Journalist Mark Halperin said Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ latest remarks about former President Donald Trump signal her campaign may be heading toward failure.
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More than 100 people were charged for trying to buy sex in a statewide human-trafficking operation conducted last week in Ohio.
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A video of former President Bill Clinton is going viral after he admitted that the murder of Laken Riley, the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was allegedly killed at the hands of an illegal Venezuelan migrant, “wouldn’t have happened” if the suspect was “properly vetted” while entering the U.S. illegally.
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The first day of early in-person voting and absentee voting by mail for the November 5 general election in Tennessee is Wednesday, October 16.
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Nasir Ahmed Tawhedi, the Afghan refugee charged last week in Oklahoma with plotting an Election Day terror massacre was previously flagged by U.S. Customs Border and Protection this summer, weeks before his arrest, during a re-evaluation of his 2021 entry into the country, immigration records reviewed by Just the News show.
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As the presidential race increasingly appears to be shifting towards Trump, some down-ballot races seem to be following suit, bolstering the already strong prospects of a Republican-held Senate in the next Congress.
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While lawfare frequently has targeted GOP politicians, the tactic is spreading to the legal profession as a group called “The 65 Project” has taken to social media vowing to go after the licenses of attorneys who chose to work for former President Donald Trump.
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The Biden-Harris administration has aggressively pursued litigation against red states as a means of advancing its agenda, which legal experts said could infringe on states’ rights.
States such as Texas, which have taken steps to limit the surge of illegal migrants — reaching record levels under the Biden administration — are now facing lawsuits from the federal government. Similarly, states that passed laws contradicting the Biden administration’s positions on issues like abortion and gender have faced lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the bills.
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Most registered voters, 59 percent, support a federal ban on transgender procedures such as puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgeries for minors, a new national poll found.
The strongest support for a federal ban came from registered Republicans (82 percent), while the lowest amount of support for it came from registered Democrats (36 percent). Independents polled offered majority support for a ban, with 56 percent in favor.
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Ronald Reagan’s query to the American people in his October 28, 1980, debate with incumbent President Jimmy Carter was so simple and so devastating that it is still employed today: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” While most Americans are far worse off today than they were four years ago, with rising prices, inflation, a hollow economy, and unchecked immigration, so too are the U.S., its allies, and its partner’s national security interests, which are far worse off than they were four years ago.
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday secured a settlement from the city of Detroit, which includes hiring more Republican poll workers ahead of next month’s presidential election.
The settlement comes after the RNC, Michigan GOP, and chairs of Wayne County Republican committee sued Detroit in August over hiring over seven times more Democratic poll workers than Republican ones in the state’s primary election, in an alleged violation of state law.
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The debate between U.S. Senate candidates Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego last Wednesday left many pundits and political operatives in agreement that Lake outperformed Gallego, who currently serves in the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s 3rd congressional district.
While the debate received little mainstream media coverage, some of the few outlets that did address it, as well as Democrats, expressed their disappointment in Gallego’s performance.
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Academic and third-party presidential candidate Cornel West will reportedly appeal a federal judge’s recent ruling that will see him barred from the ballot in Pennsylvania.
U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on Friday ruled legal action by West came too close to the election for him to be included on the ballot.
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Governor Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares have vowed Virginia will fight the lawsuit launched by the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) over the commonwealth’s recent effort to remove non-citizens from its voter rolls, with both noting it was filed less than one month before Election Day.
The DOJ on Friday launched litigation against Virginia after the commonwealth removed non-citizens from its voter rolls, with the federal government alleging the commonwealth violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which it argued prohibits canceling voter registrations within 90 days of an election, even if those voters were illegally registered.
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Today we remember the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who in October 1492 landed in the Bahamas and became the first Western European to discover what the Europeans would call the New World.
When Columbus and his crew of approximately 200 sailors left Spain in three crowded ships – the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria – they set their sails toward an unknown horizon. They expected to discover a trade route to India. (Most Europeans at the time knew the earth was round – but they were unaware of the North and South American continents.) Instead of finding a route to Southeast Asia, Columbus and his crew landed on a continent of new opportunities. Columbus’s accidental discovery opened a permanent passage across the Atlantic and redrew the known map of the world.
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Following former President Donald Trump’s pledge to restore the names of military bases that were named after Confederate figures, members of both parties in Congress vowed to oppose any such efforts.
As Politico reports, President Trump made another campaign promise on the culture war front on Friday, during a town hall event in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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Shannon Safford wanted to serve her country as a member of the United States Army, but in order to do so, she was required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine that would ultimately end her active service.
She received the shot on deployment to Kuwait and began developing strange symptoms: She had menstrual issues, digestive problems, an odd zapping sensation like a shock, numbness, muscles twitches, and extreme fatigue. All this was the more strange because prior to receiving the shot, Shannon had been in the best shape of her life, playing volleyball and doing CrossFit.
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Two top scholars leading a $30 million federally funded effort to “braid” indigenous knowledge into science are ignoring requests for comment to explain exactly what that looks like in practice.
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass Amherst) last year was awarded a five year, $30 million grant — the largest grant in the school’s history — from the National Science Foundation to establish a new international science and technology center at which researchers would work to address issues related to climate change, biodiversity, and changing food systems.
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Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance appeared shocked Sunday on ABC News when co-host Martha Raddatz interrupted him mid-statement and attempted to downplay Venezuelan gangs’ takeover of Colorado apartment complexes.
The Tren de Aragua gang made U.S. headlines in September after officials confirmed ten members were involved in an investigation into a string of alleged criminal incidents at an Aurora, Colorado apartment complex, according to FOX 31. On ABC’s “This Week,” Raddatz pressed Vance on former President Donald Trump’s response, noting Trump claimed the city had been “invaded and conquered” by migrants, while the mayor called the statement “grossly exaggerated.”
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Former President Donald Trump continued his push Saturday night into deep blue America, transforming the home of the iconic Coachella music festival into a sea of Republican red as he promised to reverse California’s decline into an abyss of debt, illegal aliens and crime.
“I make this pledge to you: Nov. 5, 2024, will be liberation day in America. Liberation day. Liberation day, we’re going to be liberated,” Trump told the thousands gathered to see him in California
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Memphis Mayor Paul Young on Friday fired all nine members of the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) Board of Commissioners following the release of a third-party report that claimed the members were responsible for creating a “culture of poor accountability” for the troubled transit service.
Young reportedly called his decision an effort to create “a clean-slate environment,” according to NewsChannel 3, who revealed the mayor directly cited the third-party report completed by TransPro and sent to the city last week.
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One person was killed and at least nine were wounded in a shooting Saturday evening near Tennessee State University in Nashville as students celebrated homecoming, police said.
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A legal challenge to new reporting requirements for small business owners, potentially costing them $73.1 billion over a decade, has begun with a request for preliminary injunction in a federal courtroom in Texas.
The National Federation of Independent Business, in a hearing, is seeking to stop the reporting requirements in the Corporate Transparency Act from implementation on Jan. 1.
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Latinos For Tennessee PAC announced this week its endorsement of Wyatt Rampy, the Republican nominee for Tennessee State Senate District 20.
Rampy, the Republican nominee, is running against incumbent State Senator Heidi Campbell (D-Nashville) for the District 20 seat in the November 5 general election.
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The Georgia State Election Board has faced backlash and lawsuits over the last few months, especially after passing a number of election rules just weeks before Election Day.
The Republican-majority board had a win this week though when a Fulton County judge dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday put forward by Democrats.
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Over the span of 48 hours, national news outlets have reported that Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz went from declaring he’d like to see the Electoral College abolished in favor of a national popular vote to seemingly walking back that statement in a sit-down interview on ABC News.
But those who pay attention to not just what the Minnesota governor says on the national campaign trail, but what he has done in his capacity as governor, know better.
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The Michigan Catholic bishops conference on Friday slammed the state’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over a skit that appeared to mock people receiving Communion.
The video, which was posted on social media by podcast host Liz Plank, showed Whitmer placing a Dorito onto the kneeling Plank’s tongue in the same manner that priests place a wafer on the recipient’s tongue in the Holy Eucharist.
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A new study has found that as many as 104 million people of faith are unlikely to vote this election season. Within that segment, as many as 41 million born-again Christians (as defined by their beliefs) and 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church are expected not to vote.
These findings highlight the alarming number of projected uncast votes from religious Americans, whose participation is crucial this election. A September Pew Research survey indicates that 61 percent of Protestant voters support Donald Trump, whereas 37 percent of Protestants support Kamala Harris.
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Ohio voters could be asked to renew for the fourth time a state bond program that grants taxpayer funds to local communities for infrastructure projects.
Reps. Daniel Troy, D-Willowick, and Scott Oelslager, R-North Canton, plan to introduce legislation to continue funding what they call vital public works projects.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said that her administration has not reached out to anybody that they would like to see fill the upcoming state Supreme Court vacancy.
“We’re looking for someone who is committed to the independence of the court, and we have not specifically reached out to anyone,” Hobbs said at a media availability on Thursday.
However, the choice will ultimately be hers to make.
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Former President Donald Trump is outperforming Vice President Kamala Harris among Hispanic male voters, according to an AP/NORC poll released Friday.
Just 36% of Hispanic male voters said Harris would make a good president while 42% said the same for Trump, according to the poll. Harris is holding on to her lead among Hispanic women voters, with 50% supporting the Democratic candidate while just 30% support Trump.
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It’s tomato season on our hobby farm. This year I planted an unprecedented variety of tomatoes since I got some for free from the local feed store. So into the ground they went. I figured if I got some fruit, great, and if not, it was worth a try anyway.
I’m pretty relaxed about my gardening efforts due to limitations from the two autoimmune diseases I live with. I’ve been dealing with a flare- up for some time, which has led me to reevaluate how I’m eating in an effort to reduce inflammation. That’s where the homegrown tomatoes come in.
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The American people believe the American political system is corrupt.
This is alarming – but it also represents an enormous opportunity.
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The latest polling suggests that the Republican Party is likely to retake control of the United States Senate in November, presenting further complications for the ruling Democratic Party regardless of the outcome of the presidential election.
As reported by Newsmax, the poll by the New York Times and Siena College focuses on three Senate races this year: Montana, Florida, and Texas. Despite Democratic efforts to take the former swing state of Florida or break through the traditionally red stronghold of Texas, both incumbents there are polling ahead of their challengers.
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The Florida school district that birthed Moms for Liberty as a repudiation of its COVID-19 mandates on their children is parenting the conservative group all wrong, so to speak, according to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Its Tuesday ruling smacked down Brevard Public Schools and four current and former school board members for unconstitutional restrictions on public comments at their meetings in a lawsuit by Moms for Liberty’s founding Brevard County chapter and its members, putting public schools on notice across the court’s jurisdiction of the Sunshine State, Alabama and Georgia.
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CBS News Florida residents who fled hundreds of miles to escape Hurricane Milton made slow trips home on crowded highways, weary from their long journeys and the cleanup work awaiting them but also grateful to be coming back alive. “I love my house, but I’m not dying in it,” Fred Neuman said Friday while walking his dog outside a rest stop off Interstate 75 north of Tampa. Neuman and his wife live in Siesta Key, where Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a powerful, Category 3 hurricane. Heeding local evacuation orders ahead of the storm, they drove nearly 500 miles to Destin on the Florida Panhandle. Neighbors told the couple the hurricane destroyed their carport and inflicted other damage but Neuman shrugged, saying their insurance should cover it. READ THE FULL STORY
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The Hill Vice President Harris has a 3-point edge over former President Trump in battleground Pennsylvania, according to new polling. The New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College survey, released Saturday, shows Harris leading Trump 50 percent to 47 percent among likely voters in the Keystone State. Pollsters and analysts say Pennsylvania more than any other state will decide the winner of the election, now less than a month away. READ THE FULL STORY
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Cities with robust charter school programs have drastically lowered the performance gap between low-income students and their peers, a study published in October found.
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) found that student performance rose in every city with a majority of low-income students when 33% or more are enrolled in charter schools, according to the report. Non-white students make up a large percentage of those benefiting from school choice policies.
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Senator Bill Hagerty on Friday said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been “far too slow” in providing relief to those in East Tennessee who were in the path of Hurricane Helene last month.
Hagerty told News Channel 11 the federal agency “has been far too slow to step up to the plate,” and its response plagued with “serious” issues with management and staffing problems.
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Democrats in Congress, including Ruben Gallego, voted to bring Afghans to the U.S. through Operation Allies Refuge (OAR) in 2021-2022 whose backgrounds were not thoroughly investigated first. One of them, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, was arrested on Monday and charged with “conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO),” according to the Department of Justice.
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As the disastrous impact of Hurricane Helene reverberates through the nation and the southeast braces for the impact of Hurricane Milton, many Americans are calling out the tepid federal response from the Biden-Harris Administration even as billions of taxpayer dollars are ushered to foreign countries or into programs for illegal immigrants.
Hurricane Helene, which devastated sixteen states in the southeast from Florida to North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, has taken the lives of over 220 Americans, and left millions without food, shelter, or power.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $93 million to Wisconsin business owners to install solar panels and other renewable energy projects in rural pockets across the state.
The grants come after the USDA already allocated $27 million to Wisconsin businesses in June for the same purpose.
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Unexpectedly, Pennsylvania’s Millennial and Gen X voters are poised to elect the next president of the United States.
No longer adolescents, Millennials are adults striving for families and homeownership in a world of uncertainty. For Gen X, 30-year mortgages locked in at 3% feel great, though the launch of MTV is now closer to the attack on Pearl Harbor than today. Life is coming fast for both generations.
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday unveiled a new advertisement targeting Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, condemning the independent presidential candidate for her lack of regret over former President Donald Trump’s victory in 2016.
A DNC press released said the ad targeting Stein will broadcast in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and on national cable stations. Stein’s campaign submitted its signatures to qualify for ballot access in Pennsylvania in June.
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Despite slight easing, finding employees continues to be a major issue for small businesses in Ohio.
The National Federation of Independent Business showed in its September jobs report that 34% of small business owners nationally continue to report job openings they can’t fill.
That’s a better number than in previous months, but NFIB Ohio State Director Chris Ferruso thinks business owners are still working to end the year strong.
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Michigan families relying on the Family Independence Program can now stay on welfare for a longer period of time after a new law took effect Tuesday.
Senate Bill 932, sponsored by state Sen. Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing, and signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, extends the time families can receive cash assistance through the FIP from four to five years.
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A county Republican Party in Philadelphia on Thursday stated that four protesters entered its headquarters, walked up its stairs to the part of the facility being used by the Trump campaign, then cornered two women who were volunteering for former President Donald Trump.
The intimidation reportedly occurred in Delaware County, part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area, at the Media, Pennsylvania headquarters of the Delaware County Republican Party (Delco GOP).
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American small business uncertainty hit an all-time high and optimism remains low just weeks before Election Day, according to the latest survey.
The National Federation of Independent Businesses on Monday released the survey, which showed small business uncertainty rose last month to the highest level ever recorded by NFIB.
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I met Madeline Merlo at the 2024 CMT Next Women of Country event in Nashville in January. As is the norm, the women perform an acoustic set, and I specifically remember Merlo’s introspective song, “Make Up.”
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Four Democrats in the U.S. House sent a letter to Big Tech executives on Friday demanding increased censorship and scrutiny on their platforms after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, arguing they must censor posts to protect users from potential scams and “misinformation” about federal agencies.
Representatives Deborah Ross (D-NC-02), Kathy Castor (D-FL-14), Nikema Williams (D-GA-05), and Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13) urged tech executives to “do substantially more” to combat social media “misinformation” that purportedly began in the wake of Hurricane Helene, in a letter first reported by Axios.
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