By Jack Phillips The Supreme Court on Monday morning dismissed a Nov. 3 election-related case filed by defamation lawyer Lin Wood. The high court did not issue a comment as it denied Wood’s case (pdf), saying, “The petitions of writs of mandamus are denied.” Wood filed several third-party cases to challenge the results of last year’s election. […]
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Conservative Nonprofit to Launch $10 Million Campaign to Strengthen Election Integrity: Report
By Tom Ozimek Conservative nonprofit Heritage Action for America is on Monday expected to announce plans to spend $10 million on a wide-ranging election integrity campaign to strengthen voting laws in eight swing states, according to reports. According to Fox News, the campaign will target Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Texas, and Wisconsin, with the effort involving […]
Trump to Talk About the Future of Republican Party at CPAC: Senior Adviser
By Janita Kan Former President Donald Trump will talk about the future of the Republican party and lessons learned in 2020 during his upcoming speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump senior adviser Jason Miller has said. CPAC Communications Director Ian Walters told The Epoch Times on Saturday that the former president will be a keynote speaker at […]
Trump ‘Is the Most Powerful Political Figure’ in US: Sen. Tim Scott
By Jack Phillips Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) weighed in on the war-of-words between former President Donald Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), noting that Trump has the most sway of any political figure in the United States. “I still believe that President Trump is the most powerful political figure on either side,” Scott […]
Kentucky County Demands Mitch McConnell Resign as Republican Senate Leader
By Jack Phillips A county Republican Party in Kentucky demanded that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) resign as leader after his comments on the Senate floor over the past weekend. “I do not take this action lightly and understand the ramifications in doing so,” says a written statement by Nelson County GOP head Don Thrasher released on Tuesday, noting […]
READ: Former President Donald Trump’s Full Statement on Mitch McConnell
By The Epoch Times Staff Former President Donald Trump issued a statement on Mitch McConnell on Tuesday. Read the full statement here: Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political “leaders” like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm. McConnell’s dedication […]
Trump Says GOP Won’t Win With McConnell, Plans to Back MAGA Primary Candidates
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump, in a strongly-worded statement, criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) leadership and said the Republican Party won’t be successful in the future with McConnell at the helm. The former president’s statement, which was released through his Save America PAC on Feb. 15, blamed McConnell for the GOP’s 2020 loss of […]
Opinion: A Quieter, More Focused Donald Trump Will Defeat the Never Trumpers
By Conrad Black Commentary The battle lines were drawn within a couple of hours following the acquittal of former President Trump in his second impeachment case, between Trump and his followers and the recently returned ghost of the Never Trump movement. The ex-president’s Republican enemies are pale and malnourished after four years skulking in the […]
Supreme Court to Consider 2020 Election Challenge Lawsuits in February Conference
By Tom Ozimek The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday scheduled several high-profile contest-of-election lawsuits, including ones brought by attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood, and the Trump campaign, for consideration at its Feb. 19 conference. According to a case listing, the lawsuits include Sidney Powell’s Michigan case (20-815), the Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania lawsuit (20-845) and Wisconsin lawsuit (20-882), the Pennsylvania lawsuit brought by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) […]
Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene’s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks
By Tom Ozimek Several Republican lawmakers alleged a double standard in the Democrat push to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from two committee posts over her past comments and actions, while Democrat lawmaker Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) faced no such censure for her past incendiary remarks. The House on Thursday adopted a resolution along largely partisan lines to remove Greene […]
WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki Re-Affirms Stimulus Checks Will Be $1,400
By Jack Phillips White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday re-affirmed that stimulus checks to Americans will be $1,400 and said the administration is looking into limiting income eligibility. There was speculation that the stimulus payments would be less than the $1,400 amount that was proposed weeks ago. President Joe Biden included the checks in the $1.9 […]
Biden Administration Took Several Big Steps in Wrong Direction on First Day: McConnell
By Zachary Stieber President Joe Biden’s administration took steps in the wrong direction on Biden’s first day in office, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday. “The president re-entered the failed Paris climate agreement—a terrible bargain that would set us up to self-inflict major economic pain on working American families with no assurance that China or Russia […]