Tag: Republicans

Florida Libel Bill May Challenge Long-Standing Supreme Court Decision

Zak Young says his business and livelihood were destroyed—and innocent lives endangered—when CNN allegedly trashed him in TV and print stories. As an elite security operator who had the skills and contacts to extract people from Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban, Young saw himself savaged as a black marketer seeking to fleece helpless…


California Republicans Build Support for Legislation to Address Fentanyl, Border Crises

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the Biden administration’s border policies for the alarming rise in deaths from fentanyl overdoses in the United States at the recent California Republican Party (CAGOP) convention. “I want you to think for one moment what this fentanyl is doing, because it is killing Americans,” he told Republicans gathered in Sacramento…


House Oversight Seeks Testimony From Key Biden Partner Who Transferred $1 Million

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee asked a Hunter Biden business associate to testify before the committee, coming a day after the panel released information from financial documents showing that Walker transferred $1 million to Biden family members days after receiving a wire from a Chinese energy firm. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote a…


Kari Lake Attorneys File State Supreme Court Response to ‘Disingenuous’ Maricopa County Claims

Attorneys for Kari Lake on Thursday filed a response in court after Maricopa County’s attorneys told the Arizona Supreme Court that the GOP candidate’s election lawsuit should be tossed. Her attorneys accuse Maricopa County of misleading the court and said that its attorneys have not answered a question about why there were 35,000 ballots that…


DeSantis: 3 Years Later, Biden Still Pushing ‘Failed’ Fed COVID Policies

On March 16, 2020, President Donald Trump and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) issued “15 Days to Slow the Spread” of COVID-19, guidance that “advised” individuals and businesses to adopt social distancing measures such as working from home and closing many retailers and restaurants. Citing that guidance from the CDC, many…


Republicans Introduce Major Reform Package to Restore US Energy Independence

House Republicans on March 14 introduced a new reform package aimed at restoring America’s energy independence, though Democrats have already signaled it will face challenges passing through a divided Congress. The nearly 200-page bill (pdf), known as H.R. 1 or the “Lower Energy Costs Act,” was initially announced by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) last week but it was…


Federal Agency Comes Closer to Gas Stove Ban

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has made a formal request for information about the possible health hazards of gas-powered stoves—another signal that the United States may be moving towards a ban on those appliances under the Biden administration. “This RFI does not constitute or propose regulatory action, but rather is intended to inform the…


LIVE NOW: Onstage at the Reagan Library With Dave McCormick

American politician and businessman Dave McCormick discusses his new book, “Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America,” at the “Onstage at the Reagan Library” event at 9:00 p.m. ET on March 16. McCormick suggests that the United States is not necessarily declining, but the path moving forward is treacherous and uncertain, and it…


Onstage at the Reagan Library With Dave McCormick

American politician and businessman Dave McCormick discusses his new book, “Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America,” at the “Onstage at the Reagan Library” event at 9:00 p.m. ET on March 16. McCormick suggests that the United States is not necessarily declining, but the path moving forward is treacherous and uncertain, and it…


Biden’s ESG ‘Agenda’ Puts Americans’ Pensions at Risk, Say DeSantis, Noem, 17 Other GOP Governors

Nineteen Republican governors, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, penned a letter calling out President Joe Biden’s commitment to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), which they say poses a direct threat to the American economy, individual economic freedom, and the country’s way of life. The governors asserted that the…