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Inflation Surges Under Biden, Hits 40 year High

Inflation Surges Under Biden, Hits 40 year High

Inflation continued to rise in March, according to the consumer price index report released yesterday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The consumer price index rose 1.2% to a whopping 8.5%, marking its highest level since December 1981.Read more

CNN+ Cuts Expected as Network Fails to Gain Viewers

CNN+ Cuts Expected as Network Fails to Gain Viewers

After announcing an investment of $1 billion over four years to launch CNN+ the network is expected to drastically scale back the investment due to the channel’s failure to gain users. As of April, CNN had invested nearly $300 million into the subscription service.Read more

House Republicans Target Seats in Biden Country

House Republicans Target Seats in Biden Country

The House GOP is showing their confidence in reclaiming the majority in the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections, as some of the party’s largest super PACs are now targeting districts that President Biden won by as many as 16 points, according to a report by Axios.Read more

Trump Approval Ratings Remain Strong in Key Swing States

Trump Approval Ratings Remain Strong in Key Swing States

The former president remains as popular as ever in key battleground states, according to newly released poll numbers from the Morning Consult. In Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio nearly 4 out of 5 Republican voters rated Trump favorably.Read more

Biden Announces New ATF Lead, Sweeping Gun Control to Follow

Biden Announces New ATF Lead, Sweeping Gun Control to Follow

President Biden announced his new selection to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this morning. Former federal prosecutor Steve Dettelbach has been tapped to head the agency after initial selection David Chipman’s nomination was blocked last year.Read more

Pennsylvania Democrats Fleeing the Party

Pennsylvania Democrats Fleeing the Party

Republicans in Pennsylvania are feeling optimistic about the upcoming midterm elections this fall, as they are currently registering former democrats at a rate four times that of democrats registering former republicans, according to a recent report released by Reuters. This is a troubling sign for democrats who currently hold a thin majority in both the House and Senate. Pennsylvania was expected to be a hotly contested election for the Senate seat vacated by the retirement of republican Senator Pat Toomey.Read more

New York AG Requests $10,000 Daily Fine for Trump

New York AG Requests $10,000 Daily Fine for Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion on Thursday to holder form President Trump in contempt of court for refusing to turn over materials she claims is evidence in her office’s civil investigation into the financial dealings of the Trump Organization. Trump was wasted no time responding to the outlandish motion calling her “an operative for the Democrat Party.”Read more

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Texas Democrats Terrified as Conservative Hispanic Women Run for Congress Statewide

Texas Democrats Terrified as Conservative Hispanic Women Run for Congress Statewide

Hispanic women are positioned to represent a large portion of Republican candidates running for Congress in Texas in the upcoming midterm elections. The rise in Hispanic conservative women running for office has state democrats worried, as they attempt to stem the gains republicans made with Hispanic voters in the 2020 elections.Continue Reading

Pennsylvania Democrats Fleeing the Party

Pennsylvania Democrats Fleeing the Party

Republicans in Pennsylvania are feeling optimistic about the upcoming midterm elections this fall, as they are currently registering former democrats at a rate four times that of democrats registering former republicans, according to a recent report released by Reuters. This is a troubling sign for democrats who currently hold a thin majority in both the House and Senate. Pennsylvania was expected to be a hotly contested election for the Senate seat vacated by the retirement of republican Senator Pat Toomey.Continue Reading

New York AG Requests $10,000 Daily Fine for Trump

New York AG Requests $10,000 Daily Fine for Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion on Thursday to holder form President Trump in contempt of court for refusing to turn over materials she claims is evidence in her office’s civil investigation into the financial dealings of the Trump Organization. Trump was wasted no time responding to the outlandish motion calling her “an operative for the Democrat Party.”Continue Reading

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