Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia, notching her first victory of the 2024 campaign. Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is bound to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races. Despite […]
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Lawmakers give up on border & leave DC
O WILL, ‘NO WAY’: With a record number of immigrants surging at the U.S.-Mexico border and Ukraine running low on both men and materiel in its existential fight against Russia, there is no doubt that both situations constitute legitimate emergencies. “The president has been very clear that he wants to make sure that we come […]
Zelensky visits DC to plead for aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold high-level meetings in Washington on Tuesday as he faces his toughest test since Russian tanks bore down on Kyiv in late February 2022. Zelensky will meet with President Biden and Congressional leaders from both parties seeking to help push through an aid package for Ukraine, which has been held […]
New Jan 6 videos show ‘left narrative’ crumbling
Prominent conservatives have shared footage from the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riot, released by new House Speaker Mike Johnson, which one said means the “J6 Committee’s violent insurrection narrative has crumbled.” On Friday, Johnson made around 90 hours of January 6 footage security footage available via a committee website. There, he said the remaining […]
Many questions about DC area Cessna crash
The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight. The revelations came as federal investigators trudged through rugged terrain to reach the site where […]
Biden quashes criminal justice reform effort in D.C.
Dem representative Angie Craig became one of 31 Democrats in the House of Representatives to vote against a congressional bill that would allow Washington, D.C. to revise its criminal code, which the district cannot do without approval from Capitol Hill. The revisions were supposed to end mandatory minimum sentences, lower the maximum number of years […]
DC Mayor complains illegals are filling up homeless shelters
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday to discuss the persistent homelessness problem plaguing her city. Host Margaret Brennen brought up a Washington Post report that suggested homeless shelters are now being filled with illegal immigrants being bused in from Texas and Arizona. Bowser admitted that it’s a “significant […]
Are our leaders too geriatric?
Americans in the nation’s capital shared their thoughts on whether elderly political leaders should make room for younger figures to take power. “We need some fresh blood in there that understands how the people are living now in the United States,” one woman, Shanna, told Fox News. “The people who are ruling this country have […]
Stars and Stripes altered by DC Mayor in protest
Ahead of today’s observance of Flag Day, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered flags with 51 stars to be raised in the district because “DC’s disenfranchisement is a stain on American democracy – a 220-year-old wrong that demands to be righted.” In a statement posted to her government website on Monday, the mayor said, “Today, […]
Truckers protesting Covid mandates are amassing outside the capital
One group of truckers called the People’s Convoy that left California more than a week ago made it to the East Coast and was stationed on Saturday in Hagerstown, Md., about 70 miles northwest of the capital, converging with other drivers and their supporters — opening up the possibility that the convoy could move into […]
Despite Trump Boasts, Job Numbers Identical To Obama
President Donald Trump on Friday flipped his approach to the government’s employment report, celebrating the kind of strong showing he dismissed as phony under President Barack Obama. The Labor Department reported that the economy created 235,000 jobs in February, above the 190,000 consensus, allowing the president to claim that business enthusiasm over his approach to […]
Flags Burn Across The Country
Peaceful protests across the country Friday were partially undermined by flares of violence and property damage in Washington, D.C., where two officers were injured and at least 95 people were arrested. Throughout the day in different parts of the capital, police used pepper spray, batons and other crowd-control devices to disperse protesters. Some people vandalized […]