A Shelby County Circuit Court judge granted Wanda Halbert’s motion to dismiss the ouster petition brought against her Tuesday morning. Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp said the cause for dismissal, which boiled down to who had standing to bring the petition, was the first of its kind in the state of Tennessee. Wamp […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the powerful Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was trying to fend of a primary challenge Tuesday from a businessman who has poured millions of his own dollars into the race. Political newcomer Paul Bondar has loaned more than $5 million of his own […]
Donald Trump tried to quell divisions within the House Republican conference on Thursday when he stopped by Washington DC to attend meetings with the full House and Senate Republican caucuses. But he did so in a very Trumpian way — by publicly humiliating one of his own allies, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The ex-president […]
KENNEBUNK, Maine — Voters ousted an incumbent and elected several newcomers to the RSU 21 School Board during the annual town election in all three of the district’s communities on June 11. In Kennebunkport, challenger Rachel Kennedy-Smith beat appointed incumbent Diane Franz for a one-year stint for an unfinished term on the School Board. Rachel […]
DALLAS (AP) — Activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management has bought a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines and is seeking to force out the CEO of the airline, which has struggled with operational and financial problems. Shares in the airline rose 9% in midday trading Monday, on pace for the biggest one-day increase in four […]
Hard-right Republicans in Congress have so far failed to oust the handful of their GOP colleagues they’ve targeted in primaries this year. But the effort is moving forward, and Rep. William Timmons of South Carolina is their next target. It’s the latest incumbent primary in an ongoing proxy war for House GOP divisions over whether […]
It’s been two weeks since Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to oust the speaker. No one on Capitol Hill seems to care. The “motion to vacate” has seemingly lost its shock value. Two weeks ago, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene forced the House to vote on a motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from his job. It […]
It’s not often that statehouse elections in rural Texas steer the national conversation about school choice. But things might change later this month. On May 28, voters will choose Republican candidates in 13 of the state’s 150 House districts. Four are currently held by representatives targeted by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for persistently stymying his […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Fresh off his role in a failed attempt to topple the House speaker, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie downplayed any political fallout back home in Kentucky as he looked to maintain his dominance in his solidly conservative district as Bluegrass State voters headed to the polls Tuesday. The primary election lacks any […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last fall. It’s just the latest example of how […]
The overwhelming majorities of both parties voted on Wednesday to protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a conservative coup in the House, dealing a major blow to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who pushed forward with her effort to oust the GOP leader from the top job earlier that afternoon. The chamber voted 359-43-7 on […]
President Joe Biden threatens to cut off Israel’s supply of offensive weapons if it invades Rafah. Stormy Daniels will be cross-examined in Donald Trump’s trial. And another pageant queen gives up her crown days after Miss USA stepped down. Here’s what to know today. Biden says U.S. won’t transfer offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah […]