Restoration work on the White House North Portico is nearing completion before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States in late September. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...“Our hope is that the vendors can then gain access to some of the classified conversations that they need to be at the table in,” Sarah Pearson said. Congress – Federal News Network
Read More...Photographs by Joseph Rushmore President Trump began his midterm-convention address last night by casting his spell on the crowd in Dallas. “This place is packed,” he announced from the stage, pointing to the back of the American Airlines Center, where everyone could see hundreds of empty seats. Those who looked up saw thousands more, whole sections without any people at all. But the crowd cheered anyway. A deal had been struck. Reality would be ignored. After more than a decade in politics, Trump is facing his last great electoral test—his…
Read More...Former counselor to President Trump Alina Habba said she would take the job as White House press secretary if the president asked her, following Karoline Leavitt’s exit. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...H.R. 8408 addresses the visibility part of the federal modernization challenge. But visibility alone does not create progress. Congress – Federal News Network
Read More...Like late-summer humidity, Hasan Piker hangs heavy over the discourse. At a rally on Monday, Vice President Vance brought up the hard-left streamer in an attempt to paint the Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as anti-American. Last week, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called Piker’s recent statements about Jewish Americans “dangerous and anti-Semitic.” Senators Jon Ossoff, Cory Booker, and Jacky Rosen said much the same. Facing questions about a totally different set of Piker comments, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hustled into an elevator. Some Democrats are trying to dismiss the 35-year-old…
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