Voting rights groups and the head of the Democratic National Committee want the states with remaining primary elections to offer voting by mail as a way to ensure that voters can safely cast their ballots amid the coronavirus outbreak. A quick and easy fix? Not always. Eat This For a… Read More
After losing Tuesday, Bernie Sanders to assess campaign’s future
Former Vice President Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois, and Arizona, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic presidential primary upended by the coronavirus and building Democratic establishment pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign. On Wednesday, Sanders’ campaign manager said Sanders “is going to be having conversations… Read More
Former GOP congressman dies at 69
Former U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a moderate Republican from upstate New York who broke with his party in 2016 over supporting then-candidate Donald Trump, has died. He was 69. Sponsored: Lose weight while you sleep!? His family released a statement saying the three-term congressman died Sunday in a hospital after… Read More
Dems plan Texas takeover
by Frank Holmes, reporter President Donald Trump’s re-election seemed certain when it looked like the economy would stay red-hot through November, when he’d face a 78-year-old socialist who can’t stop complimenting Communist dictators. Things have changed, and Democrats are making the most of the new electoral landscape by going for… Read More
Trump orders: Send the American taxpayers checks
President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic cost of the coronavirus pandemic, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday. “The president has instructed me we have to do this now,” he said at the White… Read More
Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill slammed by experts
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. announced that her coronavirus bill — passed on Saturday — will give all Americans sick leave. But a New York Times op-ed written by its editorial board said that it’s not true. Sponsored: Rare Food Helps Improve Your Memory The editorial board said Pelosi’s bill only… Read More
Mitt Romney and Tucker Carlson clash
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-U.T., is one of several Republican lawmakers proposing an immediate cash infusion by the U.S. government — and Fox News’ Tucker Carlson had something to say about it on his nightly cable news program. Romney and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-A.R., have both proposed sending monthly checks over… Read More
Chaos as Ohio suddenly cancels election
The Democratic presidential primary race suffered an embarrassing meltdown during the Iowa caucus — now it’ll have to endure another mess, with one of the most crucial March 17 voting states postponing its primary vote in the last minute. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.T. were… Read More
Insiders suggest AOC cost Sanders 2020 election
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.T. has very few political allies — and insiders are saying that he may have lost his strongest ally yet. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. reportedly refused to stump for the Sanders campaign when he needed her most, and it may have cost him 2020 altogether. The Huffington… Read More
Here are the 7 replacements for the first black Supreme Court justice
Seven Democrats are vying for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court once held by the high court’s fist black justice. Democrat Charles Freeman, who died March 2 at 86, held the post from 1990 to 2018, when he retired. P. Scott Neville, formerly an Illinois First District Appellate Court… Read More