After a 50-year political career, President Joe Biden announced yesterday that he’s ending his 2024 re-election campaign. The decision comes after many weeks of him and his team telling the public that he plans to stay in the race. Even within his party, President Biden’s ability to serve as his...
With family and, supposedly, senior staff members seemingly discussing exit strategies, the current president dropping out of the 2024 race is a hot topic of discussion. Paraphrasing Biden’s family, NBC News states they discussed how Biden: “Would want to end his re-election bid on his own timing…with a carefully calculated...
This week, Donald Trump gave a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. In his speech, the topic of health care was hardly talked about by Trump or other speakers. “The silence is surprising, given health care makes up the largest chunk of the federal budget, nearly $2 trillion, as well...
With everything going on in the world and the country, knowing what is next in the political world can be overwhelming. Here are events occurring in the second half of 2024 that you should keep an eye out for. Currently on their final day, the Republican National Convention is happening...
After days of interviews and investigations, the motive of Thomas Matthew Crooks to attempt an assassination on Donald Trump remains unknown. But here is what has been discovered since the incident: On the day of the shooting, according to ABC News, “Crooks told his father he wanted to go to a...
On the evening of Saturday, July 13, an assassin attempted to kill Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Just minutes after 6:00 PM, the assassin’s first shots were fired. The man left two critically injured in the crowd, one dead, and Trump with a wound on his right...
This year’s election is claimed to be one of the most important ones our country has had. As a result, Kamala Harris is faced with on-the-spot questions about Joe Biden and requests for him to step out of the election. According to a recent CNN article, “Whether Biden steps aside...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a representative of New York in the U.S. House of Reps., has filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for failure to report gifts from benefactors while serving and refusing to recuse themselves from cases where they had a potential conflict of...
There has been an ongoing feud between Biden and Trump since the 2020 presidential race. The tensions have only heightened since Trump’s loss and Biden’s win that year. With 2024 being the new election year, and the same two runners as 2020, it was inevitable for miscommunications between the two...
On July 7th, 2024, France held its legislative elections, resulting in leftist candidates securing more seats than their far-right counterparts. While this was a success on the left’s side, will it be enough to prevent the government from leaning further right? In total, the left won 182 seats but lacked...
There are no term limits to the position of New York Governor, and current N.Y. Governor Kathy Hochul is ready to take full advantage of this. During an event in NYC’s Riverbank State Park this past Tuesday, Hochul announced that she will run for another term in 2026. Spectrum Local...
Former President Donald Trump just received a major victory from The Supreme Court. This morning, the justices voted 6 to 3 that Trump is entitled to substantial immunity regarding prosecution. Their ruling is truly a statement of the power of America’s presidency. Trump is currently facing three charges of conspiracy...
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