Author: Victoria Snitsar Churchill

Migrants continued to arrive in Northeastern cities over the weekend from Texas, when two more buses arrived in New York City, adding to the ones that reached Washington, D.C. last week. Critics of the Biden administration say it has refused to properly address the crisis at the southern border, which has led to a continued influx of individuals arriving in Texas from Central and South America. In a statement released by his office Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the first buses of migrants had reached New York after being sent there by his state. “Because of President Biden’s…

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro recently made some potentially damaging accusations about Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law and longtime White House adviser. As reported by Mediaite, Navarro recently bashed Kushner about his portrayal of several dramatic actions he allegedly took while working at the White House. “Appearing on Newsmax, Navarro addressed Kushner’s claim in his recently-published book that he was treated for thyroid cancer while serving in the White House.Host Chris Salcedo flagged the excerpt from the book and stated Kushner “withheld a cancer diagnosis during tense negotiations with communist China.Navarro addressed Kushner’s book.“It’s fiction,” he continued. “And the thyroid thing, that came out of…

The pro-gun advocacy group Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is calling out Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D) for a move recently made by his office. Earlier this year, Ferguson handpicked Ben Carr to be Washington’s Assistant Attorney General. Carr has a long history of anti-gun advocacy and even now serves as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation, also known as the Alliance. According to a statement released by SAF this week, “The Alliance filed a motion to intervene as a defendant in a federal lawsuit filed by SAF and the…

A new report from the Heritage Foundation brings to light undercounts from the 2020 Census and how they may have contributed to erroneously allocated congressional seats — particularly in swing and conservative states. The research was authored by Hans von Spakovsky, a Senior Legal Fellow at Heritage and Manager of the organization’s Election Law Reform Initiative. His report dissects data provided by the Census Bureau itself, in both their initial 2020 report and in the subsequent recount, the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey, or PES — which shows that the initial count was incorrect in at least 14 states, or in over…

A Russian jury has decided the fate of WNBA champion Brittney Griner. Guilty on the charge of drug smuggling. Griner has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Russian authorities arrested Griner in February after a drug-sniffing dog at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport alerted its handler to her luggage. Officers found vape cartridges containing less than one gram of cannabis oil inside. Griner said that she didn’t know the cartridges were there and wouldn’t have brought them knowing Russia’s strict drug laws. CBD oil is legal in Arizona, where Griner plays for the Phoenix Mercury. Yahoo! Sports has more on Griner’s…

Today is the Missouri Senate primary to replace outgoing Senator Roy Blunt who is not seeking reelection. As reported by Ballotpedia, there are 21 candidates running in the Republican primary in the race. Former Governor Eric Greitens and Attorney General Eric Schmitt as well as Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, have led in the race thus far. “The Missouri Independent’s Jason Hancock said, “Polls throughout the campaign have shown Greitens, Hartzler and Attorney General Eric Schmitt tightly grouped at the top of the crowded Republican field,” but that an endorsement from former President Donald Trump (R) “is widely considered a potential silver…

Welcome to this week’s edition of Hill Happenings, coming to you from the Washington, D.C. metro area on the first week of August recess — somewhat… Is It Recess Yet? The House has left for what should be about six weeks until the week after Labor Day, but the Senate is still here. The August recess period of an election year features plenty of primary contests — there are primaries every Tuesday this month except for Aug. 23, and our team will be providing our readers with extensive coverage of the contests, so be sure to keep checking your inbox…

In a last-ditch effort in the final moments before the House left Capitol Hill for its August Recess, Democrats pushed their radical gun control agenda even further and voted to ban “assault weapons” The legislation, H.R. 1808 — contains the following provisions: This bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD).The prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is (1) manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action; (2) permanently inoperable; (3) an antique; or (4) a rifle or shotgun specifically…

Thanks to the explosive growth of metro Atlanta, Georgia isn’t as much a Republican state as the rest of the solid south. But it’s still enough of one that many Peach State Republicans are still recovering after Democrats unexpectedly swept the state’s two special Senate elections in early 2021. Now, Republicans have chosen a candidate to unseat Democrat incumbent Raphael Warnock, who finds himself in the unenviable position of running for reelection in a year that favors Republicans. So far, anyway. Herschel Walker is a charismatic candidate who cuts an imposing figure. Walker, who won the Heisman Trophy as a…

Today’s weekly Washington update comes to you live from the Marriott Marquis in Downtown D.C. where I’m attending the America First Policy Institute’s America First Agenda Summit — along with several dozen members of Congress, former Trump admin appointees and President Trump himself, who is scheduled to give the summit’s keynote address at 3:00 p.m. ET this afternoon. Trump’s address is an important one, as it is the former president’s first time back in Washington since leaving the White House last January. If you missed any of the action from the conference yesterday, check out my Twitter thread with highlights…