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Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki seemed surprised when a reporter during her daily briefing Tuesday asked if President Biden has made any decisions regarding the U.S. Space Force. “Wow, Space Force,” Psaki said, visibly taken by surprise by the question.  […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) President Biden plans to purchase another 200 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, which should give the U.S. enough to fully vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of summer 2021, the administration announced in a press release […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) GameStop shares fell as much as 34% and were briefly halted on Monday as the Reddit-fueled frenetic trading extended into February. Shares of the bricks-and-mortar video game retailer last traded down 25% in morning trading on Monday. GameStop jumped as much as 18% […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) Former President Donald Trump met House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday for what was later described as a “very good and cordial” meeting in which the top agenda item was taking back the House of Representatives in 2022. Although many topics […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) President-elect Joe Biden’s energy secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, has disclosed millions of dollars of investments in corporate and private business interests, including millions in companies linked to the energy industry, as lawmakers prepare to consider her nomination. The former two-term Michigan governor and […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, participated in a full committee hearing to consider President Biden’s nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. In the hearing, Sen. Cruz questioned Mr. […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) Chuck Schumer had an amusing Freudian slip while addressing the Senate Friday about former President Trump’s impeachment. The Senate majority leader urged his colleagues to set a trial date for Trump’s impeachment for his role in inciting the riot on the […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday got into a heated exchange with ABC host George Stephanopoulos over the disproven claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen — days after President Joe Biden was inaugurated. Asked on ABC’s “This Week” whether the […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) Rep. Marjorie Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday that she has filed articles of impeachment against President Biden, only a day after he was sworn into office. The text of Greene’s articles of impeachment specifying any impeachable offenses committed by Biden was not immediately […]

Welcome to another edition of Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere Today’s Hot Topics: 1) President Donald Trump arrived in Florida just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, with an hour left in his presidency, as he opted to skip the swearing in and instead retreat to his residence on the coast. Air Force One buzzed Mar-a-Lago shortly […]