The former state officeholder has publicly supported Democrats, criticized fellow Republicans, and spoke at the Democratic National Convention. A Georgian who formerly held his state’s second-highest post as a Republican has been expelled from the party following months of discord. The Georgia Republican Party’s executive committee voted unanimously to oust Geoff Duncan, an ex-state lawmaker
Michigan Democrats gave nearly $2 billion in direct subsidies and tax breaks to Ford’s project with CATL Ford Electric Vehicles (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Department of Defense added Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL—which Ford Motor Company has partnered with on a billion-dollar EV project in Michigan—to a list of companies that actively aid China’s
The president-elect commented on issues including pardons, investment, and Greenland. President-elect Donald Trump spoke on a range of issues Tuesday at a press conference held at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, including pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, foreign investment, his classified documents case, and more. The president-elect held the news conference just 13 days before
Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said during a press conference that progress has been made on a hostage deal. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated on Jan. 7 his warning that the hostages being held in Gaza by terrorist group Hamas had better be released by Jan. 20. “If those hostages aren’t back … by the
Mike Johnson (R-La.) says Republicans want to avoid brinkmanship with Democrats that could destabilize bond markets and weaken the dollar. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Jan. 7 that congressional Republicans plan to raise the nation’s borrowing limit through a party-line reconciliation bill designed to encompass President-elect Donald Trump’s policy priorities. Johnson described the
The latest announcement followed Japanese tech-investing titan SoftBank’s $100 billion investment pledge. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Jan. 7 a $20 billion foreign investment to construct new data centers across the United States. While speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence, Trump said the funds would be allocated to establish new data centers in the
The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act in a 264-159 vote on Tuesday, with 48 Democrats joining 216 Republicans to make it the first act of the new Congress. The bill, named after a 22-year-old nursing student murdered last February by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in Georgia, requires federal immigration authorities to detain