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Suspect in custody in connection with murder of Detroit synagogue president
Samantha Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home on Oct. 21.
A suspect is in custody in connection with the murder of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll, police said.
Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home on Oct. 21.
... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Republican officeholders keep saying they don’t want to cut Social Security and Medicare, something even a 64 percent majority of Republican voters oppose. But that doesn’t make it true. President Joe Biden says he doesn’t want to raise Social Security taxes on people earning less than $400,000. But that doesn’t make i... | US Federal Policies |
'We’re facing a defining moment', Biden argued. Will voters agree?Good morning, US politics blog readers. Last night, Joe Biden made a primetime address to warn Americans about the threats to democracy posed by political violence and Republicans who deny the outcome of the 2020 election. It’s a salient message, given t... | US Federal Elections |
- Alarmingly, as graduate school borrowing increases, wages for those with an advanced degree haven't changed much, a new report by the U.S. Department of Education finds.
- "A closer look at borrowing trends and the outcomes of graduate programs … suggest cause for concern," department economists wrote.
- Those with g... | US Federal Policies |
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a Republican stopgap spending measure Saturday, aimed at averting a government shutdown, but the measure quickly ran into opposition from lawmakers from both parties in Congress.
"This two-step continuing resolution is a necessary bill to place House Republica... | US Congress |
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Michigan is one of seven states where “fake electors” signed false electoral certificates claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election in their state in an attempt to undermine a free and fair election. This fake electors scheme was part of a multi-pronged effort by Trump and his allies to s... | US Political Corruption |
Ramaswamy, the candidate with no experience in elected office, stood center stage during the debate and was repeatedly at the center of the scrum, trading the most barbs with other candidates, regularly interrupting the moderators, and inserting himself into the conversation. He had the second most speaking time at 11 ... | US Federal Elections |
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American quantum policy lurched forward this morning when the House Committee on Space, Science and Technology approved a series of amendments to the National Quantum Initiative Act reauthorization, which will set national scientific, economic and security priorities for quantum te... | US Federal Policies |
Arizona's fake electors aren't the only ones who should be squirming (let's name names)
Opinion: Arizona's fake electors should be feeling the heat, but they aren't the only Arizonans who were scheming to steal the 2020 election. Let's do a roll call.
Fast and furious. That’s how the excuses are flying these days as pr... | US Political Corruption |
September 11th is the most solemn day on the U.S. calendar. The terrorist attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead 18 years ago are still fresh in the minds of many, and no occasion calls for a greater show of reverence and respect, especially from the nation’s commander-in-chief. President Trump commemorated the fal... | US Political Corruption |
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How Can There Be Trust in a US Supreme Court Unbound by Ethical Standards?
Justices Alito and Thomas are pushing back over calls for the nation's highest court to adopt any ethical rules or oversight.
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To properly respond to Donald Trump and the level of extreme danger he represents — especially as he faces multiple criminal prosecutions — requires understanding some specific aspects of Trump's behavior and motivations.
Trump has shown a wide range of pathological behavior over the past seven years or so. He has an u... | US Political Corruption |
U.S. President Joe Biden sharpened his attacks against Donald Trump on Thursday, delivering his most forceful assertion to date that the former president and Republican front-runner represents an existential threat to the country’s democratic values and institutions.
In a speech in the western state of Arizona, Biden c... | US Political Corruption |
"The View" hosts have ripped into Donald Trump's public blunders repeatedly mixing up former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden on the campaign trail.
On Tuesday's broadcast, Whoopi Goldberg posed the question whether Trump is "cognitively impaired" after a slew of mistakes while talking about Biden and Oba... | US Political Corruption |
Charging interest on student loan debt is actually a good thing
The student debt forgiveness movement took a major hit when the Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s loan forgiveness plan. But many advocates have pivoted to a new proposal: canceling student loan interest.
A growing number of people from ... | US Federal Policies |
The genetic testing company 23andMe confirmed on Friday that data from a subset of its users has been compromised. The company said its systems were not breached and that attackers gathered the data by guessing the login credentials of a group of users and then scraping more people’s information from a feature known as... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
U.S. regulators on Monday sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breached in a massive 2020 Russian cyberespionage campaign, for fraud for failing to disclose security deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack.
The company’s top security executive was also named in the complaint filed by the... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Figures across MSNBC, CNN, and more have begun criticizing Democrats for boosting Trump-backed Republicans as a political gamble with the potential to go very wrong for the party. GOP Maryland gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox handily won the Republican nomination this week fol... | US Federal Elections |
Wisconsin voters back expanding work requirements for welfare benefits. Here's why the vote is mostly symbolic
Wisconsin voters supported in an advisory referendum Tuesday a work requirement for recipients of taxpayer-funded benefits.
The vote had more symbolic meaning than practical effect. Many public benefits in Wis... | US Local Elections |
An Arizona county has decided not to hand-count its ballots in next year's elections, after discovering that it would cost more than a million dollars and leave it with inaccurate results.
The all-Republican Board of Supervisors in Mohave County voted 3-2 against forgoing ballot counting machines in favor of hand-count... | US Local Elections |
On Monday, George Santos, who represents New York’s 3rd Congressional District, issued a press release announcing he’ll be running for re-election next year. The release didn’t address claims that the Republican participated in a credit card skimming operation; what his lawyer was doing on and around January 6, 2021; h... | US Congress |
Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie argued during an interview on Tuesday that the House GOP's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden may be premature, undermining its seriousness.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday morning, the... | US Congress |
Cochise County elections director resigns after protecting midterm ballots from Republican officials
Lisa Marra, who refused to cooperate with illegal hand-count plan, describes threatening work environment in letter to county
During last fall’s fights in Cochise County over hand-counting ballots and rejecting the elec... | US Local Elections |
A United States judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after the prominent Republican removed an elected official from office over his stance on abortion and transgender rights.
Robert Hinkle, a federal judge for the northern district of Florida, ruled on Friday that DeSantis had violated t... | US Federal Policies |
Donald Trump’s legal web has grown more tangled than ever. The former president is facing 91 criminal charges across four jurisdictions — Georgia, Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia. He has two trial dates set for 2024 so far. And all this is unfolding as he runs for the presidency again.
The cases — invol... | US Political Corruption |
USPS Releases Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stamp
The stamp honors the late justice, whom the USPS called 'a judge unafraid to disagree with her colleagues'
Former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been honored with a postage stamp released by the United States Postal Service on Monday.
"She began her career as an ac... | SCOTUS |
LAS VEGAS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidates including frontrunner Donald Trump touted their unwavering support for Israel wiping out Palestinian Hamas militants, as they campaigned with addresses to major Jewish donors in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Republican Jewish Coalition's (RJC) weekend d... | US Federal Elections |
With the first Republican primary debate of the 2024 election cycle only days away, candidates will be looking to seize the national spotlight to boost their campaigns. Here are three instances when primary debates helped boost a presidential campaign and a look at which 2024 candidates could benefit from a similar mom... | US Federal Elections |
As the debt ceiling fight heats up on Capitol Hill, House Democrats are eyeing an end-around strategy to bypass Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — and the conservative hawks driving his agenda — to avoid a federal default later in the year.
Democratic leaders have already begun talks about tapping a procedural tool, k... | US Congress |
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. appeals court judges on Monday signaled skepticism toward Donald Trump's bid to overturn a gag order imposed on the former president in a federal criminal case in which he is accused of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
As Trump lawyer D. John Sauer argued that t... | US Circuit and Appeals Courts |
"I've seen those reports. And I think they, for me, they sound consistent with the populist turn of the former president and others in this field," Pence, who served as Trump's running mate in 2016, said in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
In July, the New York Times reported on Trump's intention to expand th... | US Federal Elections |
DARPA is putting together the Intrinsic Cognitive Security (ICS) research program “to build tactical mixed reality systems that protect against cognitive attacks.”
As the Pentagon sees mixed reality (MR) becoming ubiquitous in future military missions, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking... | US Federal Policies |
Washington — Legal teams for special counsel Jack Smith and former President Donald Trump are set to face off in a high-stakes appeals court hearing on Monday over a federal judge's ruling limiting certain aspects of Trump's speech in relation to this case, ahead of his criminal trial in Washington, D.C.
Trump asked th... | US Circuit and Appeals Courts |
Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are seeking an order that would restrict the former president from "inflammatory" and "intimidating" comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.
Special counsel Jack Smith's team said in a motion filed Fr... | US Political Corruption |
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After a three and a half year pause, federal student loans will begin accruing interest again on Sept. 1 for... | US Federal Policies |
A Baton Rouge police deputy chief was placed on leave a week after his son, an officer with the department, was arrested for allegedly tasing and handcuffing a suspect, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Troy Lawrence Sr. was placed on administrative leave while the department looks into the use of forc... | US Police Misconduct |
Middle-Class Just Got Clobbered by Biden’s New Budget and Wage Class Warfare, How To Prepare
Biden has always pretended to pay attention to rebuilding the lop-sided economy of the United States. He has always stuck to the idea of redesigning economic practices to make them...
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Key events15m agoDemocrats edge towards Senate majority as counting continuesShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureDemocrats edge towards Senate majority as counting continuesGood morning, US politics blog readers. Ballots are still being counted three days after Tuesday’s midterms, and it se... | US Federal Elections |
A Las Vegas, Nevada man was arrested earlier this month and now faces federal charges after he allegedly threatened to kidnap, assault and murder a U.S. senator.
The Department of Justice said according to a criminal complaint, 43-year-old John Anthony Miller left several threatening voicemails for the office of a U.S.... | US Federal Policies |
The federal government is closing in on the $31.4 trillion borrowing limit, meaning a high-stakes fight over raising the debt ceiling is fast approaching. An estimate from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation places the nation’s debt at $31.39 trillion and counting on Wednesday, just a hair below the limit set more than a... | US Federal Policies |
The House of Representatives is gearing up to vote Tuesday afternoon on Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avoid a government shutdown – the Louisiana Republican’s first big test just three weeks after taking the top leadership role.
With government funding set to expire on Friday, congressional leaders have acknowledged t... | US Congress |
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers claim the intelligence community is concealing information about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and scuttling attempts to release the information to the public.
The group of congressional leaders led by Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said the Pentagon and other agen... | US Congress |
Police investigators in Hoover, Alabama, have put together a timeline of the roughly 50 hours during which Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell, a 25-year-old nursing student, wasafter she called 911 last week from the side of a highway.
"We pretty much know exactly what took place from the time she left work until the 9... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Former President Trump on Tuesday blasted House Majority Leader Tom Emmer as a "globalist RINO," warning that electing him speaker of the House "would be a tragic mistake."
Emmer won the Republican nomination to be the next speaker of the House on Tuesday. Emmer is the third nominee since the ouster of former Speaker K... | US Congress |
The United States is looking down the barrel of yet another possible self-imposed debt default. House Republicans, now effectively led by the most deranged members of the Freedom Caucus, are openly promising to take America’s full faith and credit hostage to extract massive concessions from President Joe Biden and his ... | US Federal Policies |
US Democratic Senator John Fetterman has checked himself into a hospital near Washington DC to receive treatment for severe depression, his office said.
The Pennsylvania lawmaker has faced depression "off and on throughout his life" a statement said.
He was elected in November and suffered a debilitating stroke last ye... | US Congress |
Donald Trump's 2016 flagship policy was famously "Build the Wall." The early rounds of the 2024 campaign have been dominated by Trump's stranglehold over the competition, as well as his multiple court cases. Underneath the bluster and chaos, the former president has rolled out a significant number of new policy proposa... | US Federal Elections |
The shocking revelation that New York City architect Rex Heuermann had been charged with three murders in connection to women found dead along Long Island's Gilgo Beach provided some answers about the decade-old case. But it also generated just as many new questions.
Heuermann has been charged with the murders of Melis... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Newly released emails obtained by the Student Borrower Protection Center reveal employees at a student loan service provider in Missouri expressed confusion over the state’s attorney general placing the provider at the center of a lawsuit filed to block the Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
The United States s... | SCOTUS |
Elon Musk has fired Twitter's board of directors and appointed himself its sole member - as he tests the waters by asking users if they would pay for verification on the social media platform.According to a company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bret Taylor, former chairman of the board, and Par... | US Federal Policies |
- A federal judge denied a bid by Donald Trump to issue subpoenas for records related to a select House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
- Trump sought the subpoenas in the criminal case in Washington related to his effort to his reverse his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
- The Capitol riot... | US Political Corruption |
The House of Representatives will try for the third time Friday to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress amid a slew of accusations against him, including alleged campaign finance abuses.
But some are concerned a successful expulsion of Santos could set an unnecessary precedent.
Santos, R-N.Y., survived the first two ... | US Congress |
Donald Trump stepped on the stage in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday night to the ubiquitous GOP rally song "Only in America" just as the lines "one could end up going to prison, one just might be president" were blaring over the loudspeakers. Everyone in that room has probably heard the song a thousand times, Trump include... | US Federal Elections |
EXCLUSIVE: An influential House GOP caucus is urging Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to work with "willing partners" in the Senate on a border security reform deal in a Tuesday morning letter outlining their priorities for the new GOP leader.
The business-minded Main Street Caucus outlined three major points they are call... | US Congress |
Republicans in the House of Representatives removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his position as speaker because he was viewed as too weak by Donald Trump’s MAGA loyalists. McCarthy’s successor, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., who was unanimously elected by his Republican colleagues – which includes the so-called “mod... | US Congress |
House Republicans tacked on a pretty unusual addendum to their aid package for Israel: in exchange for $14.3 billion to the U.S. ally, the GOP wants to cut $14.3 billion from the Internal Revenue Service budget.
The spending cut is not just an unusual addition to an emergency aid package, but it will also likely backfi... | US Congress |
Third parties selling our personal data is annoying. But for certain sensitive populations like military service members, the selling of that information could quickly become a national security threat. Researchers at Duke University released a study on Monday tracking what measures data brokers have in place to preven... | US Federal Policies |
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People walk by the MGM Grand hotel-casino Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Las Vegas.
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People walk by the MGM Grand hotel-casino Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS — Casino company Caesars Entertainment on Thursday joined Las Vegas gambling rival M... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
The bizarre legal defence, put forward by the former president’s attorneys, comes in response to a suit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which seeks to have him disqualified from the ballot in the state under the 14th Amendment.
A clause of the amendment, which passed into the Const... | US Federal Elections |
WASHINGTON -- Millions of student loan borrowers could see up to $20,000 of their debt canceled depending on the outcome of Tuesday's US Supreme Court hearing on President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program.
How and when the justices rule will also determine when payments on federal student loans will resume ... | SCOTUS |
A number of outlets, including the New York Times and CBS, showed Biden trailing Trump both nationally and in a majority of swing states, and White House press secretary was pressed on the data during Tuesday's White House press briefing.
Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that White House staff and the president were a... | US Federal Elections |
President Joe Biden released his annual budget Thursday, outlining his policy priorities for the year ahead.
Make no mistake, the proposed budget has no chance of making it through the Republican-controlled House. But Biden’s plan will frame upcoming political battles on Capitol Hill, where the GOP has yet to unveil it... | US Federal Policies |
Some House Democrats celebrated the motion to vacate Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the House, while others described it as a "solemn" day in America.
All 208 House Democrats who were present voted to oust McCarthy Tuesday afternoon. Five Republican votes were needed to boot McCarthy, and eight ultimately voted with Democ... | US Congress |
DENVER -- Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as a violation of his freedom of speech.
The lawyers made the argument in a filing posted Monday by a Colorado court in the most s... | SCOTUS |
The midterm elections explained US politics can be a little confusing at times. If you're not sure what the midterm elections mean and how voting is carried out, read more here. What is being voted on exactly?All 435 seats in America's House of Representatives are up for grabs, as here politicians only serve two-year t... | US Federal Elections |
Former President Donald Trump’s estranged niece, Mary Trump, once told VICE News that her uncle was the only person she’d ever met who could “gaslight himself” — and actually believe his own lies.
Now, Trump’s freedom may depend on convincing a jury he did just that.
Trump’s legal team is signaling plans to argue that ... | US Political Corruption |
A clown came to Marlene Warren's door on a May morning in 1990, handed her carnations and balloons, and then shot her dead in front of her son. On Tuesday, her husband's alleged mistress and future wife finally pleaded guilty to being the killer — even though she still insists she is not — closing a even by Florida sta... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” federal prosecutors in North Dakota say. The shoes were stolen in 2005 and recovered by a 2018 FBI sting operation, but no arrests were made at the time.
Terry Martin was indicted Tuesd... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
The Biden administration is expected to send the Senate an emergency supplemental funding request for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan by the end of the week, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday.
"When the Senate receives this request, we spring into action and move it as soon as we can," Schumer said o... | US Federal Policies |
It's not everyday that roughly the entire population of a U.S. state gets their data stolen by online thieves.
But, according to the state of Maine, that's what happened this year.
In a new notice posted on Maine's official state government website, 1.3 million residents have had their data stolen as part of a ransomwa... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
A lot of people are talking about the long piece Robert Kagan wrote in The Washington Post on Thursday about how, as the headline put it, “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.”
They’re talking about it, I think, for two main reasons. One, it’s interesting coming from Kagan, an inf... | US Federal Elections |
ATLANTA -- Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have been looking to exert more authority over state and local election offices, claiming new powers that Democrats warn could be used to target left-leaning counties in future elections.
The moves range from requiring legislative approval of court settlements in el... | US Federal Elections |
- Morgan Stanley will pay a $6.5 million fine to six states after a probe found the financial services company compromised the personal data of millions of customers.
- The settlement comes several years after Morgan Stanley notified the states about two data security incidents.
- “No one should have their personal inf... | US Federal Policies |
Congressional Republicans are railing against President Joe Biden’s environmental agenda as lawmakers from both parties prepare to join world leaders later this week at the annual U.N. climate summit in the United Arab Emirates.
GOP lawmakers rolled out statements and warning shots over the weekend around EPA’s new met... | US Federal Policies |
Eight Republican presidential candidates squared off at the first Republican debate of the presidential primary cycle on Thursday in Milwaukee, where they made the case for their candidacies before their largest audience to date.
The candidates sparred over a variety of issues ranging from abortion and the economy to U... | US Federal Elections |
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23andMe is investigating reports of a new data leak involving millions of user records. On Wednesday, TechCrunch reported that a hacker claims to have leaked 4 million genetic profiles belonging to people in Great Britain, along with “the wealthiest people living in the U.S. and Western Europe.”
The hacker, who goes by... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
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ATLANTA (AP) — Three of the Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming th... | US Political Corruption |
Former congressman Adam Kinzinger, one of only a handful of Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump over the events of January 6, 2021, and one of only two GOP lawmakers to have served on the select committee investigating the same event, denounced Republicans for their hypocrisy in removing disg... | US Political Corruption |
A national nonprofit organization is offering a $50,000 reward for information that will help solve the mystery surrounding the death of a 25-year-old Black Mississippi man.
Rasheem Carter was reported missing last October and was last seen in Laurel, Mississippi. His mother, Tiffany Carter, said her son warned her and... | Civil Rights Activism |
Prosecutors in Kansas City, Missouri, have filed felony charges against the homeowner accused of, a Black teenager who was shot when he went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings last week.
At a news conference Monday evening, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson announced two felony charges against the suspect... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
The next US election could see a flood of AI-generated campaigning posters after candidates in Argentina used it to promote themselves and attack their opponent.
Sergio Massa and Javier Milei are battling for the presidency and are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in hopes of one-upping the other.
Mass... | US Federal Elections |
Biden’s Israel-Palestine Policy Could Cost Him the Election
The president’s blank-check support of Israel’s war on Gaza is alienating many of the Black and brown voters he needs to win reelection.
I am neither Israeli or Palestinian, nor am I an expert on Middle Eastern geopolitics, terrorism, security, or colonization... | US Federal Elections |
A shooting at a Florida auto shop that killed two men was triggered by a former customer's dissatisfaction with work done on his car two years ago, police said Thursday.
The Largo Police Department said Eugene Frank Becker, 78, arrived at Stout's Automotive in a rental car Wednesday and sought out business owner Jodie ... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
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Residents of Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood register to vote at a voter registration event on Sept. 29, 2021.
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Young voters have historically... | US Federal Policies |
Former President Donald Trump made his first motion to dismiss his federal election interference case Thursday, citing what his lawyers claim is his "absolute immunity" from prosecution for actions taken while serving in the nation's highest office.
"Breaking 234 years of precedent, the incumbent administration has cha... | US Federal Elections |
January 10, 2023 11:17 AM The U.S. Department of Education unveiled a new regulatory proposal Tuesday that makes significant changes to a federal program designed to accommodate the financial situations of student loan borrowers with low incomes. The proposed regulations, which now enter a 30-day period of public comme... | US Federal Policies |
A teenager was killed after another teen stabbed him on a New York City public bus in what is believed to be a gang-related altercation, police said.
The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. ET Friday on Staten Island, according to NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell. The two male teens got into a confrontation on an MTA bus... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
With negotiations on raising the debt ceilingon Friday, the U.S. may be less than two weeks from defaulting on its debt, an that government officials have variously described as "unthinkable" and potentially " ."
A default would mean the U.S. government fails to pay some of its obligations because the Congress failed t... | US Federal Policies |
- A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new election law in Florida.
- The law imposed new limits on voter registration and get-out-the-vote operations.
- The judge said those provisions likely violate the US Constitution.
Calling it Florida's "latest assault on the right to vote," a federal judge on... | US Federal Elections |
When a handful of House Republicans decided to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Democrats refused to save him. Now, after more than two weeks of Republicans trying and failing to fill the leadership vacuum, Democrats are considering putting their support behind the lawmaker many view as the best bad option: Patrick McHenry... | US Congress |
Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Led Appeal of Biden Administration Climate Estimates
The high court did not provide an explanation or publish a dissent as to why they made the ruling
The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal led by 12 Republicans to challenge the Biden Administration's use of estimates to... | SCOTUS |
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With a government shutdown four days away, thanks largely to House Republicans’ inability to stop fighting amongst themselves, far-right Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert thought it important to focus on their pet grievances on Wednesday.
Greene successfully used the Holman rule to attach an amendment to ... | US Congress |
Barring Trump from office could bring closure for Jan. 6 riots, former officer says
Former U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell said he thinks former President Trump being barred from office could bring closure for the Jan. 6 riots.
“What is closure for me? I don’t know,” Gonell told Dean Obeidallah in an inter... | US Political Corruption |
The bodies of seven people, including two missing teens and a convicted sex offender, were discovered in rural Oklahoma on Monday, officials confirmed.
Authorities found the bodies on a property near Henryetta, a town of about 6,000 located about 90 miles (145km) east of Oklahoma City, where the sex offender, Jesse McF... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Kevin McCarthy’s protracted battle to win election as speaker of the House had far-reaching consequences. His decision to release a massive trove of surveillance footage from January 6 to Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson is one of them.
It was lawmakers on the GOP’s right wing who held up McCarthy’s election as spea... | US Congress |
Trump — Love Him or Hate Him — Looms Over Jury Selection in Georgia, Defense Lawyer Warns
A defense lawyer for pro-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro requested more time for jury selection for a trial set to begin later this month in Georgia, citing considerations including strong partisan feelings about former President ... | US Political Corruption |
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — James Knox was glad to get out of the big city.
Part of a network of activists who believe U.S. elections are unreliable, Knox has unsuccessfully tried to convince supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county and home to Phoenix, that they should throw out elections that Republica... | US Political Corruption |
New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation suggests a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried but failed to prevent people in the country illegally from being tallied.
A simulated head count by the statistical agency utili... | US Federal Policies |
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