Republicans have proposed restarting construction on ex-President Trump’s unfinished wall. Is the wall effective? Here’s everything you need to know: How much wall did Trump build? At a recent CNN town hall, former President Donald Trump claimed that his administration finished building a wall along the 1,954-mile border separating the U.S. and Mexico. But according…
Several states are banning books and criminalizing the teaching of controversial topics. What’s become verboten? Here’s everything you need to know: Is censorship growing? Yes. Recently passed state and local legislation is dictating what schools may or may not teach and what students may or may not read. A record 2,571 different titles were banned…
Several states are banning books and criminalizing the teaching of controversial topics. What’s become verboten? Here’s everything you need to know: Is censorship growing? Yes. Recently passed state and local legislation is dictating what schools may or may not teach and what students may or may not read. A record 2,571 different titles were banned…
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) will announce as soon as Wednesday that he is resigning from the House due to ongoing, undisclosed health issues with his wife, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday. Stewart, 62, plans to leave office before the end of the year, The Associated Press said, while The Washington Post reported he could…
The Republican-led Texas House could vote as soon as Friday on 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed Thursday night by the House General Investigating Committee. The panel’s three Republicans and two Democrats voted unanimously to recommend impeaching Paxton, and if a simple majority of their colleagues agree, the attorney general would…
When Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected speaker of the House after a grueling series of votes to solidify his fractious congressional majority, he did so thanks in part to a negotiated agreement that empowered his party’s most extreme conservatives to oust him from his leadership perch at a moment’s notice through a process called…
The Republican-led Texas House voted Saturday to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), immediately suspending him from office, and 12 newly appointed impeachment managers delivered the 20 articles of impeachment to the state Senate on Monday. The Senate then unanimously instructed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) to pick a date “not later than” Aug. 28…
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is contemplating a bid for the GOP presidential nomination, The Washington Post reports, and is so serious about the prospect that he “is already filming television ads” for his nascent presidential campaign. That might be something of a surprise: Burgum’s name has not often been listed among the likely candidates…
Fifty years ago this August, Time magazine ran the cover story “The Good Life in Minnesota,” proclaiming it “a state that works” where “a residual American secret still seems to operate.” The article, complete with a full-page splash of then-Governor Wendell Anderson holding an impressive looking (if relatively small) northern pike, presented the state as…
Several states are banning books and criminalizing the teaching of controversial topics. What’s become verboten? Here’s everything you need to know: Is censorship growing? Yes. Recently passed state and local legislation is dictating what schools may or may not teach and what students may or may not read. A record 2,571 different titles were banned…