The Federal Housing Finance Agency is shuttering New York’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offices due to state Attorney General Letitia James’s alleged “corrupt” actions, the Washington Examiner confirmed. James has been accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, but has not been charged. President Donald Trump considers her an enemy and has pressed officials to […]
Robert Morris, a Texas megachurch pastor, pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s. Morris will receive a 10-year sentence as part of a negotiated plea agreement, but he’ll only serve six months in a county jail. He also has to register as a sex offender and pay a $250,000 fine. […]
Two senior federal prosecutors have departed the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, adding to the mounting upheaval inside the office that recently brought criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey. Michael Ben’Ary, who led the office’s national security section, was reportedly fired on Wednesday. The move came just hours after […]
A federal judge recused himself from Oregon’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard to the state on Thursday after the Justice Department requested that he do so over public comments from his wife, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), about the deployment. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon was randomly assigned the case shortly […]
Many federal agency email addresses are sending out-of-office messages that blame Democrats for the government shutdown, with some at the Department of Education reportedly being changed without the employees’ consent. Multiple furloughed Education Department employees have reported that their out-of-office messages had been changed without their consent, with the new messages blaming Democratic senators for […]
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said Office of Management and Budget head Russell Vought has been dreaming of a government shutdown “since puberty.” Lee first made the comments in an interview on Fox News. “OMB Director @russvought has been dreaming about—and meticulously preparing for—the Schumer Shutdown since puberty,” Lee posted on X. “This is going to […]
The Trump administration turned up the heat on congressional Democrats on Thursday, the second day of the first total government shutdown in 12 years, pressing the opposition to approve a stopgap funding measure or risk widespread cuts to the federal workforce. White House officials suggested to lawmakers and reporters on Wednesday that layoffs were “imminent” […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha pushed back on New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s rejection of the “communist” label, saying Mamdani’s policies will “transform” the city away from capitalism. Mamdani denied President Donald Trump’s accusation that he is a communist, telling The View he is a “democratic socialist.” Concha called that title an “oxymoron,” […]
The No. 4 Democrat in the House is egging on Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster as each side blames the other for the current government shutdown. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), the vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said it would take a simple Senate rule change to end the shutdown, referring to the […]
A federal court this week struck down a controversial Internal Revenue Service “facts and circumstances” test for nonprofit tax-exempt status, calling it unconstitutionally vague and opening the door to major changes in how political speech by advocacy groups is regulated. Judge Jia Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday […]
