James Comer
Medicare Advantage is ripe for Comer’s oversight committee to investigate
Congressman James Comer, of Kentucky’s 1st District and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is much in the news these days. The oversight committee is supposed to ensure the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of the federal government and all its agencies. Comer has been investigating everything from Chinese money laundering to Hunter Biden’s laptop to […]
New claims aired by GOP of Biden family influence-peddling, but questions remain
U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer and fellow House Republicans on Wednesday used newly unearthed bank records to claim that President Joe Biden’s family members sought to improperly benefit from his vice presidency — though the preliminary findings leave several major questions unanswered. No direct ties to Biden while he served as […]
GOP gubernatorial race features national themes, players. And some Kentucky quirks.
Welcome, Derby visitors! Kentucky’s annual turn on the national stage is our chance to look at the state’s politics with a national perspective. This year we’re electing a governor and other state constitutional officers, and messages in the May 16 Republican primary are dominated by the national themes of identity politics and the culture war; […]
On the campaign trail with Republicans who want to be Kentucky’s next governor
As a new poll shows Republican Kelly Craft gaining on frontrunner Daniel Cameron, the two Republican candidates for governor earlier this week sparred over the importance of former President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the race. The former president has endorsed Attorney General Cameron but did appoint Craft to her two ambassadorships. Craft said Wednesday after […]
Trump hit with 34 felony counts of falsifying New York state business records
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 New York state felony offenses related to what prosecutors say were hush money payments to an adult film star. In a brief but historic appearance in a Manhattan trial court, Trump, the first former president to face criminal prosecution, learned he was charged with falsifying […]