Jim Jordan Bashes CNN for Airing Interviews With Ex-Ohio State…

Bret Baier on Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan called out CNN for having former Ohio State wrestler and accuser Michael DiSabato on three times without doing their "homework" first. Just moments before, Jordan had said that the whole thing amounted to "conversations in a locker room" being expressly different from reports of abuse.

7/06/2018

A White House official involved in the vetting process tells me that President Trump's Supreme Court pick will come down to "who he feels most comfortable with in a personal setting." The personal touch is how Trump makes most big decisions, whether it's picking top staff or deciding how to treat other world leaders.

GOP governor cuts health care to take anti-abortion stand

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announces he is vetoing $16 million from the state budget because part of the money goes to Planned Parenthood at a news conference Friday, July 6, 2018, in Columbia, S.C. McMaster made a campaign promise no taxpayer money would go to any group that performs abortions. less South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announces he is vetoing $16 million from the state budget because part of the money goes to Planned Parenthood at a news conference Friday, July 6, 2018, in Columbia, S.C. ... more COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster removed $16 million for health care from the state budget, saying Friday he wanted to make sure no taxpayer money goes to abortion providers.

Defiant Indiana attorney general won’t step down

An Indiana lawmaker at the center of groping allegations against Attorney General Curtis Hill came forward Friday to accuse him publicly of groping her twice during a party earlier this year, increasing pressure on the embattled Republican to resign. Democratic state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon published her own account of the March 15 incident, which occurred at an Indianapolis bar, in The Times newspaper.

Another warning shot? Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen hires Clinton ally

President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen could be sending the White House yet another warning shot by adding a close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton to his legal team. Lanny Davis confirmed his hiring Thursday, saying in a statement that he and Cohen had talked "many times in the last two weeks" and that the former Trump confidant "deserves to tell his side of the story."

The top 15 Democratic presidential candidates for 2020, ranked

In this June 16, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks in Washington on race in America and his decision to take down Confederate monuments in his city. FILE - In this June 16, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks in Washington on race in America and his decision to take down Confederate monuments in his city.

Judge reprimands NC Gop candidate, his ex-wife and her new husband for poor parenting

A North Carolina Republican running for U.S. Congress was in Wake County court on Friday for a contentious hearing that ended with the judge reprimanding all involved for poor parenting. Steve Von Loor, the Republican seeking the 4th Congressional District in the November elections, went before Wake District Court Judge Dan Nagle seeking a protective order against his ex-wife's current husband.

Anti-abortion past haunts Kansas Democratic governor hopeful

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is giving the Kansas governor's race an odd twist by complicating the bid of a major Democratic candidate who's trying to rebuild his party's brand with rural voters but is hindered by his anti-abortion past. Former state Agriculture Secretary Joshua Svaty argues that Democrats can't break an eight-year losing streak in all statewide races without pulling more votes from strongly Republican rural areas.

The Democrats’ Socialist Meltdown

The skies over America the Beautiful were filled with fireworks, and the Twittersphere was filled with three Democratic senators blowing themselves up. My U.S. Senator Kamal Harris, Massachusetts's Elizabeth Warren and New York's Kirsten Gillibrand spent their holiday week attacking President Trump in speeches and tweets.

Pentagon Needs to Stop Doing Business With Foreign Fraudsters

Its final results won't be known until later this year, but the first-ever agency-wide audit of the Department of Defense already has raised some eyebrows. It previously had revealed through reports from the Office of the Inspector General that the Army had posted $6.5 trillion in accounting discrepancies in 2015, and from the Defense Logistics Agency the procurement arm of the U.S. military that it can't account for $800 million in spending on construction projects.

St. Cloud State professor alleges forced union representation violates First Amendment rights

A St. Cloud State University political science professor filed a federal lawsuit in St. Paul Friday alleging that forcing her to pay union dues violates her First Amendment rights in the wake of a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Kathleen Uradnik - who lists her expertise as American government, law, American political thought, constitutional law, and civil rights - sued the Inter Faculty Organization , St. Cloud State and the trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

The Latest: Indiana lawmaker comes forward to accuse AG Hill Source: AP

The Latest on growing calls for Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations : Democratic state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon published her own account of the March 15 incident, which occurred at an Indianapolis bar, in The Times newspaper . The Munster lawmaker says she told Hill to "back off," but he approached her again later in the night, put his hand on her back and said: "That skin.