Oklahoma lawmakers have moved to effectively ban abortion in their state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, an effort the bill’s sponsor said Thursday is aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The bill , which abortion rights… Read More
Trump promotes campaign aide
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is promoting his senior campaign aide. Paul Manafort, a campaign veteran brought on by Trump at the end of March to serve as convention manager, will now hold the title of campaign chairman and chief strategist, spokeswoman Hope Hicks confirmed Thursday. Manafort and other new… Read More
Gloves off! Trump calls Clinton a rapist
If a presidential race is the political version of a 12-round boxing match, words can land as hard as punches. And yesterday, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump landed a haymaker. Trump resurrected rape allegations against former President Bill Clinton, in his latest move to highlight years of Clinton crimes… Read More
South Carolina takes pro-life steps
The South Carolina Legislature passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting abortion after 19 weeks, becoming the 17th state to pass the restrictive ban. The legislation will now head to Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk. The Republican said in March she will almost certainly sign it, but wants to look at the details… Read More
Trump helps dig Chris Christie, NJ out of debt
Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is helping dig former rival Chris Christie and the New Jersey Republican Party out of big debt they incurred from the George Washington Bridge scandal and the governor’s presidential campaign. Trump on Thursday will attend a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for the state GOP to help it… Read More
Meet Trump’s Supreme Court nominees
Billionaire Donald Trump isn’t elected yet, but he’s already thinking ahead to his presidency. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, released Wednesday a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he’s elected to the White… Read More
Trump: I won’t surrender blue states
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has announced and set into motion a plan to win the general election in November — and political analysts are saying it could turn the electoral map on its head. According to The Associated Press, Trump is rushing to install operatives in several states that… Read More
Senate to Obama: Stop hiding the truth on 9/11
It’s not often that Democratic lawmakers set out to directly confront President Barack Obama. So by passing bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, Congress has set itself on a collision course with the Obama administration. And it’s got the… Read More
Clinton accused of cheating in Kentucky
Opponents of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have accused her of dirty political tactics for decades. In Kentucky yesterday, yet another of her 2016 Democratic primary wins has become embroiled in controversy. More than 76 reports of election fraud from 31 counties were called into the Attorney General’s hotline… Read More
GOP wins fight for “illegal alien” term
Republicans on a powerful House panel Tuesday narrowly defended a tea party-fueled move to tell the Library of Congress how to label immigrants living in the country illegally. The GOP move is designed to force the Library of Congress to retain the term “illegal alien” for cataloging and search purposes,… Read More