NBC News projects that Charlie Crist won the Florida primary against Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried Tuesday night, answering the question Democrats have been asking for months: Who will be the underdog against popular Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis?
According to Business Insider, which reviewed the members’ financial disclosure forms, four Democrat House members appeared to violate the STOCK Act of 2012, also known as the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. House Democrat Reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA), Susie Lee (NV), and Brad Schneider (IL) all failed to adequately disclose their stock transactions within the allotted time required by the STOCK Act. Members of Congress must submit periodic transaction reports …
According to Pence, if invited to appear before the House Jan. 6 committee, he would consider testifying, but he would have to resolve thorny constitutional issues first.
No Republicans voted in Favor of the Inflation Reduction Act.
On Monday, a federal judge rejected Sen. Lindsey Graham’s efforts to quash a subpoena compelling him to testify before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
After the warrant was executed, the FBI and DHS noticed an increase in “violent threats” against law enforcement, judiciary, and government personnel, including a threat to “place a dirty bomb in front of FBI headquarters,” according to the bulletin. Calls for “civil war” and “armed rebellion” have also increased on social media recently.
President Joe Biden signed the U.S. Ratification of Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids on Tuesday, taking NATO expansion to the next level. According to Biden, the two northern European countries will become “strong, reliable, highly capable new allies” by committing to mutual defense within the US-led transatlantic alliance. To do so, the United States is the 23rd NATO member, and a new member must receive unanimous support from all 30 current members. This brings two …
In a divided Senate, Democrats voted Saturday to begin debating their election-year economic bill, clearing the first hurdle as it moves through the Congress on climate, energy, and health. Despite a mountain of amendments, united Democrats pushed the bill through the evenly divided chamber by 50-50, thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. A dwindled version of the earlier multitrillion-dollar measures, it has become a partisan battleground over inflation, gasoline prices, and other …
According to Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow, Buy American needs to be removed from the current bill because it hurts American EV makers.
In the U.S. services sector, business activity declined at the fastest since May 2020, signaling the economy may be in recession already. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, its index of services activity registered 47.3 in July, down from 52.7 in June, but up from the earlier released ‘flash’ estimate of 47.0. Seasonally adjusted indexes had seen steep expansions earlier in the year before declining for the fourth consecutive time. S&P economist Chris Williamson stated …