Category: 2024 election

Illegal Immigrants, Reparations Concern Locals at Chicago Vivek Ramaswamy Event

CHICAGO—On a rainy Friday in South Shore, presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy listened as a group of mostly black Chicagoans voiced concerns about incoming illegal immigrants, reparations for slavery, and more. He showed up after locals objected to the planned placement of those illegal immigrants at a shuttered high school nearby. Footage of a protest against…


America Is in a National Identity Crisis: Vivek Ramaswamy

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, the first millennial ever to run for U.S. President, believes that the country is experiencing a national identity crisis and aims to lead the nation out of it, drawing inspiration from Ronald Reagan’s leadership in 1980. His solution: present an alternative vision of America that counters the “woke agenda.” A revival…


DeSantis-Backed Candidates Lose to Trump Pick and Democrat

A candidate backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lost to a Democrat and a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump. A DeSantis pick in the recent May 15 mayoral race in Jacksonville, Florida, was defeated by a Democrat. According to the Duval County Supervisor of Elections website, the unofficial results of the unitary general…


Georgia Prosecutor Signals Possible August Timeline for Indictments in Trump Probe

The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally interfered in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election appeared to suggest on May 18 that any grand jury indictments in the case are likely to come in August. In a letter (pdf) to Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville, Fulton County District Attorney Fani…


Long-Rumored 2024 GOP Presidential Candidate Officially Files Paperwork to Run

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) filed paperwork to run for president in 2024 ahead of a potential announcement, according to records published by a federal agency on Friday. Scott filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), essentially guaranteeing that he is preparing to enter the Republican primary for 2024. A principal political committee, “Tim Scott for…


Energy Commissioner Warns of ‘Major Threats’ to Power Grid

Hope is a powerful energy, but it won’t keep the air conditioner on when summer temperatures soar and demand for electricity skyrockets, causing an overburdened electrical grid to grind to a stop. Yet that seems to be the Biden administration’s plan in addressing warnings that nine North American regional electrical grids face an “elevated risk”…


Florida Campaign Group Can’t Share Supporters’ Contact Info With Ron DeSantis for Free, Judge Says

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a political action committee’s (PAC) request to share signatures of tens of thousands of supporters and their contact information with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to boost his would-be presidential campaign, saying that the contact list has a market value exceeding the contribution limit set by federal regulators. The dispute…


Trump Says He Would Reach ‘Great Deal’ on Abortion If Elected

Former President Donald Trump said on May 16 that he would be able to reach a deal on abortion that the “whole country can agree with” if he were reelected to the White House. “We’re in a position now where we can get something that the whole country can agree with, and that’s only because I…


Will Biden Get Away With Another Scandal?

The House GOP has produced evidence of foreign money going to nine different Biden family members, raising issues of influence peddling, pay-to-play, personal profit, and national security risks. Bank wire transfers revealed that the Biden family was getting income from a number of foreign sources, including Chinese nationals tied to the Chinese Communist Party. However,…


LIVE 6:30 PM ET: Democratic Presidential Candidate Williamson Calls for Standing Against ‘Corporate Tyranny’

Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson delivers a speech at 6:30 p.m. ET on May 18 at the National Press Club to talk about the challenges that “corporate tyranny” imposes on the American working class. She will articulate the need for a 21st-century “Economic Bill of Rights,” a proposal first made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt…