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PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 05: Votes were counted by staff at the Maricopa County Elections Department office on November 5, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images) Arizona’s Maricopa County was  ordered  to turn over 2.1 million ballots from the 2020 election to the State Senate. In today's update, Chairwoman Kelli Ward announces that a judge has ruled that the Arizona State Senate's subpoenas issued to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are legal and enforceable.  https://t.co/RVl3qEOw45 @kelliwardaz pic.twitter.com/GoMObJrNRW — Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP)  February 26, 2021 Judge Timothy Thomason ruled the State Senate’s subpoenas for the material should be enforced. He added there is no question state legislative chambers can issue subpoenas, and these subpoenas are in accordance with state procedure. Big win in AZ! Great job ⁦ @FannKfann ⁩ ⁦ @SonnyBorrelli ⁩  pic.twitter.com/O3pXZ2vc5Z — Christina Bobb (@christina_bobb)...

SAVANNAH, GA – DECEMBER 15: A nurse showed off a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside of the Chatham County Health Department on December 15, 2020 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Ad 25 Best Jobs for Quick Extra Income You Can Try out Right Now Inspiredot See the Time Fly and Things Change - a Throwback to 2009 Inspiredot According to the CDC on Saturday, around 73 million doses of COVID vaccines have been administered in the U.S. so far. The CDC explained this is out of more than 96 million doses of both Moderna and Pfizer’s two dose vaccines that have been distributed. Almost 48.5 million people have received at least one dose, and over 23 million people have gotten both doses. We're really at an inflection point here. Pfizer increasing deliveries to 14m/week by mid-March. Moderna aiming to ramp up to 40m/month by April. J&J (one dose) delivering 20m doses in March.  https://t.co/RlOkFLsZVP — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538)  Februar...

(Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP) Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, eviscerated President Joe Biden's immigration policies Thursday, saying the administration is "moving rapidly toward open borders" in the "most radical immigration plan any administration has ever proposed in history." ''They have proposed allowing every single person who was deported from this country for the last four years to come back, and by the way, they don't make exceptions for criminals, for murderers, for rapists," Cruz told " The Michael Berry Show " on iHeartRadio. "I mean, it is utterly bizarre to have a federal administration refusing to enforce the law against violent criminals. "And frankly, it makes our country more dangerous. It makes Texas more dangerous." Cruz's remarks echoed the infamous "murderers and rapists" comments of former President Donald Trump, and even followed up with a similar "and some are very fine people." "...

President Joe Biden was a moderate senator, but the administration implementing all these progressive policies in his first weeks in office shows it just is not him in charge, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on  Newsmax TV. "I like Joe Biden, but the agenda is AOC [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.], [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi, [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer, Sen. Bernie Sanders," Graham told " Greg Kelly Reports " of his former fellow senator Biden. "So, no, I don't think Joe Biden's in charge." Graham told host Greg Kelly, progressive policies on immigration, unwinding former President Donald Trump's Remain in Mexico policy for those seeking asylum, ceasing the border wall and the Keystone XL Pipeline, and a $1.9 trillion "liberal wish list" that has "nothing to do with COVID" are not something a moderate Biden would have supported as a senator. "And I think we're going to win in 2022, beca...

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 24: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks during a House Republican Leadership news conference in the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images) Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) faced fresh calls for her resignation following her latest criticism of President Trump. On Thursday, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) condemned the Wyoming lawmaker. Roy said she’s “forfeited her right to be chair of the Republican Conference. Cheney has emerged as an outspoken critic of President Trump since Joe Biden’s inauguration. She faced more backlash after publicly breaking with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy during a Wednesday press conference regarding whether or not the 45th President should speak at CPAC. WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 24: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) whispers to Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) during a House Republican Leadership news conference in the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (P...

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) Sen. Rick Scott Friday slammed the Biden administration and Democrats as "hypocrites" over their immigration policy that continues to keep children in migrant detention centers.  "They are causing this problem by stopping the wall," the Florida Republican said on  Fox News' "Fox and Friends."  "They are opening up the borders and stopped the stay in Mexico policy, so now we have the poor migrant kids being left at the border by their parents and trying to get them to become citizens so the parents can become citizens." Meanwhile, Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in Orlando on Friday and said he will speak about how the Republican "civil war" has been canceled.  "We are not going to go backward," he said. "We are not going to fight within ourselves ... the Democrats a...

Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at a weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is vowing to keep the minimum wage hike in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package when the House is expected to take it up on Friday. Her decision came after Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled the wage hike  must be dropped  from a massive COVID-19 relief bill the Democrats are trying to speed through Congress. “The ruling from the Senate parliamentarian is disappointing, because raising the minimum wage would give 27 million Americans a well-deserved raise and pull nearly one million Americans out of poverty in the middle of a once-in-a-century devastating pandemic and economic crisis,” Pelosi said in a  statement. “House Democrats believe that the minimum wage hike is necessary. Therefore, this provision will remain in the American Rescue Plan on the fl...

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 25: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks during a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing regarding wages at large corporations on Capitol Hill, February 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committee is looking at why many low-wage workers in America qualify for public benefits even though thousands of them are employees of large corporations. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Democrat proposals to raise the federal minimum wage would hurt millions of small businesses across the nation. “There is just only so much money coming in the door and if you have to double the cost of paying a worker,” Graham noted. “You probably aren’t going to hire anybody else.” Graham pointed out a higher minimum wage would not pose a big problem for large corporations, such as Walmart or Costco. However, he said small family-owned bars, shops and restaurants would not be able to hire workers at $15 an hour. Meanwhile, the South Carolina sen...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a visit by US President Joe Biden to the Pentagon in Washington, DC, February 10, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) The U.S. military conducted air-strikes against Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria. In a statement on Thursday, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby confirmed multiple structures belonging to the Iranian-backed Quds Force were destroyed in a   U.S. airstrike. The attack was authorized by Joe Biden Thursday morning in response to suspected Iranian bombings on U.S. targets in Iraq. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who recommended the strikes, said he was confident they hit the correct targets. “We’re confident in the target that we went after, we know what we hit,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said. “And we’re confident that that target was being used by the same Shi’ite militia that conducted the strikes. And so, you’ll get more information in terms of the effects of the strikes as time goes b...

Rep. Dan Bishop, (R-N.C.), speaks as Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor testifies before a House Committee on Homeland Security meeting on Capitol Hill, July 22, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images) A group of House Republicans are calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to provide a briefing on any past ties that Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., had with an alleged Chinese spy,  Fox News reports. Axios reported last December that an alleged Chinese spy named either Fang Fang or Christine Fang targeted Swalwell and other up-and-coming politicians in California and helped to fundraise for the congressman’s 2014 reelection campaign, though she did not actually make a donation. "As our nation faces a growing security threat from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) attempts to infiltrate and undermine the United States Government, we write to request a full briefing regarding counterintelligence threats to Members of Congress, including ...

Somtochukwu Onuchukwu [Photo Credit: Twitter] The police in Abuja have arrested a famous anti-Buhari social media commentator, moments after invading his residence to traumatise his family. Somtochukwu Onuchukwu was at home in Abuja’s Kubwa neighbourhood when a team of police officers broke in on Friday morning, the Gazette learnt from his friends. He was then taken away by the officers at about 11:30 a.m. following an initial standoff of about 25 minutes. He is now being held at the police area command in Kubwa, associates said. His wife, Ada, confirmed the arrest to the Gazette, saying the police claimed something her husband did was against the law but without elaborating. A spokesman for the police in Abuja did not immediately return a message seeking comments from the Gazette on the arrest of Mr. Onuchukwu, an ICT consultant based in Abuja. The Gazette could not immediately confirm the reason for Mr. Onuchukwu’s arrest, but it might not be unconnected with his strong anti-Buhari v...