A federal judge decided on Monday to move the arraignment for former FBI Director James Comey up one day this week because of security concerns at the courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. Comey was previously scheduled to appear at his arraignment on Thursday. “Because there are multiple previously-scheduled matters that are expected to draw large numbers […]
A judge for the New York Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Nassau County’s ban prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at county-run spaces is legal. In a win for the Republican-controlled county on Long Island, Justice Bruce Cozzens said the ban is designed to “protect women and girls in sports” and still […]
President Donald Trump revealed on Monday that he is open to invoking the Insurrection Act to federalize the National Guard units in certain states, but noted it hasn’t been “necessary” so far. “So far, it hasn’t been necessary, but we have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I’d do […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday called for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, who sentenced the man who planned to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to just eight years and one month in prison. Boardman handed down the 97-month sentence to Nicholas Roske, who […]
President Donald Trump‘s claim Monday afternoon that his administration is “speaking with Democrats” as part of negotiations to end the government shutdown quickly drew the ire of congressional Democratic leadership. “We are speaking with the Democrats, and some very good things could happen with respect to healthcare,” Trump said Monday while speaking to reporters. “I’d […]
Congress was no step closer to ending the government shutdown after the Senate rejected, for the fifth time, dueling short-term funding bills from Republicans and Democrats. The chamber voted mostly along party lines, besides the same handful of defectors who have crossed the aisle in past recent votes, on the proposals to reopen the government. […]
The Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Monday of arguments seeking to strike down the limitations a judge can place on what a lawyer can discuss with his client during an overnight recess while the client is in the middle of testifying. The first case of the high court’s new term, Villarreal v. Texas, looks at […]
President Donald Trump said Monday that he will speak to the Justice Department about a possible presidential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump has spent the past several months dodging controversy surrounding Maxwell and her former associate and disgraced financier, Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell gave a series of interviews to Trump’s DOJ after the administration angered the […]
Former special counsel Jack Smith tracked the private phone communications of nearly a dozen Republican senators during his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed Monday. Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino briefed lawmakers Monday afternoon on Capitol Hill, saying Smith’s team tracked phone records and calls from major carriers […]
Conservative influencer Nick Sortor had his misdemeanor charge for second-degree disorderly conduct dropped on Monday, days after he was arrested during a chaotic protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute Sortor because the crime he allegedly committed could not be proven “beyond […]
