(The Center Square) – Sentencing is scheduled Monday for former ComEd Chief Executive Officer Anne Pramaggiore, who was convicted of corruption in a scheme to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. In May of 2023, a federal jury convicted Pramaggiore and three others of conspiracy, bribery and falsifying records. Last Monday, U.S. District Court […]
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother on Friday called on Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, to release hours of video footage shot years ago with the now-dead sex offender. “Let me see the videotapes,” Mark Epstein told NBC News. “He’s my brother.” Bannon spent 15 hours interviewing Epstein in 2019 for what he […]
(The Center Square) — U.S. senators from Arizona and Nevada have introduced legislation declaring extreme heat a major disaster. The Extreme Heat Emergency Act from Sens. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, and Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, would “explicitly authorize extreme heat as eligible for a Major Disaster Declaration” by the president of the United States under the Stafford Act, […]
(The Center Square) – Texas voters will see several proposed constitutional amendments on their ballots when they go to the polls Nov. 4. In the regular legislative session, the Texas legislature passed joint resolutions with a two-thirds majority proposing the following constitutional amendments. Proposition 1 (SJR 59): “The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the […]
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore government funding appropriated to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for the rest of fiscal year 2025. The network is among several federally funded outlets overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media that aim to distribute information to countries with restricted press freedom. The Trump […]
This week’s White House Report Card should have grades of ‘A’ and ‘B’ in it. President Donald Trump scored a major AI deal for Pennsylvania, saw inflation flatten, won new support from NATO, delivered on a promise to defund public radio and TV with a $9 billion recissions bill, signed the first-ever cryptocurrency act into […]
A federal judge on Friday handed down a ruling partially blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court. In February, Trump issued an order targeting the ICC due to accusations of anti-U.S. bias and antisemitic behavior, specifically regarding the body’s move to issue arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
The Justice Department under former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland actively sought out a “federal hook” to justify going after parents protesting at school board meetings, internal communications show. According to department emails obtained by America First Legal, after coordinating with the National School Boards Association on a letter likening concerned parents to domestic terrorists, […]
A vehicle drove into a crowd outside a Los Angeles nightclub early Saturday morning, injuring over twenty people, according to California authorities. The person driving the vehicle was believed to have lost consciousness while at the wheel, leading to the incident around 2:00 a.m., according to Captain Adam VanGerpen, public information officer for the Los […]
The final round of July Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, goes out in four days. When does the check arrive? Social Security payments usually begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out on a weekly basis. The distribution […]
