Sarah Fortinsky

Sarah Fortinsky

Montana abortion rights group launches ballot initiative

A reproductive rights group in Montana launched an initiative Tuesday to include a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in the general election this November. On Tuesday, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced that it has officially launched its signature drive to get the required 60,000 signatures from Montanans by June 21 to...

Freedom Caucus chair downplays Johnson ouster

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chair of the House Freedom Caucus, in a Tuesday interview, downplayed the likelihood that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would ultimately face an effort by his conference to oust him as speaker. In an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill" on Tuesday, Good said he was committed to working on passing urgent legislation...

No Labels was ‘this/close’ to a Christie-led ticket

Former 2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie (R) signaled to the political organization No Labels that he would run on a split-party ticket if the group could find a “unity candidate” to be his Democratic running mate, according to a new report. Dan Webb — the lawyer responsible for the No Labels presidential candidate vetting process...

McCaul says ‘important’ for Johnson to talk Ukraine with Trump: ‘He has tremendous influence over my conference’

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that it bodes well for Ukraine aid that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) discussed the matter with former President Trump, noting the former president still has “tremendous influence” in shaping the party’s policy positions. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan...

Renowned photographer leaves Ford foundation board after Cheney passed over for award

David Hume Kennerly, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, resigned as a trustee of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation on Tuesday, citing the group’s decision not to give former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) its annual Medal for Distinguished Public Service as the reason for his departure. Kennerly, the chief White House photographer during President Ford's administration,...