Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she spoke with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday morning but didn’t ask for his endorsement following his departure from the GOP nomination race. And Haley, in a Fox News interview in Iowa following a campaign event in this city in suburban Des Moines, said that when … Read more
Income taxes would be cut for Wisconsin families earning up to about $200,000 under a plan being worked on by Senate Republicans, a GOP leader said Thursday. The proposal will be targeted at middle class families in an attempt to win the support of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has vetoed past tax cuts that … Read more
Carlos Ayala, a Republican member of the Maryland State Board of Elections, resigned after being arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Club flyer says Satanic Temple is a non-theistic religion and does ‘not attempt to convert children to any religious ideology’ Children had a “great time” at the first meeting of an after-school Satan club at a Tennessee elementary school this week, organizers said, despite dozens of protesters who condemned the meeting. On Wednesday, the After … Read more
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein raised more than $5.7 million during the past six months, his campaign said Thursday, a total that should keep the Democrat at or near the top of collections when all 2024 gubernatorial candidates report their donations. Stein’s organization revealed what it expects to post on his campaign finance report … Read more
Isaac Chotiner interviews John Kirby, the strategic-communications coördinator for the National Security Council, about the Biden Administration’s policy on Israel.
Congressional leaders are closing in on a $70 billion deal that would expand the child tax credit and provide tax breaks for businesses through 2025.
A commission reviewing how Pennsylvania distributes money to public schools narrowly approved a report Thursday that suggests the state is underfunding districts by more than $5 billion and should begin immediately to close that gap. The vote on the report by the Basic Education Funding Commission was backed by Democrats and members of Democratic Gov. … Read more
One of Tennessee’s previously expelled state lawmakers said Thursday that he had been stripped of a committee position. “Today the Speaker announced that I was stripped from being on House Education Admin Committee, as they prepare to push their unpopular school voucher program,” Rep. Justin Jones (D) posted on X. “My Republican colleagues know voters … Read more
On the Nikki Haley scenario and the eternal optimism of a New Year.
