MLB’s Skenes to Newsmax: $100 Per Strikeout to Sinise Foundation

Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes, the standout who finished his second Major League Baseball game last week with 11 strikeouts, including six innings without a hit at Wrigley Field, is pitching for a cause beyond baseball stardom: the Gary Sinise Foundation.

Biden’s lead in New York drops to single digits as Trump vows to win state: poll

President Biden’s lead over former President Trump in New York has dropped to single digits, according to a Wednesday poll from Sienna College. Biden maintains a lead over Trump with 47% of the vote, compared to the former president’s 38%. This is a slight narrowing of the gap since last month, when Biden led Trump […]

‘Worse than doing nothing’: GOP rips into Schumer-backed border bill

Senate Republicans tore into Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats for reviving a “sham” border bill, which was already rejected by the GOP conference, for another test vote this week.  A group of Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., held a press conference Wednesday as they prepare for the Senate to […]

SEC Advises Strongly Against Crypto Bill

The U.S. securities regulator Wednesday urged U.S. lawmakers not to adopt a bill that aims to create a new legal framework for digital currencies, saying it would undermine existing legal precedent and put capital markets at “immeasurable risk.”[#item_full_content]

All 9 S.D. Tribes Ban Gov. Kristi Noem

South Dakota GOP Gov. Kristi Noem has been officially banned by every tribe in her state. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe became the ninth tribe to ban the governor Tuesday after she told parents during a town hall that children “have no hope.”[#item_full_content]

Speaker Johnson’s office exodus: 4 top aides unveil departure plans

Four top aides in House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office announced plans to depart within 24 hours of each other, roughly seven months since he took the helm of the House of Representatives. Johnson policy advisers Brittan Specht, Jason Yaworske and Preston Hill are leaving the Louisiana Republican’s office to join Michael Best Strategies, a lobbying […]