National Politics Archives

Nevada GOP’s Legal Challenge Against State-Run Presidential Primary

The Inception of the Dispute Following a significant court setback, the leadership of the Nevada Republican Party is preparing for a prolonged legal battle to overturn a law enacted two years ago, which mandates the state to conduct a presidential primary. Despite this law, the party is adamant about sticking to its traditional caucus-based approach...

DeSantis Drives Republicans in Nevada, Urges an End to a ‘Culture of Losing’

A New Voice in the Republican Party Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida took the stage on Saturday in Gardnerville, Nevada, at a conservative jamboree to rally Republican voters. His appearance was marked by his casual attire, adhering to the event's "ranch casual" dress code. DeSantis's message was clear: the party's previous winning formula had outlived...

Senator Cortez Masto Leads Effort to Regulate Animal Sedative Mixed with Fentanyl

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democratic senator from Nevada, is leading an effort in Congress to regulate a powerful animal sedative that has been found to be mixed with illicit fentanyl supplies. The drug, xylazine, is often used as a sedative for horses and other large animals. It has been found to be increasingly...

Expansion of Benefits for Veterans is “Landmark Legislation”

Over the years, thousands of combat veterans in the United States have said that they got sick because they were exposed to dangerous chemicals while fighting. But many of these soldiers or their family members had their insurance claims turned down because they couldn't prove that their illnesses were related to their time in the...

Mississippi enacts ban on gender-affirming care for children

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday to ban gender-affirming hormones or surgery in the state for anyone younger than 18, part of a broad effort in conservative states to restrict transgender athletes, gender-affirming care and drag shows. Reeves, who is running for reelection this year, said “radical activists” are telling children they are...

Biden’s Bizarre And Covert Entry Into The Conflict Zone In Ukraine

On a covert expedition to visit Kyiv, the capital, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and a small group of advisers boarded an unmarked train with armed and tense Secret Service personnel. When the rest of the world was enjoying a date night at an Italian restaurant, Biden was still in Washington. Biden secretly came to...

Biden Derails Nevada’s First-In-The-Nation Ambition, Relegating The Silver State To Second Place

Members of the Democratic National Committee decided to move Nevada's presidential primary up to the second position in the country on Friday. This decision established a proposed schedule for the nomination process that would place Nevada and New Hampshire's primaries three days after South Carolina, which has just become the first state to hold...

Nevada County Officials Endorse Paper Ballots and Hand Counting

Elected officials of one of the rural southern Nevada counties have stated that they require paper votes, and for these to be counted by hand while general and primary elections take place this year. This is despite the top elections official saying Wednesday that she does not have regulations to follow, and can’t straight...

Biden’s Order To Improve Mining May Lack Fast Payoff

Joe Biden, the President of the US, is relying on a law from the Cold War period to boost the creation of minerals, including lithium, that will power EVs. However, experts claim that the move alone is not likely to confirm the robust local mining that Biden looks for while promoting cleaner sources of...

Is Identification Law Election Protection Or Voter Suppression?

PAC (political action committee) in Nevada proposes an electoral question, which would require natives to show ID at the poll site and scale back the accessibility of voters. Another proposal from We Repair would repeal AB 321, a law that the Nevada State Legislature passed last year and that requires the delivery of mail ballots...