Dave Boyer

Jan 15, 2025 | washingtontimes.com | Dave Boyer

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that progressives and government leaders must counter “rampant” misinformation about communities qualifying for federal aid after natural disasters such as the southern California wildfires and hurricane-related damage in the southeastern U.S. Speaking at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, Ms. Harris said there is a pattern in recent extreme weather events of people spreading “mis- and disinformation” about who qualifies for...

Dec 23, 2024 | washingtontimes.com | Dave Boyer |Mallory Wilson

President Biden helped Christmas come early for 37 men on federal death row when he commuted their sentences to life without parole, many of them put there for the most heinous crimes. If anyone ever qualified for dying on the federal government’s timetable, it was Kaboni Savage of Philadelphia. Savage, a former boxer, was a major drug trafficker in Philadelphia from 1998 to 2004. He was condemned to die for the murders of 12 people, including four children.

Sep 18, 2024 | washingtontimes.com | Dave Boyer

The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate Wednesday for the first time in more than four years of inflation fighting, reducing its benchmark rate by half a percentage point in a sign that the central bank is now more focused on a weakening job market than on high prices. The Fed lowered its benchmark rate to a range of 4.75% to 5%, ending a series of rate hikes during the Biden-Harris administration that raised interest rates to their highest level in 23 years.

Sep 2, 2024 | washingtontimes.com | Dave Boyer

With the presidential race moving past Labor Day, time is running out for Vice President Kamala Harris to receive a significant boost from any positive changes to the wobbly economy. Prices are still about 20% higher than when Ms. Harris and President Biden came into office, and there are recent signs that the labor market is weakening. Those factors are among the reasons that voters consistently rank the economy and inflation as their top concerns by far in numerous polls.

Aug 22, 2024 | washingtontimes.com | Dave Boyer

CHICAGO — Republican former Rep. Adam Kinzinger attacked his longtime foe, GOP nominee Donald Trump, as a “weak man” Thursday night in a speech to the Democratic National Convention. “Donald Trump is a weak man pretending to be strong,” said Mr. Kinzinger, who chose not to run for reelection in 2022 after voting to impeach Mr. Trump.