Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A man was arrested after he allegedly threw a brick into a French Quarter establishment and hit the owner with a railroad spike on Saturday, June 29. NOPD officials said a business owner in the 800 block of Decatur Street confronted 44-year-old […]
One of the enduring themes of President Joseph Biden’s public life has been intense ambivalence about the elite institutions of American life and the well-credentialed, well-spoken, well-paid careerists who occupy them. There is resentment, from the so-so student with a stutter who grew up in Scranton and small-town Delaware and didn’t have the economic and […]
Tuesday’s primary runoffs in Texas were a victory for the GOP’s establishment — but it was far from a decisive show of force in its ongoing battle with the party’s insurgent hard-right wing. Moderate Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales fended off a far-right pro-gun YouTube star in his sprawling West Texas district. But it took a […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Assemblymember Monica Wallace on Sunday announced that a new family grief center is scheduled to be established in Western New York. Wallace reportedly secured $500,000 to help P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative establish the center under its Ultimate Compassion Program. According to Wallace’s office, the center has been inspired by models from […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party’s voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions in a critical presidential election year. The state’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes much of liberal Portland, will have its first open Democratic primary since 1996 with […]
You couldn’t miss the crowd that has amassed outside Club 21 near Goodells Wednesday night and formed a long line down the roadway. There were a couple hundred of them there — some with lawn chairs and in groups with friends and family who’d parked their cars roadside nearby an hour or two before. The […]
Donald Trump’s domination of last week’s primaries made it official: He has successfully routed the GOP establishment. Some would argue, with ample evidence, that this happened a long time ago. Particularly in Congress, the party is divided into three sometimes overlapping factions: Reaganites, pragmatists and populists, the last being Trump’s “MAGA” faction. Politicians from the […]
SACRAMENTO, California — Democrats in Washington have funneled more than $100,000 to a Central Valley candidate challenging GOP Rep. David Valadao to avoid getting locked out of one of their best pickup opportunities in the nation. The institutional giving underscores the national party’s unusually early involvement in the race — choosing to boost former state […]
3 GOP ex-senators endorsed one of Lauren Boebert’s primary opponents, Jerry Sonnenberg. All of them also used to represent the district that Boebert’s trying to carpetbag her way into. It’s a sign that the controversial congresswoman lacks local support in the new district. As Rep. Lauren Boebert campaigns in her new Colorado district, establishment GOP […]
The Villa Rica Police Department needs your help identifying a suspect. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Police are warning people to be on the lookout for a theft suspect and they provided photos. Police said the unidentified man is a person of interest in a theft at Evan’s Barbeque Company […]
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is stamping out the final flashes of independence inside Republican institutions with astonishing speed, demonstrating that his power continues to expand over the new party establishment he has created. At the Republican National Committee, he is moving to replace longtime supporters with allies even more closely bound to him, […]