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FORTY-SEVEN DAYS. “We don’t have ‘Election Day’ in this country anymore — we have election month,” said David Plouffe, a top adviser to the Kamala Harris campaign, in Chicago on Thursday. “So you don’t have 77 days. You basically have 47 days” until people start early voting in the presidential election. Harris did not become a […]
Daily on Energy: Oil and gas have ramped up ad spending post-LNG pause, China hits renewables target, and AFPM launches campaign against Harris
OIL AND GAS SPEND ON LNG ADS: Oil and gas industry groups are increasing their ads advocating for U.S. liquefied natural gas since the Biden administration enacted a pause on LNG export approvals in January. What’s going on: Groups like the American Petroleum Institute and the Texas Oil & Gas Association have spent upwards of […]
Democrats align RFK Jr. with Trump and Vance as ‘weird’
Democrats were on the offensive on Friday, even before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he was dropping out of the presidential race and endorsed former President Donald Trump. The Democratic National Committee unveiled a set of billboards around Trump’s rally in Glendale, Arizona, lumping the former president, Kennedy, and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), the Republican […]
The Democratic National Convention in photos
CHICAGO — The four-day Democratic National Convention ended with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting the party’s nomination just 32 days after a politically weakened President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. The swift uniting around Harris and the prospect of a better chance to block former President Donald Trump from returning to the White […]
Abortion opponents dismayed over Trump post backing ‘reproductive rights’
Anti-abortion advocates are aghast regarding former President Donald Trump’s statement that his administration will be beneficial for “reproductive rights,” a sign of the Republican Party drifting away from its position during the 2024 presidential campaign. On Friday afternoon, Trump posted on his platform, Truth Social, that his administration “will be great for women and their […]
The world’s birthrate may already be below replacement level
In the last few years, Americans began to realize what most Europeans and many East Asians had realized last decade: We’re in the middle of a global Baby Bust. Birthrates are falling in almost every country. Many countries have shrinking populations. The Total Fertility Rate is the most important measure of the birth rate. It […]
London Breed’s rivals fume over attendance at lavish DNC donor party
San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s political rivals are claiming that a lavish, A-list party she helped throw at the Democratic National Convention this week crossed ethical lines because it was paid for by a billionaire donor to her campaign. Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen footed the bill for party participants at Tao nightclub in Chicago’s swanky River […]
Harris seeks to mend the Democratic divide at DNC, but cracks persist
CHICAGO — After a monthlong family fight over President Joe Biden and his electoral prospects against former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris‘s acceptance of the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination capped a weeklong demonstration of party unity. But outside of the Democratic National Convention perimeters set up around the United Center and McCormick Place Convention Center […]
WATCH LIVE: Trump holds conference in Las Vegas
Former President Donald Trump will be speaking in Las Vegas, where he will address the supporters of his campaign promise to end federal taxes on tips. Trump said he received inspiration for the initiative after speaking with a waitress. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER More than a quarter of Las Vegas […]
Ramaswamy and Jones clash at DNC over ‘demagogue’ remark
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy finally had a chance to confront CNN analyst Van Jones for calling him a “demagogue” during a segment on the network last year. The feud between Ramaswamy and Jones took a more heated turn in December, when the Trump surrogate posted a video clip on X responding to Jones’s […]
New York City can save $42M by merging local elections: Report
(The Center Square) — New York City could save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars by moving local elections to even-numbered years to align with federal and state elections, according to a new report. New York’s Independent Budget Office report found that the city could save up to $42 million by making the switch. It […]
Chicago officials take victory lap after convention
(The Center Square) – Elected officials and law enforcement leaders have proclaimed that the 2024 Democratic National Convention was a successful one for the city. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says the 2024 DNC will go down in history as an example of constitutional policing. “These brave women and men showed the world how we can […]
Casey blames ‘scheming corporations’ for rising prices
(The Center Square) – The inflationary pressure squeezing taxpayers’ wallets comes from “scheming corporations,” according to Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. During a five-minute speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the three-term senator told the crowd that rising prices on food and other necessities boils down to corporate […]
A confederacy of revisionists
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris walked on the stage Thursday night to the metaphorical beat of former President Barack Obama’s “Hope and Change” promise of 2008, sounding themes of patriotism, celebrating America’s toughness, and promising not to dwell in the present but to move toward the future. “A new way forward,” Harris called it, and […]
Virginia tops charts with ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties: Study
(The Center Square) — Immigration policy think tank the Center for Immigration Studies released its updated map of American sanctuary locations on Thursday, revealing a surge in Virginia localities adopting sanctuary status. The center added 36 Virginia localities to its map for a total of 84. Besides sanctuary states, the commonwealth now tops the charts of […]
Cooper rallies battleground states for Harris
(The Center Square) – Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina rallied the battleground states to fight for Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday evening on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. “Are we going to stand up? Are we going to fight? Are we going to vote? Are we going to win?” Cooper […]
Trump-backed Nancy Dahlstrom withdraws from Alaska House race
Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom withdrew from the state’s House race Friday after she came in third place in the primary this week, leaving Nick Begich as the leading GOP candidate to take on Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK). “I entered this race because Alaskans deserve better representation than what we have received from Mary Peltola […]
More questions the media aren’t asking Kamala Harris
Our Washington Examiner editorial on Friday lists some substantive questions that presidential candidate Kamala Harris should answer if she ever comes out of hiding, but those are just a start. Here are others — ones that will force her to clarify whether she stands with the radical wing of her party or instead with the […]
RFK Jr. slams Democrats as he suspends campaign and endorses Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent run for president on Friday in a press conference announcing his support for former President Donald Trump. Kennedy will stay on the ballot in a number of reliably blue or red states but has already begun to remove his name from the battlegrounds that will swing the election, including Arizona […]
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