by Jim Heath | Sep 19, 2020 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Former President Obama has called on the Senate not to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg until next year. Obama urged Republicans to live up to the standard they set in 2016 by refusing to give a hearing to Merrick Garland....
by Jim Heath | Jul 23, 2020 | coronavirus, GOP, Headlines, Health
With the nation gripped by an alarming resurgence of coronavirus cases and new rounds of lockdowns, weekly new claims for unemployment have risen for the first time since March. The Department of Labor said today that 1.416 million Americans filed for unemployment in...
by Jim Heath | Jul 14, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines
Former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville easily defeated former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Alabama’s Republican primary runoff election today. That sets up a November match against current Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, who became the first...
by Jim Heath | Jun 23, 2020 | 2020, Economy, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Financial advisory firm Signum Global Advisors is telling clients that it now believes the U.S. Senate is going to flip blue as presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden continues to surge past President Trump in the polls. In a note to Signum’s clients, Chairman...
by Jim Heath | Jun 15, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Trump
President Trump, feeling vindictive as usual, will travel to Mobile, Alabama, next month to rally on behalf of Tommy Tuberville, who is running against his former attorney general, Jeff Sessions. In a blow to Sessions, the rally will be held in his hometown days...