The House Oversight Committee released footage of former Biden aide Annie Tomasini hours after she repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during her deposition Friday morning. Tomasini was appearing before the House Oversight Committee as a witness in its investigation into the Biden administration’s use of the autopen, where she invoked her constitutional right against self-incrimination multiple times, […]
(The Center Square) – A coalition of states, legal scholars, trade groups, and the U.S. Department of Justice is urging Maryland’s highest court to reject attempts by three Maryland jurisdictions to revive climate lawsuits against oil and gas companies. Eight amicus briefs filed this week argue that the Maryland Supreme Court should uphold the dismissals […]
President Donald Trump is signing the GENIUS Act, which will regulate stablecoin cryptocurrencies, whose values are pegged to the U.S. dollar, at around 2:30 p.m. Friday. TRUMP STRIKES DEAL WITH GOP HOLDOUTS ON GENIUS ACT DURING ‘CRYPTO WEEK’ Trump needed to convince about a dozen Republicans to vote for the bill after they stalled it […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) battled again on social media Thursday in a potential sneak-preview of the 2026 gubernatorial race, this time over the Epstein files. Hochul kicked the feud off by demanding the Trump administration release the Epstein files and accusing Stefanik of helping Trump cover them up. The president […]
(The Center Square) – The Denver City Council added 15 infrastructure improvement projects to a proposed bond package that will appear as ballot measures on the Nov. 4 ballot. The current list of projects totals nearly $1 billion, with $860 million of that for the projects and $112 million for “project administration and contingency.” “We’re continuing […]
Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz acknowledges that European powers were enjoying the benefits of U.S. military power without meaningfully contributing to their own defense. The BBC’s Today program published an interview with the German leader on Friday in which he was asked if President Donald Trump was “indifferent” to the fate of Europe. Merz stopped short […]
President Donald Trump exerted his influence across New York in past decades, rubbing elbows with figures from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. His towering buildings and cash attracted many figures within the city. Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 after a child sex trafficking indictment, eventually found his way to […]
California is suing the Trump administration for cutting funding for the state’s controversial high-speed rail project, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced Thursday. On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was pulling $4 billion in funding for the project after it ran far over schedule and over budget. Newsom is suing to restore the […]
EXCLUSIVE — The United Kingdom is preparing to designate Apple and Google as holding a “strategic market advantage” over other tech companies under its new Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Act, even as Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government engage in trade discussions with the Trump administration. The announcement could come as soon as […]
(The Center Square) – As North Carolina politics grasps seat edges and awaits the ultimate duo competing to succeed U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, there is an essence to why there is a wait. To borrow from “A League of Their Own,” as said by Tom Hanks in the role of baseball manager Jimmy Dugan, “It’s […]
