Tag: Republicans

Trump Hosts Actor Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard at ‘Sound of Freedom’ Screening

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted a screening of the film “Sound of Freedom” with actor Jim Caviezel, producer Eduardo Verástegui and Operation Underground Railroad’s Tim Ballard, whom the movie about child sex trafficking was based upon. The event, which took place outside his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, had the presidential nominee kicking…


Pentagon Cyber Chief Nominee Calls on ‘Whiz Kids’ to Defend Nation on Digital Battlefields

A “dual hat” consolidation of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) cyber warfare operations will improve critical infrastructure resiliency while sharpening the Pentagon’s ability to preemptively eliminate cyber threats before they manifest, the deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command said during a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing on July 20. The proposed permanent merger of the…


Sens. Gillibrand, Hawley Bring Bipartisan Bill to Block Lawmakers, Executive Branch Leaders From Stock Trading

Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are bringing forward a new bill to block their fellow U.S. lawmakers, senior officials in the executive branch, and their spouses and dependents from owning stocks while in office. On Wednesday, the two Senators announced they intend to co-sponsor a bipartisan bill, to be named the…


‘This Is a Witch Hunt’: Michigan GOP Responds to Criminal Charges Against Trump 2020 Electors

The Michigan Republican Party has issued a sharply critical reaction to the Michigan Attorney General’s decision to bring criminal charges against 16 people who signed certificates claiming that President Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election. “This is a witch hunt designed to prosecute and punish citizens who are duly elected and perform a major…


GOP Doctors Slam CDC Guidance on Transgenders ‘Chestfeeding’ Infants, Request Scientific Basis for Claim

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is being questioned by GOP doctors in the Senate about its controversial guidance saying that transgender people can breastfeed children and suggesting that such individuals take drugs for lactation. According to the CDC, transgender and non-binary individuals “may give birth and breastfeed or feed at the chest (chestfeed).”…


‘We Must Act’: Matt Gaetz to Introduce Bill Defunding Jack Smith Investigation Targeting Trump

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Tuesday that he would introduce a bill to the House of Representatives “to defund” Special Counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. “I will be introducing legislation to DEFUND Jack Smith’s witch hunt against President Trump,” Gaetz wrote on…


Trump Asks Republicans to Vote Early, Promotes Ballot Harvesting During Iowa Town Hall

Former president Donald Trump encouraged supporters to take part in early voting as well as “legal” ballot harvesting for the 2024 elections during his conversation with Fox News’s Sean Hannity at a town hall meeting in Iowa on Tuesday. Ballot harvesting refers to the practice of political agents collecting ballots from homes of absentee voters…