By Mark Tapscott According to the latest Cygnal Battleground Survey, 55 percent of black likely voters in 39 key House congressional districts view the Democratic Party as more extreme than the Republican Party. Thirty-seven percent of the back likely voters questioned in the May 6-8 survey by the Washington-based survey research firm said the Republican […]
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Trump Says He Believes a ‘Great Silent Majority’ Will Vote for Him in November
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes he has a “great silent majority” who will vote for him during the 2024 election. While speaking to radio host Hugh Hewitt, the former president claimed that he may have the “biggest ever” silent majority, using a term that was popularized by former […]
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Michael Cohen’s Former Legal Adviser Disputes His Trump Trial Allegations
By Jack Phillips A former lawyer who once advised Michael Cohen testified in Congress on May 15 that some of Mr. Cohen’s testimony could be false in the ongoing Trump trial in New York. Robert Costello, a former prosecutor who had worked for Mr. Cohen and former President Donald Trump, told a House Republican-led panel […]
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California Leads the Nation in Job Losses: Federal Data
By Bill Pan California currently leads the nation in job losses, with a recent wave of layoffs particularly hitting the tech sector hard, according to the latest federal government data. According to the Federal Reserve of Economic Data (FRED), some 482,700 residents of California lost their jobs since the beginning of this year, positioning the […]
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Speaker Johnson Says Trump Trial Is a ‘Travesty of Justice’
By Chase Smith In a brief press conference held outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s New York trial is ongoing, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) strongly criticized the proceedings, calling them a “travesty of justice” on Tuesday, May 14. Mr. Johnson, a former litigator and the current highest-ranking Republican, expressed his outrage at […]
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Speaker Mike Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy Join Trump in Court on Tuesday
By Chase Smith After a group of elected Republicans joined former President Trump in New York to support him amid his ongoing criminal “hush money” trial on Monday, a slew of other high-profile GOP supporters including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) joined the former president on Tuesday. Joining Mr. Johnson in court alongside President Trump […]
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Trump Responds to Trial Witness’ Claims: ‘I Paid a Lawyer’
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump appeared to respond to claims made by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, during an appearance outside Manhattan criminal court in New York on Tuesday morning. Mr. Cohen testified as a witness in the so-called “hush-money” case in which prosecutors have accused the former president of falsifying business records […]
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Trump Leads Biden in 5 Major Battleground States: Poll
By Jacob Burg New polling released on May 13 shows former President Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden in five of the six major battleground states as the two prospective nominees face an inevitable rematch. The poll by The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Siena College was conducted between April 28 and May 9. It […]
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Missouri Attorney General Launches Probe Into Trump Prosecutors’ Communications
By Jack Phillips Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he filed a request as part of an investigation into whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) coordinated with multiple state prosecutors handling cases against former President Donald Trump. In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed on May 9, the Republican attorney general asked the […]
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Vermont Climate Bill Would Demand Oil Companies Pay For ‘Extreme Weather Events’
By Matthew Lysiak A Vermont bill that would mandate private companies pay for damages caused by global warming has raised concerns that the legislation could hurt the business climate as well as raise energy prices for already cash-strapped residents of the state. If approved, the controversial Vermont Climate Superfund Act is poised to make oil […]
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Alvin Bragg’s Office Deleted Phone Call Records of Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer
By Tom Ozimek A paralegal from Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg’s office testified on Friday during former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial that some phone call records between Michael Cohen and Stephanie Clifford’s (a.k.a. Stormy Daniels) lawyer were deleted, raising questions about evidentiary integrity. In a bid to challenge some of the evidence being […]
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US Weekly Jobless Claims Reach Highest Since August 2023
By Katabella Roberts The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits reached its highest level since August 2023 last week, according to data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on May 9. First-time applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 4 soared by 22,000 to 231,000—up from 209,000 the week […]
