Author: Haisten Willis

A trimmed-down field of four candidates took the stage at the fourth Republican presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, hoping to make their cases to voters as primaries start next month. All four sit far behind front-runner Donald Trump, whose lead is such that he hasn’t bothered even to take the stage. The aspirants hoped to…

What a difference an election makes. Before Tuesday night, Washington gossip centered on a weekend poll that showed President Joe Biden losing to Donald Trump in five key swing states and trailing a generic Democrat by 13 points. Now, with Democrats and the pro-abortion rights movement scoring key victories, Biden once again looks poised for…

President Joe Biden’s first showdown with the new speaker of the House has already begun. House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected Biden’s $106 billion supplemental funding request, which would have tied money for Israel to money for Ukraine, in favor of an Israel-only bill. “There are lots of things going on around the world that…

WASHINGTON • With the midterm elections fading into memory, one of the most talked-about stories in Washington is Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter — and what the Biden administration might do about it. President Joe Biden held a news conference Wednesday after his party’s surprisingly successful midterm cycle and was asked whether Musk’s Twitter poses…

WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden will end his latest interview drought by appearing on the CBS show “60 Minutes” this Sunday. Kicking off the show’s 55th season will be Biden as interviewed by longtime CBS correspondent Scott Pelley. According to CBS, Biden will talk about the economy, the midterm elections, and the war in Ukraine…

WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden has gone on offense in recent days, attacking GOPers as extremists and MAGA Republicans posing an existential threat to democracy in the midterm elections. Biden has taken the lead on his party’s messaging for the fall and will deliver a speech in Philadelphia on Thursday as he tries to tie…

WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden wasn’t trying to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2022 midterm elections, White House press secretary Jen Psaki clarified Thursday. The president made many headlines during a nearly two-hour news conference Wednesday, including when he said the midterm elections “could easily be illegitimate” and that “the increase in the…

WASHINGTON • The continued stalling of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan in Congress may come back to bite Democrats in 2022, according to polling from the Democratic Senate Majority PAC. A private presentation given by the group, which is aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, showed that 53% of voters feel the…