Wayne Tillison

In a statement made on Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, celebrated the news that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, will resign from his leadership role at the end of the year.During a floor speech on Wednesday, McConnell—who turned 82 just last week—announced that he will resign as the Senate's GOP leader in November, citing his advanced age."The father time still hasn't lost. I'm not the young guy in the back hoping my coworkers would remember who I was," McConnell declared. "The next generation of leaders is needed now." In a statement, Gaetz stated…

Senate Republicans, who objected to a vote on the matter on Wednesday despite strong opposition to a recent verdict by the Alabama Supreme Court that puts the process in jeopardy, have rejected legislation that would safeguard access to in vitro fertilization.Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who struggled with infertility for years before using IVF treatments to birth her two daughters, requested a vote, but Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican from Mississippi, objected. Duckworth's measure would create a federal entitlement to the therapies because the Alabama verdict has completely changed the state's approach to fertility care, leaving families who have already begun…

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to consider Donald Trump's request for immunity from prosecution regarding allegations made by a special counsel concerning his attempts to reverse his election defeat in 2020. This decision brings the nation's highest court back into the political arena as Trump attempts to win back the presidency.The judges suspended the criminal case that Special Counsel Jack Smith was pursuing and will now consider a lower court's denial of Trump's request for immunity from prosecution on the grounds that he was president at the time he took steps intended to overturn President Joe Biden's electoral…

Biden's "core group of supporters are still behind him," according to the data, a Biden campaign official said on Wednesday.This does not imply that the Muslim and Arab American communities in America will go unnoticed. We're not going to. We don't take anyone for granted," the representative declared.According to the official, the president is attempting to establish enduring peace in the Middle East. "He's not approaching this issue as a politician but as commander-in-chief."According to a Harvard-Harris poll conducted in February, 61% of Democrats endorse Biden's approach to the Israel-Hamas conflict overall. A little more than 101,000 voters submitted blank…

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's opinion may be helpful to former President Donald Trump in his appeal of the $454 million civil fraud verdict against him in New York.Ginsburg penned the majority ruling in Timbs v. Indiana in February 2019, and the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the states are covered by the Eighth Amendment.The $42,000 Land Rover owned by defendant Tyson Timbs was to be seized by Indiana, but the judges decided against the state because the fine was "grossly disproportionate" to the seriousness of the conduct. According to the Independent Journal Review, Timbs was found…

A source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Tuesday that Apple has halted work on an electric vehicle, ten years after the iPhone manufacturer began the project.After somewhat paring some losses from early in the trading day, the company's shares were up 0.7% in afternoon trade.The company's artificial intelligence (AI) branch will be receiving a number of staff members who were working on the electric car project, as first reported by Bloomberg News.Apple said it would not comment.The sector has reduced employment and output as a result of the consumer backlash caused by high borrowing rates intended to…