by Jim Heath | Sep 2, 2018 | 2018, Democrats, Headlines
Ohio’s ambitious Rep. Tim Ryan said today that Democrats need new leadership in the House if they take control of the lower chamber in the midterms, adding that he hasn’t ruled out a run for Speaker. “I think we do need new leadership,” Ryan said. “I’m not...
by Jim Heath | Aug 30, 2018 | 2018, Headlines, Republicans, Trump
As the body of the late Sen. John McCain arrived in Washington, D.C. to lie in state, President Trump took to the road to deliver remarks at a campaign rally in Indiana, carried live on Fox News. Trump, without mentioning McCain, immediately went on the attack against...
by Jim Heath | Aug 28, 2018 | 2018, Headlines
Rep. Martha McSally has won the Republican nomination for the US senate seat in Arizona. She defeated two other pro-Trump conservatives, Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio, in what was a brutal primary. McSally, a former Air Force pilot who represents a Tucson swing district...
by Jim Heath | Aug 28, 2018 | 2018, 2020, Headlines, Trump
This November’s gubernatorial match-up in Florida will be an epic contest, with one candidate strongly backed by President Trump, and the other by Sen. Bernie Sanders. An endorsement from Trump and backing from Fox News, helped Rep. Ron DeSantis win Florida’s...
by Jim Heath | Aug 27, 2018 | 2018, Headlines, Trump
If you love Donald Trump, Arizona’s got a Republican primary for you. Arizona’s primary election is today and all three of the Republican U.S. Senate candidates have been boasting about being the most Donald Trump-like. It is pretty remarkable that none...
by Jim Heath | Aug 23, 2018 | 2018, 2020, Headlines, Trump
It’s quite remarkable, really. A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation’s defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the Senate at the behest of the White House. The very administration under investigation by a special counsel...
