House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has thrown down the gauntlet at President Joe Biden and the Democrats over the debt ceiling. McCarthy has said he will extend the debt ceiling through May 2024, to $32.9 trillion, but only if the president and Congressional Democrats agree to: return roughly $50 to $60 billion of  unspent COVID-19 funding…

Commentary As we commemorate the founding of the United States of America on this Fourth of July, 2022, it’s important to remember that after the founders affixed their names to the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they would face war against King George until the surrender at Yorktown in the fall of 1781. Even then,…

Incumbent Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) won the Republican primary in North Dakota on June 14. Hoeven’s victory was a predictable end to the primary that pitted him against challenger Riley Kuntz. With 18 percent of the votes reported at 9:47 p.m. ET, Hoeven received 78.9 percent of the votes and was declared the winner by the…

Democrats Nida Allam and Valerie Foushee are spending record amounts of money in a battle for North Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District primary. The most expensive Democratic congressional primary in North Carolina’s history seems illogical at first. It’s a fight between two candidates with an almost-identical platform and similarly high chances of winning the general election….

Commentary In a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll, President Joe Biden’s approval is down to 38 percent. Which looks pretty good compared to Vice President Kamala Harris, whose approval now stands at 28 percent. Democrats have just been reprimanded by voters, with the upset victory of Republican candidate and political novice Glenn Youngkin in the…