Thursday's headlines.
Mike Johnson Defends Trump’s Refusal to Sign Housing Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended President Donald Trump on Wednesday after the chief executive refused to sign a housing bill until the SAVE America Act clears the Senate.
‘Only Way Marxists Can Win’: “He has a window of time before he has to sign a bill, and he’s going to use a little bit more of that window of time, and we’re going to go through this together,” Johnson explained at a House GOP leadership news conference. The speaker said he believes Trump will sign the housing bill within the 10-day window afforded to a president before it automatically becomes law. Democrats, Johnson said, want to “allow for cheating and fraud in the elections because it is the only way Marxists can win.” Related: Battle lines drawn in the election integrity war...
Source: latimes.com
Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order on Election Integrity
US District Judge Denise Casper permanently barred the Trump administration's executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and mandating that mail-in ballots be received by Election Day.
‘No Evidence of Illegal Voting’: “While the Constitution vests the President with ‘executive Power’ and commands him to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,’ it does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” Casper wrote in her ruling. “There is no evidence in this record of widespread ‘illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error’ within American elections, which the Executive Order purports to safeguard against.” Related: From Gulf Coast to Golden Coast, the push for voter ID marches on...
Source: abcnews.com
Letitia James Slams Mamdani for Slew of Socialists Running in NY
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for endorsing a slate of self-described democratic socialists in political races this year.
‘You Don’t Blow It Up’: “Some of the candidates that he has supported are individuals who do not understand the politics of New York City, the cultural differences from district to district, who have not been part of the history and the struggle of some of these districts, and are relatively new to the body politic,” James told CNN. She said there are many other Democrats in the Empire State who share her concerns. “All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done,” James said, referring to the socialist surge in the state’s blue ranks. Related: Socialists dominate NY primaries – out with the Old Guard...
Source: mediaite.com
Postmaster General Will Obey Trump Mail-In Ballot Directives
At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed that the US Postal Service will not deliver mail-in ballots in states that refuse to provide voter data to the federal government. The move aligns with rules proposed by President Donald Trump.
Not Going to Do It: “If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposal rule?” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), a ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, asked Steiner. “Under our proposed regulation, no,” Steiner replied, adding that he viewed the rule as a procedural precaution. “I would think that states would want the information to ensure that the ballots that they think they’re sending out are the ballots that are actually getting sent out,” he said. Related: USPS on the brink?
Source: thehill.com
Venezuela Rocked by Two Violent Earthquakes
A pair of “powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela less than a minute apart Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas,” NBC News reports.
Natural Disaster: “The US Geological Survey said the epicenter of the first earthquake was near the town of San Felipe, about 100 miles west of the capital, and the second, larger earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.5, hit only 39 seconds later close to the nearby town of Yumare,” the network relates. “The quakes are among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century. Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez declared a state of emergency and announced on state television that the airport in Caracas is closed because of heavy damage.” Related: Conservative mania running wild in Latin America...
Source: nbcnews.com
