LAS VEGAS — After mass shootings in Ohio and Texas this summer, gun control burst back on the scene as a major political issue for Democrats. Now it risks taking a back seat as impeachment fever overtakes Washington. Gun control advocates are determined to prevent that from happening. Nine White...
Trump Swamps 2020 Democrats in Battle for 3rd-Quarter Cash
WASHINGTON — Three top Democratic White House hopefuls said Tuesday that they took in a collective $56 million over the last three months. But in a sign of what they're up against, President Donald Trump and his allies swamped them all by raising $125 million, a presidential campaign record. The...
How's Newsom Doing? Great, Say Dems. Terrible, Says GOP.
Early into his first term, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a 60% overall voter approval rating, according to a Berkeley IGS Poll conducted in mid-September. But breaking down Newsom's approval numbers by political party reveals a great partisan divide. "Democrats overwhelmingly approve of the governor’s performance in office, with 86% giving...
Pelosi Orders Impeachment Probe: 'No One Is Above the Law'
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe centers on whether Trump abused his...
GOP, Trump Launch Campus Effort to Register, Mobilize Voters
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Republican National Committee is putting a college twist on its grassroots voter registration efforts, seeking to mobilize President Donald Trump's supporters. The "Make Campus Great Again" initiative is offering dozens of participants training and free pizza, plus swag like campaign buttons and drink insulators to distribute....
Trump’s Senate Republican Allies Give OK to $5B Wall Request
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Republican allies controlling the Senate are awarding him his full $5 billion request to build about 200 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The wall money is contained in a $71 billion draft funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that cleared its...
Trump Insists He Never Pressed Ukraine to Dig for Biden Dirt
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Monday pressed their demands for full disclosure of a whistleblower's complaint about President Donald Trump and intensified calls for impeachment. Trump insisted anew he did nothing wrong in his conversation with Ukraine's leader that is at the center of the complaint. Republican lawmakers remained largely...
Trump Suggests He Raised the Bidens With Ukraine's President
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that he raised former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden's son in a summer phone call with Ukraine's new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival. Trump told reporters...
Walters: Democrats Want to Kneecap Ballot Measures
Democrats own virtually every lever of government in California, including the governorship, both U.S. Senate seats, 46 of the state’s 53 congressional members, and three-fourths of state legislators. However, they apparently want more. For the umpteenth time, the Democrat-controlled Legislature has passed a measure clearly aimed at kneecapping the one...
Alison Weir Answers 5 Questions on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
After speaking to a packed house at Clovis Community College on Wednesday about the U.S. role in furthering bloodshed between Israel and the Palestinian people, Alison Weir answered questions from GV Wire's Bill McEwen on the following topics: — The Israeli elections held Tuesday, Sept. 17, which could result in...