Kevin McCarthy is having a grand old time. He's traveling the country giving six-figure speeches, playing pundit and elder statesman on TV, holding forth at high-brow political forums and, not least, plotting vengeance against those behind his unceremonious ouster as House speaker. Eight Republican lawmakers joined 208 Democrats in toppling the former Bakersfield congressman, the first time in history a House leader has been voted out. Rather than hang on, McCarthy left office at the end of...
The Supreme Court is hearing another abortion case. What could go wrong? It’s just people’s lives on the line. GOP lawmakers vote to arm teachers a year after Nashville shooting Protesters in the galleries chanted “blood on your hands!” Cartoon: Cell-a-Lago Some things change, but others stay the same. Missouri lawmaker caught on video cursing out fellow Republican You’ll never guess what his defense is. New ad: Trump couldn’t get hired at a mall—not with his legal baggage As...
Super-patriotic GOP candidate forgets words to the Pledge of Allegiance Watch him pledge his allegiance to um uh Delusional Senate Republicans still believe they can control Trump What’s that definition of insanity again? Cartoon: A prickly situation Oh, Arizona. Polls show there's a cost to Trump alienating Haley voters Maybe telling them to take a hike wasn’t the best plan after all. This big county will host its first sheriff's race since the '60s And wouldn’t you know...
Migrants flooded a meeting in New York City with complaints that the free food and free housing they are being given are not good enough.
During Donald Trump’s presidency, “infrastructure week” in Congress was a thing that the White House kept trying and failing to make happen. It became a running joke on social media because Trump never did manage to persuade lawmakers to put the desired $1 trillion infrastructure spending package on his desk. It remains to be seen […]
House Republicans are officially down to a one-vote margin for error The chaos in the ranks of the House GOP is only getting more riveting. Biden wins on Ukraine as House GOP faces big decision about its future When Ukraine aid passes and Republicans are calling each other “scumbags,” you know all is right in the world. Cartoon: Freedom from speech Cancel culture, indeed. Trump's first criminal trial starts with opening statements We can’t wait for all the dirt that comes to light. ...
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem landed atop Nielsen’s latest U.S. ranking of streaming originals, as well as ranked No. 1 on the overall chart — ahead of Prime Video’s Road House remake and Max’s record-breaking Quiet on the Set docu. On Nielsen’s overall chart for the week of March 18, 3 Body Problem led with nearly […]
Manteca’s next free drive-thru document shredding event is Saturday, April 27, from 8 a.m. to noon.
The Boulder County Resource Conservation Division will hold a free compost workshop at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave.
A threatened vote of no confidence clouds House Speaker Mike Johnson’s future.
A man set himself on fire Friday outside the courthouse where Donald Trump is facing bogus charges related to hush money payments to "adult" film actress Stormy Daniels.
And actually, we’d be better off with a Democrat-controlled Congress (and an actual GOP opposition) than whatever this is.