Sunoco Reaches Settlement On Natural Gas Pipeline

Speaker Mike Johnson is ruling out a deal with Democrats to keep his speakership next year, Axios reports. Said Johnson: “I’ve never once spoken to any Democrat about voting for me for Speaker, and I have no intention of doing that now.”

“He’s certainly the only president that has all but rejected what America is all about, and what makes America America, in terms of our Constitution, in terms of our values, the way we look at everything, to include family and government — he’s certainly the only president that I know of, certainly in my lifetime, that was like that.” — Former White House chief of staff John Kelly, talking to the New York Times about Donald Trump.

New York Times: “With Election Day looming, Mr. Kelly — deeply bothered by Mr. Trump’s recent comments about employing the military against his domestic opponents — agreed to three on-the-record, recorded discussions with a reporter for The New York Times about the former president, providing some of his most wide-ranging comments yet about Mr.

Over the past few months, Elon Musk has seemingly done everything in his power to get former President Donald Trump reelected. On Monday, he debuted another effort: X added a purported “Election Integrity Community”—a feed where users of the site can add instances “of voter fraud or irregularities you see while voting in the 2024 election.” America PAC—the political action committee Musk founded and reportedly sent $75 million—is behind the move.

Nearly 800 ballot drop boxes and voting centers opened across the state this week — the most Colorado has ever had for any single election — state officials said. “Today, we have 433 drop boxes and 365 voting centers open statewide — the most we have ever had in any election,” Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a Monday news conference.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI With former President Donald Trump’s encouragement, Republicans are voting early again, flocking to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day and helping push the national number to nearly 19 million. The early turnout is breaking records in swing states such as Georgia and North Carolina. The GOP hopes this surge of early votes will fix a mechanical problem that some in the party blame for costing it the 2020 presidential election and key races in 2022.