Author: Ross O’Keefe

President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to call the state legislature in for a special session where they could approve new congressional maps that would redraw district lines in favor of Republicans. That began a partisan back-and-forth, with Democratic states such as California and New York threatening to redraw their maps in favor…

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is running for governor in South Carolina, she announced Monday. Mace’s declaration comes after months of speculation, sometimes emanating from herself, about whether she would run. She often openly wondered “if I were governor,” or suggested she may be “forced” to run. The South Carolina representative announced her decision at her…

Former President Joe Biden warned that he thinks the Trump administration is attacking the rule of law during remarks to the National Bar Association in Chicago on Thursday night. Biden said he believes “these are dark days,” as President Donald Trump nears the 200th day of his presidency. However, the former president did not mention…

The two top intelligence officials in former President Barack Obama’s administration denied Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s assessment that they and others politicized the Russia election interference investigation. Former CIA Director John Brennan and James Clapper, who held Gabbard’s position under Obama, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times thoroughly rejecting that they engaged in…

The Texas state representative who famously piqued Joe Rogan’s interest says state Democrats could take “extreme” steps to combat Republican redistricting. James Talarico explained what Democrats could do to combat the Texas Republican-dominated state legislature’s redrawing of Texas’s congressional lines in an interview with the Washington Examiner. He said he expects the new congressional map,…

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) sparred with conservative personality Laura Loomer on X Wednesday, exchanging insults with Loomer over whether he is exiting Congress to run for Mayor of Miami. Loomer says Gimenez is “pissed” he lost his bid to become the Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee. He would lose out to Rep. Andrew…

President pro Tempore of the Cincinnati City Council, Victoria Parks, wrote in a social media comment Sunday that the victims of a brawl in her city “begged for that beatdown.” It’s unclear why she commented, but the Democrat has received extensive condemnation for her words. Parks has served on the city council since 2022, but announced earlier this year that…

Railroad company Union Pacific will buy Norfolk Southern in a cash and stock transaction valued at $85 billion, combining two of the largest rail operators in the nation. The merger will combine Union Pacific’s Western, Midwestern, and Southern railroad portfolio with Norfolk Southern’s extensive East Coast network. As part of the deal, Norfolk Southern shareholders…

Barack Obama will headline an August fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard that will highlight the Democratic redistricting effort as the former president faces calls for prosecution from the Trump administration. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard referred Obama to the Department of Justice for prosecution on Wednesday, alleging the former president ignored an intelligence community assessment…

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) expressed his frustration with the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files Wednesday. “Release the damn files,” Tillis said at an Axios forum, adding that it would help put the issue to bed. President Donald Trump and his administration are facing an uproar concerning their handling of the files and…