By Shane Jernigan In January of 2023, the 75th Ranger Regiment lost a giant among legends, Joe Kapacziewski. Joe was the first ranger to return to combat after having his leg amputated. He deployed on multiple occasions with the 75th Ranger Regiment and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Besides his multiple combat deployments post-amputation, Joe was also a para-athlete, […]
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Arizona County Votes Again Against Hand-Counting 2024 Election Ballots
By Jack Phillips Arizona’s Mohave County on Nov. 20 voted against hand-counting all ballots for the 2024 election—the second time the county has done so this year. The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 against the proposal after Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, told officials that approving the proposal would mean directing […]
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Trump or Biden: Who Is Most at Risk From RFK Jr.’s Independent Run
By Jeff Louderback When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would run as an independent instead of remaining a contender for the Democrat Party’s 2024 presidential nomination, pundits immediately started debating about whether the candidate would take more votes away from President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump. A series of recent polls show […]
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New Hampshire Officially Defies DNC Primary Calendar
By Alice Giordano In officially defying the Democratic National Committee’s new primary calendar, the New Hampshire Secretary of State announced on Nov. 15 that the state will hold its primary election on Jan. 23, 2024—11 days ahead of South Carolina. The move preserves the “Live Free or Die” state’s century-old standing as hosting the first […]
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Election Offices Across US Get Voter Envelopes Laced With Fentanyl: Officials
By Jack Phillips Suspicious letters have been reported at election offices in multiple states this week, and officials said that fentanyl was found in several of them. In Washington state, election offices in King, Pierce, Spokane, and Skagit counties were evacuated as workers counted ballots during the Tuesday election, the secretary of state’s office said […]
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NH Secretary of State Due to Announce Date for New Hampshire Primary
By Alice Giordano The New Hampshire secretary of state will announce the new date of the state’s presidential primary in four days at an upcoming press conference, the state agency reported today. According to the press release, Secretary of State David Scanlan will reveal the primary date at 2 p.m. on Nov. 15 in the […]
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Several Senior Democrats Call for Biden to Drop out of 2024 Presidential Race
By Thomas Manning A growing number of prominent Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race amid an ongoing slump in the polls and crises at home and abroad. David Axelrod, the political consultant and strategist who helped launch President Biden onto the national stage in 2008, has called […]
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Pentagon Announces Pursuit of Major New Nuclear Weapon
By Jack Phillips The Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it will pursue the development of a nuclear bomb that’s much more powerful than the ones dropped on Japan during World War II. The Pentagon will seek congressional approval to manufacture a modern version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, or the B61-13, according to a DOD […]
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Trump Responds to Pence Dropping Out of 2024 Race
By Jack Phillips Former Vice President Mike Pence’s move to suspend his 2024 campaign drew a response from former President Donald Trump, who suggested that his former right-hand man should endorse him. “Everybody that leaves seems to be endorsing me,” the former president told a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. “You know people […]
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Trump Surges in Polls as Criminal Cases, Third-Party Candidates Cloud 2024 Contest
By Janice Hisle Although former President Donald Trump’s poll performance reached new highs this month, unique uncertainties loom large over the 2024 presidential race. President Trump, the Republican frontrunner, has pulled ahead of his presumed Democrat opponent, President Joe Biden, in most swing states, Emerson College and InteractivePolls recently reported. In these “battleground states,” both major parties […]
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Judge Prohibits Trump From Speaking Out Against Prosecutors, Others
By Sam Dorman and Catherine Yang WASHINGTON—Judge Tanya Chutkan, presiding over the case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly interfering in the 2020 presidential election, ordered certain restrictions on what President Trump can say in relation to his case after hearing arguments on the morning of Oct. 16. Judge Chutkan said she would not […]
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RFK Jr. Announces Independent Run for President, Switching From Democratic Party
By Jeff Louderback PHILADELPHIA—Citing his belief in a path to victory and moved by his claim that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is “rigging” the party’s primary elections, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Oct. 9 that he will run for president as an independent. “I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate for president […]
