff Hurd, the representative for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in the 119th Congress. Republican…

President-elect Donald Trump has arrived at the Hyatt Regency Washington, where the House GOP leadership elections are taking place Wednesday morning. Trump, who is in Washington to meet with President Joe Biden later Wednesday, has brought tech mogul Elon Musk along with him, according to a source familiar with the situation. Addressing the GOP conference…

The presidential contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to be a close one, with strategists on both sides of the aisle saying the result will likely hinge on voter turnout. In 2016, Trump won by squeezing out just enough votes in key Electoral College states over Democratic rival…

Donald Trump in 2016 won one of the biggest upsets in American political history by squeezing out just enough votes in key Electoral College states. Trump’s victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton was decided by about 77,000 votes out of 136 million ballots cast. He won Pennsylvania by 0.7 percentage points (44,292 votes), Wisconsin by…

CHICAGO — Organizers of the Democratic National Convention described the invitation of 200 content creators to the convention as giving them a “front-row seat to history.” On that front, the DNC delivered. Vice President Kamala Harris recorded multiple videos over the course of the convention with content creators. Creators were given seats inside the arena…

CHICAGO — The third day of the Democratic National Convention featured Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as the headliner, with support from former football players he used to coach. “Uncommitted” delegates gathered outside the DNC to protest the fact that no Palestinian Americans were scheduled to speak at the event. Democrats also provided a “gender-neutral” prayer room…

CHICAGO — Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) heavily touted his background as a teacher, football coach, and former member of the U.S. Army National Guard during his prime-time speech Wednesday night to accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Walz, who was a high school football coach, made multiple references and puns to the sport throughout his…

CHICAGO — Democrats remain mostly confident that the handful of third-party candidates running in the presidential campaign poses little threat to Vice Presidential Kamala Harris’s bid.  At the Democratic National Convention, party members and delegates remained united in saying that third-party candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Jill Stein, and Cornel West, were…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he will be meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “shortly” as he withholds an endorsement of her for now. Jeffries, speaking to reporters at the Capitol Monday, is one of the few high profile Democrats who have yet to formally rally…