Mike Pence, the former vice president, has announced his bid for the 2024 presidential election. This puts him in direct competition with former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. Pence launched his campaign with a video in which he promised that different leadership could prevent the country from getting crushed and turn it around. […]
Mike Pence, former vice president of the United States, has announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. In his campaign launch video, Pence urged for “different leadership” to prevent the “American dream” from being “crushed.” However, the video notably avoided making any mention of former president Donald Trump, with whom Pence served during his […]
Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, recalls in a recent interview from the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, her experience being at the President’s signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. Knowing it was going to be an important occasion, she assumed that the ceremony would be held in […]
Joel Finkelstein, an attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, was an accidental witness to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, one of the landmark events in the civil rights movement. President Lyndon Johnson invited him to witness the signing. He does not know why he was chosen to be present, […]
The upcoming GOP presidential primary has Southern Baptists considering their options. While historically a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has overwhelmingly supported Republican candidates, some Baptists are wary of backing former President Donald Trump due to his controversial language, multiple marriages, and sexual bravado. As a result, some are looking towards […]
Mike Pence, the former Vice President of the United States, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. Pence will become the first former vice president to compete against his former running mate in modern history. He sees Iowa, the state that holds the first votes of the GOP nominating calendar, as key […]
On Wednesday, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announced his 2024 Republican presidential campaign in Fargo. Although he is not as well-known as frontrunners such as Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump, Burgum believes his track record of advancing conservative policies in North Dakota and experience in energy policy give him a distinct edge. During his announcement, […]
A federal Judge, Anne Shields, ruled on Tuesday that the three people who paid Congressman George Santos’ $500,000 bail must be publicly revealed before 12 pm on Friday. This requirement comes after the Republican representative from New York pled not guilty to federal charges, which include defrauding campaign supporters and deliberate deception on unemployment income […]
Pharma company Merck has filed a lawsuit against the US government over its Medicare drug price negotiation program, claiming the initiative resembles extortion. Merck is seeking an injunction against the program, which is part of the Inflation Reduction Act, a scheme expected to save taxpayers billions in the coming years. The complaint, filed in a […]
Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that dismantled a vital provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers revealed plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been previously blocked by a federal court. Alabama lawmakers also declared their intentions to press forward with a similar law that had been on hold. The […]