Tag: Ponders

GOP ponders next move after Kansas governor vetoes effort to help Texas in border security fight

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ governor is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to give the state’s National Guard a “border mission” of helping Texas in its partisan fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration. Top Republicans in the Kansas House were considering Thursday whether their chamber can muster the two-thirds majority necessary to override […]

Trump ponders 15 or 16 weeks as abortion limit

Former President Donald Trump said he hasn’t determined a period after which abortions should be banned but has considered 15 or 16 weeks. “Largely they’re coming in with a certain number of weeks, and the number 15 is mentioned. I haven’t agreed to any number. I’m going to see,” Mr. Trump told Fox News’ Sean […]

Haley-Phillips ticket? He ponders third-party teamwork

Rep. Dean Phillips, the Minnesota Democrat leading a long-shot primary against President Biden, can see being Nikki Haley’s running mate if she runs as an independent. Mr. Phillips said in an interview with WCCO-AM radio in Minnesota that it’s a viable idea. “I think it’s a conversation Haley and I should have,” he said. The […]

House Oversight Committee Ponders Bar Codes for Ballots Bill

Mail-in ballots would be required to include a bar code when being processed by the Postal Service, as an extra level of election security under a measure set to be advanced Tuesday by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.  Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced Friday that his committee would hold a markup on several […]