‘Squad’ member Cori Bush, a ‘defund the police’ advocate, recently spent $70,000 on private security
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‘Squad’ member Cori Bush, a ‘defund the police’ advocate, recently spent $70,000 on private security

Missouri Rep. Cori Bush spent nearly $70,000 on private security over the past three months as she advocated for defunding the police, campaign filings show. Bush’s campaign sent $54,120.92 in payments between April 15 and June 28 for “security services” to RS&T Security Consulting, a New York-based firm with a mysterious online presence, Federal Election…

Surgeon general urges US fight against COVID misinformation

Surgeon general urges US fight against COVID misinformation

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address an “urgent threat” to public health. In a 22-page advisory, his first as President Joe Biden’s surgeon general, Murthy wrote that…

Ted Cruz: Seems Like The Only Immigrants The Biden Administration Doesn’t Want Are Cubans

Ted Cruz: Seems Like The Only Immigrants The Biden Administration Doesn’t Want Are Cubans

Sen. Ted Cruz suggested that the Biden administration has different priorities for those fleeing Cuba than those crossing the border with Mexico for political reasons. “The only people that it seems that they don’t want to come are Cubans,” he told “The Michael Berry Show.” “I kind of have a sneaking suspicion it has something…

Will social conservatives stick with Trump if he runs again in 2024?
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Will social conservatives stick with Trump if he runs again in 2024?

DES MOINES – Strong support from White evangelicals and other social conservative voters helped former President Trump win the White House in 2016. And they stuck with the then-president his 2020 reelection defeat. But as the former president, who remains extremely popular and influential with Republican base voters, flirts with another White House run in…

White House: Biden’s $4.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bills Won’t Push Inflation Higher
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White House: Biden’s $4.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bills Won’t Push Inflation Higher

President Joe Biden’s $4.5 trillion infrastructure proposals will not lead to higher inflation if they are passed by Congress, White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Thursday. “Our experts believe—and the data shows and the Federal Reserve chair, who operates independently, conveyed, yesterday—that most of the price increases we are seeing are expected to be…

Zeldin outpaces Cuomo in NY gubernatorial fundraising fight
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Zeldin outpaces Cuomo in NY gubernatorial fundraising fight

Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York announced that he’s brought in over $4 million in fundraising since he launched a 2022 campaign for governor of New York. The congressman’s haul easily outpaced the roughly $2.5 million embattled three-term Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised during the first six months of the year. ZELDIN HAULS IN…

Iowa, New Hampshire fight to stay atop the 2024 GOP nomination
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Iowa, New Hampshire fight to stay atop the 2024 GOP nomination

DES MOINES – Iowa’s caucuses have led off the presidential nominating calendar for half a century, and if Iowa GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann has his way, the race for the White House in the 2024 election cycle will once again “start right here in the Hawkeye State.” “We are the first-in-the-nation caucus state – period….