Hemp-derived THC products could be on the chopping block as senators made progress on a deal to end the government shutdown. Late Sunday, enough Democrats split from their caucus to join Republicans in voting 60-40 to allow a vote on an updated stopgap funding bill. The deal included a continuing resolution to open the government […]
President Donald Trump has threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC after two of its executives resigned over a deceptive edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, before the Capitol riot. Trump’s legal team is giving the British public broadcaster until Friday to retract any “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” about him, […]
President Donald Trump’s former attorney, Jenna Ellis, joined others in reacting to her pardon on Monday. Ellis pleaded guilty to conspiring to overturn the election in Georgia along with attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, who were also pardoned late Sunday. During her Monday episode of American Family Radio’s Jenna Ellis in the Morning, she […]
A Paris court has granted former French President Nicolas Sarkozy his freedom after another court convicted him in September of criminal conspiracy. Sarkozy was seen stepping out of his car and into his home on Monday after a 20-day prison stint. He told the court virtually that the time behind bars had been “very hard.” […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) advised representatives to begin their return to Washington early, with travel delays worsening, to vote on a bill to reopen the government. After more than 50 days of recess, Johnson has begun calling the members back ahead of the formal 36-hour notice that will come after the Senate passes its […]
(The Center Square) – Newly obtained records reveal further details of the Washington State Bar Association investigation into Attorney General Nick Brown that ended hours after The Center Square reached out for comment. WSBA rules dictate that bar complaint investigations into private attorneys are to be kept confidential, but The Center Square obtained records of the investigation through […]
Washington Examiner congressional reporter Samantha-Jo Roth said there are two silver linings to Senate Democrats working with Republicans to end the government shutdown, one of which is bringing national attention back to the state of healthcare. Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans in a 60-40 test vote on Sunday, which took place after Senate appropriators put […]
(The Center Square) – As Michigan ramps up its push for an electric future in transportation, the state is rolling out new grants to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure. It recently announced $1.84 million in taxpayer-funded grants through the Clean Fuel and Charging Infrastructure Program. That amount makes up just the first two rounds of funding. […]
Two prominent female White House press secretaries, including the nation’s first, clawed to shreds the new tell-all from former Biden administration spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, who said she left the Democratic Party because it wasn’t doing enough to fight President Donald Trump. At a Harvard University forum, former President Bill Clinton’s spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers, and […]
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. Monday as legislators seem to inch closer to ending the government shutdown. Eight Senate Democrats broke with their caucus to support an updated GOP-proposed continuing resolution plan in a test vote Sunday night. SENATE TAKES FIRST STEP TO REOPEN GOVERNMENT, FUELING DEMOCRATIC SPLIT The deal to end the […]
