Connecticut’s Democratic Legislature is expected to vote Monday on a two-year, $51.1 billion state budget containing a historic income tax cut.If signed into law by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont, the budget would take effect July…
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President Biden spent Sunday afternoon golfing with his younger brother James Biden as House Republicans ramp up their investigation into the Biden family’s foreign business deals, including those conducted by James ‘Jim’ Biden and first…
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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied the Biden administration’s request for a stay on an order blocking the implementation of a controversial policy that saw thousands of migrants released into the U.S.…
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DeSantis mocks Trump decision not to fire Anthony Fauci with flashback to ‘The Apprentice’: ‘You’re fired!’
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign began the week by taking aim at former President Donald Trump over his decision not to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. A video…
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A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state’s attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional.…
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ICE acting director to retire at end of June, second major border security-related retirement in a week
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Tae D. Johnson will be retiring from federal law enforcement duties at the end of the month, after over 30 years of serving the country. Johnson’s announcement…
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Biden’s ‘watch me moment’ will haunt him in 2024 after recent fall, Republican strategists say
Republican strategists are growing increasingly concerned over President Biden’s ability to serve the nation after he took a tumble last week at an Air Force event, less than a year after he told voters to…
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Pence and Trump: From running mates to rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination
DES MOINES, Iowa – Addressing a crowd of roughly 1,000 Republican activists in the state that leads off the GOP presidential nominating calendar, former Vice President Mike Pence this past weekend teased a major announcement.…
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Nonprofit launches to restore ICE immigration enforcement, counter left-wing ‘Abolish’ movement
A new nonprofit launching Monday intends to push back against the ‘Abolish ICE’ movement and what it says is the ‘vilification’ of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) mission and its agents in recent years – while…
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Manchin not ruling out 2024 3rd-party presidential run: ‘Extremism coming from the far left and the far right’
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Sunday he would not rule out a potential third-party presidential run in 2024, touting the value of the ‘moderate middle’ over the far left and right extremes, after the debt…