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Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley says the committee has expanded their communication methods as a way to better inform and register new voters in big states. Whatley says the RNC is also focused on promoting early voting options to new Republicans.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley says the committee is working alongside state officials to ensure election integrity measures are in place for the 2024 election. “We’re going to work very aggressively with state legislators, with regulators, with Boards of Elections, with secretary of states to make sure that the states are implementing the right rules of the road,” he says. “And when they don’t, we’re going to be very aggressive about going to court to make sure that we’re going to get them put in place.”

New Jersey Congressional Candidate Michael F. Faccone weighs in on former President Donald Trump’s odds in blue-leaning New Jersey. Faccone says he sees New Jerseyans “rising to the occasion” and voting for Trump in November.

New Jersey Congressional Candidate Michael F. Faccone says the recent crime wave, tax increases, and education are serious concerns in New Jersey. Faccone vows to fight for New Jerseyans on these key issues if elected in November.

Ann McElhinney, co-producer of the play “October 7”, shares the most impactful story she came across while interviewing survivors of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. She describes the account of a man who drove his work van from his house to the Nova Music Festival and saved almost 100 people.

Phelim McAleer, co-producer of the play “October 7”, says the left's domination of the arts scene motivated him to make a play about the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. McAleer says it's critically important to inform and remind people of the Oct. 7 massacre.

U.S. Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart criticizes the Biden administration's “political” use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. “I do think we’re vulnerable. If it’s a bad hurricane season, while the infrastructures about as resilient as we’ll ever be, the fact of the matter is it was designed to prevent disruptions and we just don’t have the cushion that we did two or three years ago,” he says.

U.S. Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart announces the launch of the “Energy Contract with America,” a project that will bring awareness to energy poverty, protect consumer choice, and strengthen national energy security. Stewart expects the initiative to garner bipartisan support from the local to federal level.

Just the News Now: May 6, 2024 Israel launches targeted strikes in Rafah while continuing hostage deal negotiations https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/israel-pushes-forward-rafah-operation-while-continuing-hostage-deal-negotiations Hamas says it has accepted Egypt, Qatar brokered cease-fire proposal https://justthenews.com/government/diplomacy/hamas-says-it-accepted-cease-fire-proposal-reports Chairman Jordan presses Wray for data on FBI's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hiring practices https://justthenews.com/government/congress/chairman-jordan-presses-wray-fbis-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-hiring Judge again fines Trump for violating gag order in hush money trial, warns next time could be jail https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/judge-merchan-hits-trump-another-fine-violating-gag-order Bernie Sanders announces bid for fourth Senate term https://justthenews.com/government/congress/bernie-sanders-announces-bid-fourth-senate-term

U.S. Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart says the Department of Energy’s rules for appliances have woken Congress up to the vast regulatory overreach of the Biden administration. Stewart says the purpose of these household appliance regulations is to end the use of fossil fuels in the home.

Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) says audio recordings of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden will likely reveal “our Commander-in-Chief is in worse shape than we ever imagined.” “I think it would cost him his election. I suspect they’ll lay down in the street to keep that from coming out. But he is in terrible, terrible shape mentally,” he says. House Judiciary Republicans are expected to hold a vote on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he does not produce the audio tapes.

Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) says he’s sent letters to House Oversight Chairman James Comer and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan requesting an investigation into corruption within the CIA. Investigative journalist James O’Keefe released an undercover video last week of his conversation with a CIA operative, who said federal agencies withheld intelligence information from then-President Donald Trump.

Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes says the pro-Palestine campus riots have escalated the most in Democrat-led cities. He says the nationwide protests are clearly operating in unison and have a funder backing them.

Michael Seifert, founder and CEO of PublicSquare, says President Joe Biden’s proposed capital gains tax is twice as high as China’s. “As a reminder, capital gains are taxes on invested assets that you actually then sell for a profit,” he explains. “So you are, for all intents and purposes, you are disincentivizing any investors from placing capital into a business in order to help it grow because they know that 44.6% of whatever they gain they’re going to have to give back to the government.”

Just the News Reporter Madeleine Hubbard says many students she spoke with at Fordham University’s anti-Israel protest did not understand what they were supporting. She says the university’s encampment started just hours after NYPD broke up Columbia’s encampment.

Michael Seifert, founder and CEO of PublicSquare, says wealthy businessmen support Democrats because they have become so far removed from the average American life that they do not experience the negative effect of progressive policies. Seifert says Biden’s proposed tax hikes will hurt small businesses the most.

Tim Murtaugh, author of Amazon best seller “Swing Hard In Case You Hit It”, says President Joe Biden’s silence toward anti-Israel college protests shows his “astounding disconnect” with voters. “The reason why Biden won’t come forward and actually condemn what’s going on on these college campuses is because he needs the votes of a few thousand pro-Hamas voters near Dearborn, Michigan. It’s all about the fact that he can’t afford to lose Michigan in the presidential race,” he says.

Trump 2020 Communications Director Tim Murtaugh says recent polling shows voters looking more favorably at former President Donald Trump’s presidency than President Joe Biden’s. "I think that this whole race sets up really nicely for Donald Trump because everyone who is going to be of voting age, even those who are voting in their very first election at age 18 perhaps, everyone has lived through both presidencies,” says Murtaugh.

Trump 2020 Communications Director Tim Murtaugh explains why former President Donald Trump’s process for picking his running mate is much different this election than in 2016. “I’m not sure that a guy who has been president already one time very recently—and I think you could make a pretty good case that he is the most famous human on the planet—I'm not sure that he needs a vice presidential pick to come in and give him something that he doesn’t already have,” he says. “Because everyone is, I think, basically 100% familiar with Donald Trump.”

Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes says his investigation into potential manipulation of DJT stock has identified companies that are likely involved. “I can work on building a company during the day and I can run investigations all night,” he says. “It’s not what we want to do, but as you know, I know how to run these investigations.”

Thomas Corbett-Dillon, former advisor to Boris Johnson, says the United States should become a monarchy and anoint former President Donald Trump the king. "I do believe that a monarchy is the best system, which is why I'm putting forward that we should have a king of America. And I think it's got to be Donald Trump," he says. "I think he's the only man that could step into the shoes, those 'golden shoes.'"

Thomas Corbett-Dillon, former advisor to Boris Johnson, says there’s one important distinction between the United Kingdom and the United States’ positions on gender surgeries for children: Money. Corbett-Dillion says the U.K. ends up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for gender reassignment surgeries while the American gender clinics make a lot of money off insurance.

Thomas Corbett-Dillon, former advisor to Boris Johnson, says the surge of Middle Eastern immigrants has made London unrecognizable to him. Corbett-Dillon says Mayor Sadiq Khan “lit the streets up” for Ramadan but held no celebration for St. George’s Day, the English-version of St. Patrick’s Day.

Empower Oversight Founder and Chair Jason Foster says FBI and IRS whistleblowers represented by his organization are still suspended without pay and forbidden from taking outside work or charity. Foster says the Inspector General has been investigating the situation since Empower Oversight submitted a complaint last year. “That investigation should be coming to a close by now, in the very near future, and hopefully we’ll have some news for you on that very soon," he says.

Empower Oversight Founder and Chair Jason Foster says Congress did not know that the Justice Department seized the phone and email records of congressional staffers in 2017 because the DOJ ordered Google to stay quiet. Noting that this is not a partisan issue, Foster lays out issues with DOJ transparency.