Topics

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that 2024 GOP presidential candidates trying to "out-Trump" former President Donald Trump should instead stick to whatever their strong suits are. "You attended an event for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis here in Washington in April," host Dana Bash said to Buck. "You sat next to him on the House Judiciary Committee when he was in the House. What do you think of his campaign so far? Do you have advice for him?"

Since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially jumped into the 2024 GOP presidential primary, the Republican Twittersphere has devolved into a giant cluster of insanity. Take a trip to your favorite right-wing account, and you’re likely to find an untold number of tweets trashing either former President Donald Trump or DeSantis, accompanied by a lengthy explanation of why his or her preferred candidate will be the one to take down Joe Biden in the 2024 general election.

Imagine waking up tomorrow to discover that MLB commissioner Rob Manfeld made another rule change to America’s pastime: All performance-enhancing drugs are legal. Imagine the increases in strength, speed, and stamina that baseball would have to contend with as players from every team experimented with pharmaceutical cocktails to give them the ultimate advantage.

Former President Donald Trump appeared before an enthusiastic crowd Thursday at a Fox News Town Hall hosted by commentator Sean Hannity. The two discussed a variety of topics, but the exchange that stands out is Trump’s vow to turn things around in this country within six months if elected.

On Thursday night, a federal judge in Florida recused himself from a case filed last month by Disney against Governor Ron DeSantis, while also criticizing the governor’s lawyers for “rank judge shopping.” Disney alleges Gov. DeSantis and a board that oversees government services at Disney World have engaged in “a targeted campaign of government retaliation.”

While the 2024 GOP primary field increasingly grows, there are still several Republicans that will likely jump in soon. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence are expected to launch presidential campaigns soon, while others are still teasing a bid. “I think we’ll lose if Trump’s a nominee,” Christie said in late April. “That’s why I intend to be the nominee.”

Former President Donald Trump holds a gigantic Republican presidential primary lead in West Virginia, according to a new East Carolina University (ECU) poll. Trump received 54% support, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with 9%, in the ECU survey conducted May 22-23 among 957 registered voters.

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro will stand trial in September on contempt of Congress charges filed after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. US District Judge Amit Mehta set a Sept. 5 trial date during a court appearance on Tuesday in Washington.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a barbecue for families of 9/11 victims on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, when former President Donald Trump provided the site of a Saudi-funded LIV Golf tournament. DeSantis, who last week officially entered the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, hosted about 500 veterans, Gold Star families and relatives who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the Florida Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee, Florida, the New York Post reported.

In a unanimous vote, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the EPA had overstepped its authority with its attempt to massively expand its regulatory scope under the Clean Water Act. The Court unanimously ruled for the plaintiffs in the case, styled Sackett v. EPA, who had challenged the agency’s ruling they could not make productive use of property they purchased decades ago using a rationale that would vastly expand the law’s original intent.

Former President Donald Trump accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of missing in action on Sunday — claiming Abbott failed to defend the Lone Star State’s embattled attorney general who was impeached this weekend. Trump, 76, has forcefully backed Texas AG Ken Paxton as the Republican official is embroiled in a corruption scandal.

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott warned Thursday that Democrats could "weaponize" the words of Republican candidates against each other. "I think the road to socialism runs right through a divided Republican Party," he told "Your World" with Neil Cavuto. "Everything we say about each other, the Democrats will weaponize against all of us, no matter who the nominee is."

House Republicans appear to be on the verge of losing a historic opportunity to cut federal spending and appear to be caving to the Biden administration, according to Russ Vought, former President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget. "I’m absolutely amazed at how bad the parameters of the deal are that are emerging," Vought said on CSPAN Friday morning. "It’s basically almost worse than a clean debt limit."

It's common among the conservative Twitterati to joke that the leftist media really want former President Donald Trump to be the nominee again, assuming -- as they did in 2016 -- that it means doom for the Republicans. But whoever prevails, the 2024 Republican primary cycle is going to work out like all modern-day cycles. Inevitably, liberal Democrat reporters are going to end up loading buckets of slime and unloading them on every half-plausible candidate on the Republican side of the campaign.