Category: Politics

Arizona County Elections Director Quits, Accusing Officials of Politicization

An Arizona county elections director resigned from her position on Tuesday after accusing officials of politicizing elections and creating a harmful work environment. The Pinal County government announced the resignation of Elections Director Geraldine Roll, who stepped into the position to oversee the recount process after the 2022 midterm election. In a scathing email sent on…


IN-DEPTH: Defense Budget Focuses on Growing China Threat

The proposed United States’ $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget features a $9.1 billion program designed to beef up allied operational efficiencies and fortify installations to counter aggression in the Western Pacific by China’s growing military. Both Senate and House armed services committees last week adopted the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) within their Fiscal…


Defense Bill’s ‘Pacific Deterrence Initiative’ Puts Focus on Growing China Threat

The proposed United States’ $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget features a $9.1 billion program designed to beef up allied operational efficiencies and fortify installations to counter aggression in the Western Pacific by China’s growing military. Both Senate and House armed services committees last week adopted the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) within their Fiscal…


Defense Budget Focuses on Growing China Threat

The proposed United States’ $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget features a $9.1 billion program designed to beef up allied operational efficiencies and fortify installations to counter aggression in the Western Pacific by China’s growing military. Both Senate and House armed services committees last week adopted the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) within their Fiscal…


DeSantis Outlines Plans for Federal Government at New Hampshire Event

Talking to New Hampshire voters on June 27, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined his plans to “reconstitutionalize” the federal government, including constitutional amendments he’d like to see passed. DeSantis, a Republican seeking his party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential race, took probing questions from the state’s famously independent-minded voters, including from some wanting to know…


Trump Says He ‘Did Nothing Wrong’ After Audio Recording Emerges in Documents Case

Former President Donald Trump is saying he behaved appropriately and had not shown a classified document after CNN aired a July 2021 audio recording of him talking about an attack plan against Iran. CNN aired an audio recording on Monday night in which it sounds as though Trump is describing military planning for an attack…


Democrat Lawmaker Arrested for Vandalizing Car With ‘Biden Sucks’ Sticker: Police

Rhode Island state Sen. Joshua Miller was arrested last week after he was allegedly seen on a surveillance camera vandalizing a car with a “Biden Sucks” bumper sticker affixed to it, saying he was “daring” him to do it, according to authorities. The Cranston Police Department said in a press release on June 23 that…


Trump Appears in New Hampshire for Opening of Campaign Headquarters

Amid a thrift shop, an auto repair shop, the City of Manchester Department of Public Works, and a Dunkin Donuts, former President Donald Trump kicked off the opening of his campaign headquarters in New Hampshire earlier Tuesday afternoon. To people like Libby DePiero, who traveled all the way from Connecticut for the event, Trump’s chosen…


US Sanctions Gold Firms Tied to Wagner Mercenary Group

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on multiple companies accused of using illicit gold sales to help fund Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. Treasury said in an announcement on June 27 that it had sanctioned four companies in the Central African Republic (CAR), United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Russia, accusing the entities of engaging…


Senators Report ‘Shocking’ Jan. 6 Intelligence Failures by FBI, DHS

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to adequately assess and warn law enforcement agencies about the level of threat the Capitol faced on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a new Senate report. The report (pdf), drafted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, details how the FBI and DHS…