Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wouldn’t acknowledge Sunday that Joe Biden won the 2020 election when asked directly about the election denialism that former president Donald Trump continues to promote on the campaign trail. During a testy exchange on ABC News’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked Johnson […]
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Johnson won’t say Biden won in 2020, raising worries on 2024’s process
Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wouldn’t acknowledge Sunday that Joe Biden won the 2020 election when asked directly about the election denialism that former president Donald Trump continues to promote on the campaign trail. During a testy exchange on ABC News’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked Johnson […]
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Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats
By Peter Jamison, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Republicans backing Donald Trump are threatening Deloitte, a consulting firm that is one of the federal government’s largest business partners, with the loss of billions of dollars in contracts because an employee shared messages from 2020 in which JD Vance, now the GOP vice-presidential nominee, criticized the […]
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Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats
By Peter Jamison, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Republicans backing Donald Trump are threatening Deloitte, a consulting firm that is one of the federal government’s largest business partners, with the loss of billions of dollars in contracts because an employee shared messages from 2020 in which JD Vance, now the GOP vice-presidential nominee, criticized the […]
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Former LFC chair John Arthur Smith dies
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell, NM Political Report Longtime powerful state senator John Arthur Smith, a conservative Democrat who wielded a large amount of power around […]
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Former LFC chair John Arthur Smith dies
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell, NM Political Report Longtime powerful state senator John Arthur Smith, a conservative Democrat who wielded a large amount of power around […]
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No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but Trump did
Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 “The Harris-Biden administration says they don’t have any money [for hurricane relief]. … They spent it all on illegal migrants. … They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have […]
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No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but Trump did
Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 “The Harris-Biden administration says they don’t have any money [for hurricane relief]. … They spent it all on illegal migrants. … They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have […]
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Republicans flee from abortion restrictions in final weeks of campaign
By Ashley Parker, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the final stretch before Election Day, Republicans are ramping up efforts to distance themselves from the restrictive abortion positions that have defined their party since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade – scrambling to soften, or appear to soften, their hard line positions. The group includes everyone […]
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Republicans flee from abortion restrictions in final weeks of campaign
By Ashley Parker, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the final stretch before Election Day, Republicans are ramping up efforts to distance themselves from the restrictive abortion positions that have defined their party since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade – scrambling to soften, or appear to soften, their hard line positions. The group includes everyone […]