Author: Hailey Bullis
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Newt Gingrich calls recent federal rulings against Trump a ‘judicial coup d’etat’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich railed against recent rulings against the Trump administration during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday morning, saying it was “clearly a judicial coup d’etat.” Two House Judiciary subcommittees are holding a joint hearing examining the role of the judicial branch as Republicans look for ways to rein in federal judges…
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Democrats eye economic struggles as opportunity to win voters back from Trump
Congressional Democrats see an opening to woo back voters the party lost in the 2024 election as concerns about the economy persist in President Donald Trump’s first 100 days. Trump heavily campaigned on lowering inflation rates and strengthening the U.S. economy as he vied to reclaim the Oval Office, promising voters he would “immediately” bring…
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House Republicans seek to ban use of special retail codes to track gun sales
House Republicans want to prevent credit card companies and financial institutions from enforcing or assigning special retail codes to gun stores to track their sales, a move they argued would infringe on Second Amendment rights. The new bill, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, follows a debate last year on the use of specialized merchant…
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Libertarians wait for Trump to free Ross Ulbricht and fulfill Day One pledge
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…
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Libertarians wait for Trump to free Ross Ulbricht and fulfill Day One pledge
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…
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Capitol’s new crop: Jeff Hurd, Colorado’s ‘accidental politician,’ who is taking over Boebert’s old House seat
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…
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Trump arrives with Musk at House GOP leadership elections on Capitol Hill
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…
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Final countdown: Voters in these battleground states will decide who wins the presidency
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…
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These eight states will likely decide who wins the 2024 presidential election
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…
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Harris and Democrats look to social media influencers to spread blue vibes
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…

