Judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ as unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds
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A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked part of Florida’s “Stop Woke Act” that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other GOP lawmakers to ban critical race theory training in the workplace and in education. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker granted a permanent injunction against the part of the law that prohibited Read More
Trump knocks Harris as a ‘bum,’ scorns her handling of southern border: ‘A failed vice president’
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Former President Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday as a “bum” responsible for the influx of migrants flowing across the U.S.-Mexico border during her tenure in the Biden administration. Trump made the comments about Harris at the Turning Point USA Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida. This comes after Harris secured Read More
Harris vs. Trump: 100 days from election, it’s a dramatically altered presidential race
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Sunday marks 100 days until Election Day 2024. It also marks one week since President Biden’s political landscape-altering announcement that he was suspending his re-election rematch against former President Trump. Biden made his move amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for him to drop out after a disastrous performance in last month’s first Read More
House lawmakers leave DC until September with government shutdown deadline looming
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The House of Representatives is officially off to an early start for its summer recess – a five-week period when lawmakers are back home in their districts focusing on local issues and their own re-election bids. They will return on Sept. 9 – exactly three weeks from the deadline to fund the government in the Read More
Newsom urges Oakland officials to tighten ‘extreme’ policy that restricts police chases
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, called on Oakland officials Friday to amend an “extreme” policy that generally only allows police to chase suspected criminals in cases of “violent forcible crimes.” The governor sent a letter to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, the Oakland City Council and the Oakland Police Commission urging them to reconsider the Read More
Trump announces to crowd he ‘just took off the last bandage’ at faith event after assassination attempt
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Former President Trump announced to a crowd Friday night he “just took off the last bandage” from his ear after his assassination attempt nearly two weeks earlier. The Believer’s Summit, hosted by Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, focused on reaching voters of faith. Dr. Ben Carson, former HUD Secretary, preceded the former president. Read More
Harris campaign claims she no longer supports fracking ban she touted in 2019: report
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Vice President Kamala Harris no longer supports a fracking ban, in a change in her stance during the last presidential election, her campaign said on Friday, according to a report. Before she dropped her bid for president in 2019 and joined President Biden’s ticket, she said in a CNN town hall “there’s no question I’m Read More
Top Democratic super PAC launches massive $50M ad spend for Harris leading up to DNC
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A top Democratic super PAC has launched a massive ad buy across several battleground states to boost Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy leading up to the Democratic Party’s convention in Chicago next month. Future Forward, the largest Democratic-leaning super PAC, announced this week it will spend $50 million supporting Harris in six states in Read More
Park Police union says officers ‘did everything they could’ during DC anti-Israel riot
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Following the protests at Union Station by anti-Israel agitators defacing federal property in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, a Park Police union is pushing back against criticism that only a few arrests were made. Thousands of Hamas-sympathizing agitators descended on Washington, D.C., Tuesday, at one point defacing federal monuments with Read More
Ramaswamy warns GOP on several ‘hard realities’ to address before criticizing Harris: ‘Hurting our chances’
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Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy issued a warning to Republicans this week that they need to be aware of some “hard realities” around the way they message their criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris now that she is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. “The bottom line is, I think what’s happened is a lot Read More