Category: 2024 election

Election Watchdog Sues to Stop Acceptance of Ballots After Election Day

An election integrity group is suing North Dakota to block its law that allows the state to accept and count mail-in ballots so long as they arrive within 13 days after Election Day. There are reportedly 18 states, plus the District of Columbia, that accept mailed ballots that are delivered after Election Day. Congress created…


Vivek Ramaswamy Makes Key Promises About Presidency at FreedomFest

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Republican primary run has been filled with promises, and often quite specific ones. In the months since he threw his hat in the ring, the candidate has caught the ear of libertarians and conservatives by pledging to shut down the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Education, and the Department of Education,…


On the Trump Classified Docs Case, and If Trump Would Ever Consider Dropping Out of 2024: Liz Harrington

Former President Donald Trump is facing several charges, and pending charges, in a number of states. Among these is the classified documents scandal, where he’s accused of taking home classified documents while he was president. His legal team is now asking a federal judge to delay the trial until December. Here to speak with us…


Some Democrats Worried About Cornel West’s Third-Party 2024 Bid

Democratic officials and strategists have publicly expressed reservations about former Harvard University professor Cornel West’s 2024 presidential bid. “This is not the time in order to experiment. This is not the time to play around on the margins,” warned Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison, a close ally of President Joe Biden, over the weekend,…


Ukraine Leaves NATO With Security Assurances, but No Clear Path to Membership

A day after he called NATO leaders “absurd” for failing to clarify a timeline for Ukraine’s long-deliberated entry into the 32-nation alliance, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was far more upbeat on July 12 as NATO’s two-day summit in Lithuania neared its conclusion. He may not have secured the big win—advancing Ukraine’s stalled 2008 request to…


Ukraine Leaves NATO Summit With Security Assurances, but No Clear Path to Membership

A day after he called NATO leaders “absurd” for failing to clarify a timeline for Ukraine’s long-deliberated entry into the 32-nation alliance, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was far more upbeat on July 12 as NATO’s two-day summit in Lithuania neared its conclusion. He may not have secured the big win—advancing Ukraine’s stalled 2008 request to…


Manchin Joins Lineup for No Labels Town Hall, Fueling Third-Party Speculation

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has joined the lineup for No Labels’ “Common Sense” town hall, fanning the flames of rumors that he is considering a third-party run for president. The senator will join former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) as a keynote speaker at the centrist political group’s event, which is scheduled for July 17…


Potential Romney Rival Raises More Than $2 Million After Launching Exploratory Committee

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) hasn’t officially announced whether he will run for a second term, but if he does run, he may have a well-known and well-financed primary opponent in Utah state Rep. Brad Wilson, speaker of the Utah House of Representatives. In April, Mr. Wilson announced that he is exploring a run for the…


DeSantis Says He Won’t Be Trump’s White House Running Mate

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said he would not join former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid if he were to lose his own 2024 campaign, according to remarks he gave during a podcast on Tuesday. “I don’t think I’m a No. 2 guy. I think I’m a leader, governor of Florida. I’ve accomplished a lot,”…


Bill Gates: AI Can ‘Undermine Elections’ And ‘Tip The Scale’ in Close Races

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that artificial intelligence technologies could aid in manipulating elections and “tip” results in close races. “Deepfakes and misinformation generated by AI could undermine elections and democracy … AI-generated deepfakes could be used to try to tilt an election,” Mr. Gates said in a July 11 blog post. “There are…