Attorney General Pam Bondi warned on Thursday that California and dozens of other jurisdictions with sanctuary city policies may soon lose federal funding if they continue to block cooperation with immigration enforcement. In a post on X, Bondi said the Justice Department has sent “demand letters” to states, counties, and cities across the country identified as sanctuary jurisdictions. She shared […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called on Thursday for a federal investigation into Meta in response to findings that the company’s AI chatbot was authorized to engage minors in “romantic or sensual” conversations. A Reuters report published the same day detailed an internal Meta Platforms document that said it was “acceptable” to “engage a child in […]
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is the latest person to face ethical questions surrounding his status as a special government employee. As an SGE, Lewandowski is supposed to work no more than 130 days in any given year, yet he may be working far more than that without fully logging his time, […]
MSNBC Morning Joe anchor Joe Scarborough expressed frustration Wednesday that Democrats who privately hold concerns about Washington, D.C., crime are simultaneously speaking out against President Donald Trump’s move to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and mobilize the district’s National Guard. Scarborough said he thinks crime has been a problem in the district since he first […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) launched his partisan redistricting plan at an event in Los Angeles on Thursday, issuing a stern warning to President Donald Trump “not to mess with the Golden State.” “We can’t stand back and watch this democracy disappear district by district all across the country,” Newsom said as he called for a Nov. 4 […]
(The Center Square) — A provision of New York’s cannabis law that gives priority for pot licenses to in-state applicants is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court has ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Division ruled on Wednesday that a portion of the state’s social equity program, which excludes individuals with federal or out-of-state pot […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) are trading jabs in a fiery online exchange over redistricting. “If California gerrymanders from its current 43-9 Dem advantage (83%) to a 52-0 Dem advantage (100%) … then Texas should go from a 24-14 GOP advantage (63%) to 38-0 (100%),” Cruz wrote on X. Newsom unveiled […]
President Donald Trump did his best to avoid questions about reports that he hopes to talk Russian President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire in Ukraine by offering up rare earth minerals. Trump is slated to meet with Putin in Alaska on Friday afternoon. He spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday ahead of […]
A federal judge on Thursday granted the Justice Department‘s request to drop two of 14 charges against Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife, both of whom were indicted last year on conspiracy and bribery charges regarding alleged ties to Azerbaijan and Mexico. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal also pushed back the couple’s trial from […]
(The Center Square) – There’s no shortage of frustration when it comes to stalled negotiations over funding for public transit in Pennsylvania. Of the plans proffered – using sales taxes versus dipping into the transit trust fund – neither has bipartisan support. There’s a road not yet taken, however. In the days before both chambers […]
