Ringside Politics

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) President Joe Biden said the United States as a great nation needs to come to terms with its “dark side” at an event on Tuesday in Oklahoma remembering the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. Biden made the claim that […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) As cities across the country gear up for their annual Pride parades, a trend has emerged: Increasingly, police officers in uniform are no longer allowed. Last month, both NYC Pride and The Center on Colfax, which organizes Denver Pride, announced they would no longer allow […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) President Joe Biden made a surprise stop on Thursday at Honey Hut Ice Cream in Cleveland. Reporters at the scene were eager to know how the president felt about congressional Republicans rejecting the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, along with the Committee’s Republican members led a follow-up letter to their April 15 letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regarding the unlawful participation of the […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) Brian Deese, the current head of the National Economic Council, was one of his closest aides during the financial crisis. The chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Cecilia Rouse, had him as an adviser in graduate school. And Gene Sperling, […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) One person is dead and another injured after Border Patrol agents ran them over Thursday near Kingsville, Texas. According to a news release, Border Patrol agents working on King Ranch near Kingsville ran over two migrants who were hiding in the […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked to respond to Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s statement calling for, in part, “no more policing” in the wake of the police shooting that claimed the life of Daunte Wright. At Tuesday’s briefing, a reporter told Psaki “I just […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) A privileged resolution filed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy seeking to change the current mask guidance in the House of Representatives and allow members to be maskless on the House floor was blocked by Democrats on Wednesday evening. Democrats successfully […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) At face value, the fact that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is defending the Jan. 6 insurrectionist rioters, and opposes the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the Capitol, is the least surprising story in recent memory. But […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) President Biden and Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib engaged in a tense, roughly eight-minute conversation on the airport tarmac in Detroit after Biden’s arrival there Tuesday. Tlaib refused to say what she and the president discussed. At one point, Biden patted the congresswoman’s shoulder. Later, […]