The new dinner will take place on July 24, and “will feature significantly enhanced safety measures," the White House Correspondents’ Association said.
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) said in a Tuesday statement that he will return to in-person work after a prolonged absence on Capitol Hill due to an unspecified health issue in a “matter of weeks.” Kean, who is running unopposed in New Jersey‘s GOP primary for the state’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, said in […]
A former Trump White House insider warned that voters should be cautious of the "rizz" of rising stars in the political scene right now.Anthony Scaramucci, one of Trump's former White House communications directors, spoke to CNN's Kasie Hunt about what it takes to win big elections nowadays."Are we at a moment where being famous is the thing you have to have if you want to be in politics?" Hunt asked.Hunt mentioned the rising popularity of Spencer Pratt, a reality star turned contender for L.A. mayor, and the resilience of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who keeps weathering controversies."If you're making the point that we've lost the plot and we're no longer hiring people based on their credentials and what they could do for the country, and it's more about who's got the name recognition and the pizzazz or rizz on Instagram, yeah, we're definitely in that category," Scaramucci responded.However, for Scaramucci, that's not a good place to be."That's dangerous, and that's something I think we should be worried about," Scaramucci said, whose former boss, Trump, was a reality TV star.He explained that "the system has gone awry" by rewarding "self-aggrandizement," and "this is a problem for us," as "name recognition is number one" on the list of qualifications for politicians.
Texas saw a potential shakeup in government on Tuesday, as Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced her resignation, effective July 17."It has been an honor to serve the people of Texas in this role," said Nelson in her announcement. "My time as Secretary came at an important moment for Texas, and I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish as an agency in under four years."For many Texas conservatives, though, this was a moment to celebrate — since Nelson has been one of the biggest critics of a Texas GOP crusade to adopt "closed primaries," or a system where eligibility to vote in primaries is restricted based on party affiliation of the voter. Many states already use such a system, though in recent years the trend has been more toward adopting open primaries, where all registered voters can choose which primary to vote in each time. The GOP wants to close Texas primaries partly out of suspicion that Democrats can exert undue influence on the process."Texas is going to close the primaries This is a big deal," wrote talk radio host Kenny Webster on X."Embatttled Texas S.O.S. Jane Nelson, the one using Texas taxpayer dollars to keep leftists voting in GOP primaries is reportedly resigning," wrote right-wing commentator Chris Salcedo. "Who wishes she had resigned before wasting our tax dollars to service socialists?""Glad to hear this. Long overdue," wrote right-wing influencer Cary Cheshire. "Nelson opposed the party on closed primaries, allowed local governments to ignore election law, and oversaw elections at mosques and Islamic centers."Other commenters, however, were fearful of what might be coming next, seeing the GOP as increasingly radicalized and that radicalization likely to spill into election administration."There are unsettling things on the horizon for election integrity in Texas, y’all…." wrote state house candidate Sara McGee.
Democrat Rebecca Bennett is projected to win her party’s primary and will face incumbent GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District this fall, according to Decision Desk HQ. Bennett, a former U.S. Navy helicopter and officer in the Air National Guard, will face Kean in the general election, with the latter…
Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville took a few swings at President Donald Trump on Tuesday's edition of Ari Melber's "The Beat," pointing out his health decline — as he has done on prior occasions — but also his total lack of interest in working on major policy issues that are rapidly beginning to define his second term.Nothing better exemplifies this, he and Melber agreed, than Trump's repeated recent claims that he doesn't care about Americans' financial situation because the Iran war is more important. When a reporter asked Trump to what extent Americans' financial situation was motivating him to make a deal with Iran, Trump was blunt: "Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing: we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.""He may not care because he doesn't care whether other House Republicans who tried to back him up every which way, whether they lose their seat," said Melber. "So that's part of that message, whether that works." He then played a number of clips of Republicans, including one featuring Trump's now-infamous comment about Americans' financial situation. Carville had a field day with the line."That's a new message," he said. "I've never in all my years in politics — I've never heard the leader of a political party say, I don't care if we win the election or not, matters nothing to me. And maybe he is so self-absorbed that that's true."Ultimately, Carville said, "something is wrong here. This guy goes to Walter Reed more than I go to the bathroom. I mean, there's something here that's just not adding up. And I'm not sure that we know what it is, but I suspect at some point we will know."The problem, he said, is that Trump may find all of this boring in his current mental state, "but I'll tell you who's not bored: our people on the Gerald R. Ford that were deployed for nine months, I guarantee you they're not bored. I guarantee you, the pilots that are flying these missions or ships that are guarding these things, they're not bored at all."For a president to say something like that, Carville added, is "almost impossible to digest." - YouTube youtu.be
President Donald Trump‘s acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said former Attorney General Merrick Garland failed to be transparent about his role in major investigations targeting Trump, pointing to several pieces of evidence showing Garland personally approved key steps in those investigations. Speaking Tuesday on Hang Out with Sean Hannity from Fox News, Blanche said he […]
Second Lady Usha Vance defended Supreme Court Justices during an ABC interview Monday night.The Daily Beast reports Vance urged viewers to treat the Justices with respect, amid President Donald Trump's continued attacks on the high court. Vance, who previously clerked for Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts, said justices face challenging public roles and deserve humanity. "I think that there has been a lot of personalization of feelings towards judges and the courts across the country that probably didn’t exist, you know, 150 years ago when they were less in the public eye," Vance said.Without naming Trump, she added, "So I’m hopeful that people will continue to treat them with a sense of humanity and, you know, without the kind of anger that’s led to some attacks on judges." Chief Justice Roberts has expressed concerns about Trump's personal attacks, particularly following the February ruling striking down Trump's tariff policy. Trump called those justices "disloyal," "unpatriotic," and "fools."The President has specifically targeted Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett for having ruled against his wishes on major decisions.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
President Donald Trump's executive order seizing federal control of mail-in voting is in peril after a federal judge in Massachusetts gave it a cold reception in court this week.According to Bloomberg Law, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani "pressed the Justice Department on the president’s order for the Department of Homeland Security to draw up a list of confirmed citizens, which states could use in creating a list of eligible mail-in voters to provide to the US Postal Service," sounding skeptical that this was a valid exercise."You'll have a small list," said Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama.Under Trump's executive order, states would have to provide these lists within 30 days of an election, and the Postal Service would directly block sending ballots to anyone not on these lists — a requirement and timeline which could trigger logistical chaos if allowed to go into effect immediately.This comes just a week after U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, an appointee of Trump, declined to block the order, reasoning that it was only initiating a rulemaking process and hadn't yet caused anything illegal to happen.It also comes as the Supreme Court considers a case that could make it vastly more difficult for mail ballots to be counted in some states.