President Donald Trump’s intent to nominate a White House aide and longtime personal attorney could present the latest stress test for the Senate’s bipartisan “blue slip” tradition on judicial nominees. His firing of Erik Siebert as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for declining to indict Trump foe New York Attorney General Letitia […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Monday evening that she and her family were thrown into a “panic” over an ambiguous social media post from California’s governor. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), long known to be a nemesis of Noem due to disagreements about immigration and other matters, raised eyebrows last week when his press […]
A jury in Florida found Ryan Routh guilty on all counts for attempting to kill President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign season at his Florida golf course. The trial lasted about two weeks. Jury deliberations lasted a few hours on Tuesday. Routh was his own attorney and delivered a brief argument in his favor. […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris commenced the release of her book, 107 Days, on Tuesday and a 15-city book tour on Wednesday with a series of media appearances in which she addressed her chaotic and unsuccessful 2024 campaign against President Donald Trump. The memoir has caused a stir among Democrats, who are still attempting to rebuild the […]
(The Center Square) – Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith reported a 29% decline in the city’s homicide rate in the department’s monthly crime update on Monday. After a mass shooting during the weekend in northwest Louisiana left two dead and six injured, the department delivered updated crime data to the Shreveport City Council during the administrative conference. Overall, […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Tuesday announced an initiative to establish President Donald Trump’s presidential library in downtown Miami. The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library would sit on a 2.63-acre parcel in Miami-Dade County adjacent to the historic Freedom Tower, according to a press release from the governor’s office. The land is currently used as an […]
(The Center Square) − Louisiana will complete a sweeping reorganization of its natural resources agency next week, formally transitioning the Department of Energy and Natural Resources into the newly named Department of Conservation and Energy. The change, effective Oct. 1, comes after nearly two years of legislative work, public stakeholder input, and internal planning triggered […]
(The Center Square) – Texas led the U.S. in job growth over the year in August and broke employment records again last month, according to the latest employment data, The Center Square reported. Contributing to this growth was the Texas upstream oil and natural gas industry sector, which added 200 upstream jobs in August compared to […]
Washington Examiner Justice Department reporter Kaelan Deese predicted that the House Oversight Committee will unveil that former President Joe Biden “wasn’t privy to any of the clemency acts” completed during his administration. “I think that we are getting to a clearer picture from the Oversight Committee that they’re going to be able to show that […]
President Donald Trump criticized European allies in an address before the United Nations, warning them that mass migration will lead to their destruction. In a winding speech that targeted Europe, past administrations, and even the United Nations, Trump dwelt extensively on the idea that unmitigated immigration is “destroying a large part of the free world.” […]