01.03.2025

By Robert Romano It is Jan. 3, and Congress is reconvening for its new session with the House closely divided after Republicans won 220 seats and Democrats won 215 seats (although with Matt Gaetz’ resignation that will be down to 219 Republicans ) and the first order of business being to elect a new […]
12.20.2024

Bill Wilson The election of President Donald J. Trump eight years ago after an election season riddled with false narratives that he was ‘unelectable’ caused a radical shift in the way Americans view the objectivity of the press. During and after Trump’s first term, the press continued […]
12.19.2024

By Robert Romano President-elect Donald Trump is weighing in on Congress’ latest omnibus spending bill , making continuing appropriations through Sept. 30, 2025, that came in at a whopping more than 1,500 pages all but declaring war on Congressional Republicans, who he threatened with party primaries in 2026 if they pass the […]
12.18.2024

By Manzanita Miller As transgender issues have risen in prominence, a patchwork of federalism has emerged, with red states taking a firm stand against the mutilation and chemical castration of young people and blue states declaring themselves “sanctuary states” for transgender youth. States like Idaho, […]
12.18.2024

By Bill Hillman A think tank has filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Philadelphia field office that Governor Josh Shapiro received illegal contributions from the teacher’s union for flipping […]
12.16.2024

By Rick Manning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and soon to be Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R.-S.D.) need to go huge in first budget reconciliation act , because this might be the only bite of the apple they get. The political reality in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is that […]
12.13.2024

By Bill Wilson President Donald Trump won North Carolina this year by 3.2 percentage points after winning the state by a narrow 1.3 points in 2020, with the help of a highly diverse coalition of voters. North Carolina is on track to become one of the […]
12.12.2024

By Robert Romano President-elect Donald Trump appears to be getting off on the right foot with the American people in the latest Marist poll taken Dec. 5 , finding that 48 percent of registered voters approve of Trump’s handling of his job during the presidential transition, including 86 percent of Republicans, 38 percent of […]
12.11.2024

By Robert Romano Consumer inflation in the U.S. ticked up another 0.3 percent in November at an annual rate of 2.7 percent, according to the latest data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For most Americans who have seen inflation outpace their incomes for four years now as […]