Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday that the Treasury will launch an investigation into allegations of a Minnesota fraud scheme purportedly mishandled under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). “At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted […]
House Democrats opened an investigation Monday into FBI Director Kash Patel’s use of a government jet, accusing him of repeatedly taking the aircraft on personal trips during the government shutdown and demanding that he reimburse taxpayers and turn over detailed travel records. In a letter to Patel, House Judiciary Committee ranking Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) […]
A federal appeals court sided with a group of pregnancy centers that sued New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) over her attempts to regulate claims about abortion pill reversal, allowing the groups to continue to promote the treatment. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower […]
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) stepped up his war of words against War Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him a “12-year-old playing army,” during a press conference on Monday. Kelly has come under scrutiny from the Trump administration in recent weeks after Hegseth ordered the Navy to investigate his role in a video from Democratic veteran lawmakers […]
Former U.S. Immigration Judge Tania Nemer filed a discrimination lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday. The lawsuit claims President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after he fired Nemer in February, allegedly over sex, national origin, […]
Austin McCubbin, a top political adviser to Rep. Nancy Mace‘s (R-SC) campaign for governor of South Carolina, resigned, saying Mace turned “her back on MAGA.” In his resignation statement, McCubbin, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump who led his 2024 campaign operations in South Carolina, said he believes Mace has become too loyal to […]
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Monday afternoon at the Indiana Statehouse to oppose a plan by Republican lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map at President Donald Trump‘s urging. “If your policies work, you don’t change the game,” Democratic state Rep. Earl Harris said to the riled-up crowd of about 400 people, who held up signs […]
Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha said a closer-than-expected special election in Tennessee could be a bellwether for the 2026 midterm elections, especially if the Democratic candidate wins on the issue of affordability. Tennessee’s Seventh District will hold a special election on Tuesday to fill the House seat held by former Republican Rep. Mark Green before he […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Monday that several of his New York offices received bomb threats from an email referencing “MAGA” and alleging that the 2020 election was “rigged.” Schumer said his offices in Rochester, Binghamton, and Long Island received an emailed threat earlier in the day. He said local and federal law […]
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into Shein, the popular online store for fast-fashion products, on Monday over possible unethical labor practices and unsafe products. The investigation will determine whether Shein violates Texas law through its supply chain and manufacturing practices, use of toxic or hazardous materials, and possibly misleading information provided […]
