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Jen Psaki, the Biden administration’s sharp-elbowed White House press secretary is a top candidate right now for Rachel Maddow’s anchor chair. Psaki is being courted by several news networks, including CNN and MSNBC, and has plans to leave the White House this year. The idea of Psaki as a potential cable news primetime host all …
Six Americans, three British and one German are a team of 10 special forces veterans who are taking up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his offer to join in the military battle against Russia. These veterans are NATO-trained and experienced in combat, and will join the battle against Russia after Ukraine announced the creation of …
A longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a thorn in the side of fellow EU leaders, Hungary’s Viktor Orban, has experienced a week of sharp reversals and swift political retreats. The EU started work on an initial round of sanctions against Moscow after Russia formally recognized Luhansk and Donetsk as Russian-backed separatist-controlled regions …
President Biden was heckled at his first State of the Union address by Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert. During Biden’s roughly one-hour speech, Greene (R-Ga.) made faces and muttered, particularly when he spoke about administering vaccines to children, while Boebert (R-Colo.) earned greater gasps for slamming Biden’s Afghanistan exit by invoking the …
Conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech last night, accusing him of being out of touch with ordinary people who are struggling with inflation and bad leadership. Biden has been labeled a “dementia-ridden piece of crap” who has been compromised on the world stage by divulging information on …
Rep. Lauren Boebert wore a black suit with gold lettering on the back that read “Drill Baby Drill” to President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech. Gas costs have reached a seven-year high, prompting the outfit. Notably, Biden has blocked new oil and gas leases indefinitely and canceled the development of the Keystone …
Members of Congress were no longer be obliged to wear masks while attending the State of the Union. The decision reduces the likelihood of a deadlock with Republicans who have been vocal in their opposition to wearing masks. According to Brian Monahan’s memo, Congress’ physician, individuals will get to choose if they want to wear …
Jim Jordan, an Ohio congressman, has compiled a list of investigations that House Republicans must lead if they are to retake the majority in the midterm elections in November. Jordan told Just The News that a prospective GOP-controlled House of Representatives should focus on three questions. Jordan, the leading Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, …
Hunter Biden’s former business partner was sentenced to more than a year in prison on Monday for his part in a conspiracy to swindle a Native American tribe of $60 million in bonds. Judge Ronnie Abrams of Manhattan sentenced the defendant, Devon Archer, to one year and one day in federal prison, saying the offense …
As Russian soldiers aim to take control of Ukraine’s capital, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, has broadcast recordings from the streets of Kyiv to encourage civilians to keep fighting. He turned down a US evacuation offer and stated he would stay in Kyiv, according to a tweet from Ukraine’s embassy in the United Kingdom. …
During an appearance at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, ex-President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden and pledged to restore the Republican Party back to power in Washington in 2024. Trump said that all globalists, Marxists, socialists, and communists who were attacking civilization had no clue about the sleeping giant they had awakened. Starting …
According to a straw poll issued on Sunday, 59 percent of attendees at the CPAC conservative conference held in Florida wanted former Republican President Donald Trump to become the party’s presidential nominee in 2024. At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Trump’s closest competitor, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, received 28 percent of the vote, …
After President Joe Biden announced his nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, Republican Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn criticized him as he had done that in the middle of the crisis in Ukraine. Blackburn, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the approval of judicial appointments, criticized Biden on Twitter, …
President Joe Biden wanted Florida National Guard troops to travel to Washington DC for the State of the Union address, but Gov. Ron DeSantis denied the president and said no members of their guard will be sent to Washington. DeSantis made the decision to reject Joe Biden’s request public on a tweet, saying: “Last week, …
As per the Washington Post-ABC News poll, President Joe Biden’s approval rating sinks to a staggering 37%, so it appears that voters have more trust in Republicans than Democrats. Ahead of Biden’s State of the Union address, this survey showed the president with a 37% job approval, with 55% disapproving. 50% of registered voters said …
A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday that two prosecutors involved in an investigation of ex-President Donald Trump and his firm, the Trump Organization, have resigned. Carey Dunne, a veteran in mafia prosecution who was recruited to help with the investigation, has left the office, as has Mark Pomerantz, who championed the …
Harriet Holman, a former Army lieutenant colonel and member of a local South Carolina council, is abandoning the Democratic Party and campaigning for reelection as a Republican. Holman stated in an interview with “Fox & Friends First” that there were several things with which she no longer agreed. Apparently, she is pro-life now, a capitalist, …
Matt Gaetz, Florida Congressman, has claimed once again that he tried to convince Donald Trump that, if the GOP retakes the majority in the 2022 midterms, he should serve as a speaker of the House. Gaetz said that he has once more discussed the possibility with Trump. “I told him you don’t even have to …
The 87-year-old Republican of Oklahoma, Jim Inhofe, is likely to announce his retirement, which will almost certainly result in a special election this fall. According to a source familiar with Senator Jim Inhofe’s plans, he is anticipated to announce his retirement in the days ahead, sparking a special election to replace him. He’s already announced …
The White House announced on Friday that President Joe Biden had picked Ketanji Brown Jackson of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, creating history by appointing a Black woman to this important role. Jackson, 51, has long been considered a front-runner for the position, especially after …
According to a recent poll, 62% of people questioned believe that Russia’s Vladimir Putin would not have attacked if Donald Trump were still president. The report stated that “a new Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS)-Harris Poll survey released Friday found that 62 percent of those polled believed Putin would not be moving against …
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian President announced that he would give weapons to anyone who wanted to defend the country from the full-scale Russian invasion. The invasion launched at approximately the same time that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a “special military operation” was underway. While Putin told Ukrainian soldiers to give up and go …
For almost a year and a half, John Durham has been a special prosecutor, which is not a long time, but enough for a drumbeat to begin that he was showing small progress against his orders to examine the origins of the debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative that convulsed a presidency. His few indictments so far …
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager, cleared of all charges in the deadly shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Monday. He announced plans to sue individuals and the media for spreading lies about him. In the summer of 2020, Rittenhouse traveled to Kenosha with an assault weapon and killed …
One of Morning Consult’s newest polls showed that the majority of rural voters disapproved of the Democratic Party ahead of the midterm elections. Poll results showed that 65% of rural voters had a bad opinion of the Democratic Party, while only 29% had a positive opinion. 1,525 self-identified rural voters were polled between the 14th …
Abby Broyles, an Oklahoma Democratic Congressional candidate is facing serious allegations involving a party, alcohol and middle school girls being verbally assaulted. KFOR was contacted by multiple parents about a Valentine’s party for pre-teen girls in the metro. Broyles, who made a name for herself as a journalist in Oklahoma City, was invited by her …
The White House doctor who worked under former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump made a prediction that current President Joe Biden could possibly resign due to his limited cognitive abilities. The doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) stated his opinion of Joe Biden and his cognitive state during an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox …