(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 […]
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser left the district as law enforcement activity surged following the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department and mobilization of the National Guard. Bowser traveled to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, according to several reports, though the mayor’s office did not confirm her whereabouts to the Washington Examiner. “The mayor has a […]
President Donald Trump pledged Thursday that “phony” Washington crime data would be investigated amid his federal takeover of the local police. “They are under investigation right now,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “They are giving us phony crime stats, just like they gave other stats in the financial world. But they’re phony crime stats, […]
(The Center Square) — Nevada’s top two ranking Assembly Democrats will exit their offices when the term ends, leaving a power void in the Legislature’s lower chamber. The announcements come in the wake of a presidential election that saw Nevadans break a four-time Democratic streak and vote Republican President Donald Trump into office. Democrats control a majority […]
CNN’s Abby Phillip said Monday that President Donald Trump has made himself Batman, as he fights crime in “Gotham City.” “Donald Trump makes himself Batman, and the nation’s capital is Gotham City. The president of the United States has declared himself crimefighter-in-chief, and he’s taking over Washington’s police force,” Phillip said during her roundtable segment […]
President Donald Trump said he encouraged his wife, first lady Melania Trump, to “go forward” with her lawsuit against Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden. The first lady has responded to allegations that the late Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex trafficker, introduced her to her husband in 1998 with demands to stop […]
The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed sweeping drug trafficking indictments against five top leaders of the United Cartels, a powerful Michoacán-based criminal syndicate that President Donald Trump earlier this year designated as a foreign terrorist organization. The case is being prosecuted in the Eastern District of Tennessee, where federal prosecutors say the investigation first began before expanding into an international operation. Attorney […]
The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned a crypto exchange for allegedly facilitating payments for Russia-linked cybercriminals. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it sanctioned Garantex Europe OU, which it accused of facilitating over $100 million in payments for “notorious ransomware actors and other cybercriminals.” The exchange had recently been […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said the emails from the Russia collusion investigation that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified Wednesday were “pretty damning.” Bedford said on the Hugh Hewitt show Wednesday that former President Barack Obama’s Director of the National Security Agency Mike Rogers allegedly felt pressured to reach a conclusion on […]
Washington Examiner’s Timothy Nerozzi said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has “more or less” been a “sucker” in negotiating peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump is meeting in person on Friday. Trump said on Thursday that Putin can expect “very severe consequences” if he does not agree to end Russia’s war with Ukraine […]
