One journalist warned that the state court “laid the groundwork for potentially overturning the election” in favor of Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs’ GOP challenger, Jefferson Griffin. Democracy defenders across the United States on Tuesday responded with alarm to Republicans on the North Carolina Supreme Court blocking certification of incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ […]
One analyst said the House Ethics Committee has “effectively legalized the conversion of campaign funds for personal use.” The bipartisan House Ethics Committee announced earlier this week that it unanimously opted to close several investigations involving alleged campaign finance violations by three Republicans and one Democrat, a move that one expert characterized as a “New […]
“They’re going to put everything on the table,” one Republican lawmaker said of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Republican lawmakers on Thursday signaled a willingness to target Social Security and other mandatory programs after meeting with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the billionaire pair President-elect Donald Trump chose to lead a new commission tasked with slashing federal spending and […]
The nomination of Billy Long, said one lawmaker, indicates “Trump’s intention to make the agency less responsive to the American people, while giving a green light to wealthy tax cheats.” U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Internal Revenue Service, former Rep. Billy Long, didn’t serve on the House committee tasked with writing tax […]