A poll released Wednesday shows former Maryland governor Larry Hogan (R.) leading his potential Democratic opponents by double digits in the state’s Senate race. If the election was held today, Hogan would win the seat left vacant by the retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.), beating the leading Democratic candidates Rep. David Trone (Md.) and
Virginia’s Tim Kaine becomes latest to dissent from Schumer’s views, telling the Free Beacon that ‘decisions regarding Israel’s leadership should be made by the Israeli people’ Tim Kaine, Chuck Schumer (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Nearly a week after Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) called on Israelis to depose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just a
A federal budget proposal released by the House’s largest Republican caucus on Wednesday “would implement the toughest package of sanctions on Iran ever proposed by Congress” and eradicate funding for “all woke programs and priorities in the military,” according to a copy of the fiscal package provided to the Washington Free Beacon. The Republican Study
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the incumbent in Illinois’ 12th District, has kept his seat in a tight GOP primary battle with Darren Bailey, a former state representative who previously lost the gubernatorial election to Democrat J.B. Pritzker. The race was close. The Associated Press didn’t call it until 10:14 a.m. on March 20, on the
A group of Democratic senators, including two up for reelection in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Ohio, called on President Joe Biden to increase pressure on Israel for a ceasefire and to take steps to “recognize a nonmilitarized Palestinian state” in the West Bank and Gaza. “Given the severity of the current crisis, this moment
A former business partner of Hunter Biden accused two Democratic members of Congress of lying on behalf of the Biden family during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing over President Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s foreign business dealings, prompting one of the lawmakers to interrupt his testimony. Tony Bobulinski, who claimed the president was involved in his
Currently, only federal loans discharged between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2025 are tax-free. President Joe Biden is proposing to make a temporary tax benefit permanent for most federal student loan borrowers who have or would be eligible for a discharge of their debts. The America Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion pandemic-era stimulus