Author: Jack Birle

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly enlisted influencers as part of his push to publicize an election fraud bill alongside former President Donald Trump. After Johnson and Trump made their pitch on the legislation on Friday, several Republican social media accounts touted the SAVE Act. NBC News reported that Johnson’s office gave several of the…

Abortion will likely be on the ballot in Arizona in November, and Republicans are considering leaning into using language that suggests protecting the procedure as a way to flip the script on Democrats. The GOP in the Grand Canyon State is reportedly considering an alternative ballot measure among its options, according to an internal presentation…

The White House rejected an invitation by the House Oversight Committee for President Joe Biden to testify as part of the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry. In a letter sent on Monday, Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, declined the committee’s invitation and decried the GOP’s impeachment inquiry, which has stalled in recent months, as…

A fourth body has been recovered from the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, less than three weeks after the bridge collapsed. Authorities confirmed another body of the six missing construction workers was recovered on Sunday, with the identity being confirmed on Monday. The Maryland State Police and other agencies have not…

Tensions between lawmakers in the Georgian parliament boiled over on Monday when a member of the opposition party threw a punch over a controversial “foreign agent” bill. Aleko Elisashvili, a member of parliament in the opposition party, ran up to the podium where ruling party leader Mamuka Mdinaradze was speaking and punched him, leading to…

State officials in California are suing Huntington Beach, California, over a ballot measure voters in the city approved that requires voter ID in municipal elections. Ballot Measure A, which passed last month, calls for municipal elections in the Southern California city to “require Voter Identification for elections; provide more in-person voting locations; and monitor ballot…

Former President Donald Trump railed against Judge Juan Merchan for not approving him to skip trial proceedings on May 17 for his son Barron’s high school graduation, with Merchan punting on whether Trump will be allowed to have the day off. Merchan reportedly said he “cannot rule on those dates at this time,” noting it…

Popular tax filing service H&R Block is experiencing outages with its computer software as the tax filing deadline is just hours away. The federal income tax deadline for tax year 2023 is 11:59 p.m. on Monday. Users on social media reported error messages when attempting to file their returns to the Internal Revenue Service. Downdetector…

Eligible residents who have not gotten their payments from the Alaska‘s Department of Revenue as part of the Permanent Fund Dividend program will get their checks in three days. Those who have yet to receive their payments from the PFD program from 2023, or earlier, and had the “Eligible-Not Paid” status by last Wednesday, will get their check from the…

The race for control of the White House and Congress in November are slated to be hotly contested elections, and both Republicans and Democrats face different challenges in those battles. While the presidential election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will be the marquee matchup, several other races will be affected by…