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Sen. Tim Scott marries Mindy Noce in South Carolina ceremony

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., married fiancée Mindy Noce Saturday in a South Carolina ceremony. Scott, 58, and Noce, 47, were married in the chapel at Charleston’s Seacoast Church, according to local newspaper The Post and Courier. The Republican senator announced their nuptials afterward in a post on his personal X account on Saturday just before...

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Massachusetts bill redefining parenthood, stripping away 'mother,' 'father,' could soon be state law

A Massachusetts bill, which seeks to update state law to redefine who legally qualifies as a parent, passed in the state senate on Thursday and now awaits signature from Democratic Governor Maura Healey to become law. The Massachusetts Parentage Act aims to ensure “legal parentage equality” for children born to parents “without regard to the...

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Texas woman charged with threats against former President Trump, DC police say

Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a Texas woman for allegedly making threats against former President Trump and illegally carrying a firearm on Friday. The woman, Christina Montoya, was arrested after traveling to the nation’s capital. Police were first notified about her by the Secret Service, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. “Through the detectives’ investigation,...

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Axelrod: Harris momentum leaning heavily on ‘irrational exuberance’

Top Democratic strategist David Axelrod says Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is riding on the “irrational exuberance” of the Democratic Party following President Biden’s withdrawal. Axelrod made the statement in an interview with CNN Newsroom this weekend. Harris’ campaign has surged out of the gate with record fundraising and cutting away at Trump’s lead in...

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 'delighted' by 'Veep' resurgence after Harris bid, hopes it helps her campaign

“Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus said that she is “delighted” by the resurgence of the political satire show since Vice President Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and thinks that it could help her campaign. “It’s been a wild thing to witness. Viewership went up something insane, like 350 percent,” Louis-Dreyfus told Entertainment Weekly. “I’m...

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Why don’t we trust the government anymore?

In 1958,theNational Election Study began surveying Americans’trustingovernment, revealing that approximately 75% believedthefederalgovernmentwould dotheright thing almost always or most ofthetime. However, according to Pew Research in 2023, thistrusthas plummeted to a seven-decade low of merely 16%. Alarmingly, only 2% of Americans now believe thatthegovernmentconsistently acts correctly, and confidence in elected officials continues to erode.Theprimary reason for...

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JD Vance calls Trump's offer to debate Harris on Fox News ‘masterstroke’

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, on Saturday called former President Trump’s offer to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News in September a “masterstroke.” “I think it’s great,” Trump’s vice presidential pick told SiriusXM’s “Breitbart News Saturday.” “In some ways, it’s a masterstroke because, of course, the Kamala campaign has been saying for a long...

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Trump agrees to debate Kamala Harris on Fox News

Former President Trump announced Friday night that he has agreed to Fox News’ proposal for a debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump said the debate would be held on Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania, although the location of the event has not yet been determined. The former president also noted that an ABC News debate...