President Donald Trump hinted at an investigation into former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over the 2013 “Bridgegate” scandal. Trump tuned into Christie’s Sunday show appearance on ABC, after which he raged against his noted critic and resurfaced the decade-old scandal that saw Christie’s chief of staff and a Port Authority official close off lanes […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end the “blue slip” tradition in the upper chamber in order to get the rest of his judicial nominations and attorneys confirmed. Trump trashed the “blue slip,” which is a practice that allows lawmakers from the minority party to veto nominees for U.S. attorney […]
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed on Sunday that mortgage fraud is President Donald Trump‘s “new weapon,” as a Department of Justice investigation into the California senator is already well underway. Since early August, Trump’s special attorney Ed Martin has been leading the investigation into Schiff over allegations that he listed more than one property as […]
An online petition is seeking “fair sentencing” for an illegal immigrant accused of causing a fatal highway crash in Florida, saying the charges against him don’t align with “the circumstances of the incident.” On Aug. 12, Harjinder Singh, a truck driver, made an illegal U-turn in a semi-truck on Florida’s Turnpike, killing three people in […]
There is no evidence of an active shooter at the University of South Carolina, after multiple alerts about a shooter in the school’s main library were sent out earlier Sunday evening. “We received an unconfirmed report of an active shooter at the Thomas Cooper library,” a university spokesperson told a CNN affiliate. “At this point, […]
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed on Sunday that anyone critical of President Donald Trump can expect to face the “full weight” of the federal government, citing the FBI’s recent raid on his former national security adviser, John Bolton. FBI agents conducted an operation at Bolton’s Maryland residence on Friday morning as part of a high-profile […]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Sunday following the Salvadoran national’s release from criminal custody, his office announced. On Friday, Abrego Garcia, who is awaiting trial on human smuggling charges in Tennessee, was granted a release from custody by U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes. He has since returned to Maryland, where […]
Alina Habba on Sunday claimed the federal judges who rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to keep her in place as New Jersey‘s top attorney were colluding to prevent her return to the post. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann determined Habba had been unlawfully serving as U.S. attorney since July 1 and therefore could […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) took another swipe at President Donald Trump on Sunday, launching a new store selling merchandise parodying the president. Newsom’s “Patriot Shop” features products mimicking similar ones from Trump’s store. Among these products are hats in red, the same iconic color used by Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats, that read “Newsom […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) each confirmed on Sunday plans to redraw the congressional maps in their respective states after California approved a measure setting up redistricting for a popular vote this fall. Democrats, primarily in California, are aggressively pursuing redistricting to counter the GOP’s efforts to gain more […]
